Pittsburgh vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Wednesday 5/12
Pittsburgh 6 Brooklyn 4:
WP Spud Chandler (4-1)
LP Tiny Bonham (3-2)
Phil Masi 2-5, 2 RBIs.
Thursday 5/13
Pittsburgh 5 Brooklyn 2:
WP Lum Harris (4-1)
LP Bill Lee (3-2)
HR Eddie Lake (3)
Pirates score five in the ninth highlighted by Lake GRAND SLAM.
Friday 5/14
Brooklyn 5 Pittsburgh 3:
WP Ken Raffensberger (4-1)
LP Harry Eisenstat (1-1)
HR Jim Tabor
Mel Ott (4)
Catfish Metkovich (2)
Calvin Chapman 2-4, 2 RBIs
Ott 2 RBIs
Chicago vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Saturday 5/15
Brooklyn 7 Chicago 4:
WP Rube Melton (2-1)
LP Virgil Trucks (2-3)
HR
Mel Ott (5)
Ott 2-3, 3 RBIs. Art Garibaldi 4-5, 2 RBIs.
Sunday 5/16
Game 1
Chicago 5 Brooklyn 3:
WP Hank Wyse (3-3)
LP Tiny Bonham (3-3)
HR Johnny Mize (4) Vince DiMaggio (5)
Mize 2-3, 2 RBIs.
DiMaggio 3-4, 2 RBIs.
Game 2
Brooklyn 3 Chicago 1:
WP Bill Lee (4-2)
LP Bob Klinger (1-5)
Mel Ott 2-3, 2 RBIs.
St Louis vs Brooklyn
4 game series
Monday 5/17
St Louis 3 Brooklyn 1:
WP Joe Beggs (2-1)
LP Ken Raffensberger (4-2)
HR Dom Dallessandro (2)
Raffensberger scatters six hits in losing effort
Tuesday 5/18
Brooklyn 2 St Louis 0:
WP Rube Melton (3-1)
LP Vito Tamulis (0-2)
Melton fires seven hit shut out.
Wednesday 5/19
St Louis 6 Brooklyn 4:
WP Johnny Niggeling (4-2)
LP Tiny Bonham (3-4)
Johnny Pesky 2-3, 2 RBIs. Cardinals score three in the ninth.
Thursday 5/20
Brooklyn 8 St Louis 3:
WP Bill Lee (5-2)
LP Ernie White (3-4)
HR
Bob McNamara (2)
Mickey Owens 3-5, 2 RBIs.
Calvin Chapman 2 RBIs.
Cincinnati vs Brooklyn
4 game series
Friday 5/21
Brooklyn 6 Cincinnati 5:
WP Ken Raffensberger (5-2)
LP Kirby Higbe (0-2)
Bobby Doerr 4-5, 3 RBIs.
Babe Dahlgren 3 RBIs.
Saturday 5/22
Cincinnati 6 Brooklyn 2:
WP Bobo Newsom (8-0)
LP Rube Melton (3-2)
HR
Mel Ott (6)
Mike Chartak 3-5, RBI. Jake Early 2 RBIs.
Sunday 5/23
Game 1
Brooklyn 2 Cincinnati 1:
WP Tiny Bonham (4-4)
LP Denny Galehouse (3-4)
Al Zarilla 2-3, RBI.
Game 2
Brooklyn 7 Cincinnati 6:
WP Bill Lee (6-2)
LP Norm Branch (0-2)
HR Joe DiMaggio (6)
Vince DiMaggio 2-5, 2 RBIs. Bob Prichard scores winning run on an error in the bottom of the ninth.
Brooklyn vs Pittsburgh
3 game series
Wednesday 5/26
Brooklyn 4 Pittsburgh 1:
WP Ken Raffensberger (6-2)
LP Les Tietje (4-1)
HR
Bob Prichard (2)
Prichard hits a GRAND SLAM
Thursday 5/27
Pittsburgh 2 Brooklyn 1:
WP Spud Chandler (6-3)
LP Roy Sherid (2-2)
Sherry Robinson singles in Phil Masi in the bottom of the ninth.
Friday 5/28
Brooklyn 4 Pittsburgh 2:
WP Tiny Bonham (5-4)
LP Mickey Haefner (3-5)
HR Phil Weintraub (2)
Mel Ott 2 RBIs.
Brooklyn vs Cincinnati
3 game series
Saturday 5/29
Brooklyn 4 Cincinnati 3:
WP Bill Lee (7-2)
LP Joe Dobson (2-4)
HR
Mel Ott (7) #500
Catfish Metkovich 2-4, RBI.
Ott RBI
Sunday 5/30
Game 1
Brooklyn 7 Cincinnati 3:
WP Ken Raffensberger (7-2)
LP Hal Schumacher (0-1)
HR
Al Zarilla (2) Milt Byrnes (2)
Zarilla 2-5, 3 RBIs.
Babe Dahlgren 2 RBIs.
Game2
Cincinnati 5 Brooklyn 0:
WP Bobo Newsom (10-0)
LP Rube Melton (3-3)
Newsom stays perfect with eight hit shut out.
Brooklyn vs St Louis
4 game series
Monday 5/31
Game 1
St Louis 5 Brooklyn 1:
WP Ernie White (5-3)
LP Tommy Bridges (0-3)
Bruce Campbell 2 RBIs.
Game 2
St Louis 5 Brooklyn 3:
WP Johnny Niggeling (6-3)
LP Bill Lee (7-3)
Dom Dallessandro 2-3, 2 RBIs.
Tuesday 6/1
St Louis 4 Brooklyn 3 (11):
WP Vito Tamulis (1-2)
LP Ken Raffensberger (7-3)
HR
Joe Gallagher (2) Bob Elliott (2) Sig Gryska (2)
Bruce Campbell singles in Bob Elliott in the 11th.
Wednesday 6/2
St Louis 8 Brooklyn 3:
WP Ernie White (6-4)
LP Rube Melton (3-4)
HR Sig Gryska (3)
Cardinals sweep Dodgers
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
| W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|
| Philadelphia Athletics | 31 | 12 | .721 | - |
| Boston Red Sox | 31 | 12 | .721 | - |
| Washington Senators | 26 | 18 | .591 | 5.5 |
| Detroit Tigers | 22 | 21 | .512 | 9.0 |
| New York Yankees | 20 | 23 | .465 | 11.0 |
| Chicago White Sox | 15 | 28 | .349 | 16.0 |
| Cleveland Indians | 15 | 29 | .341 | 16.5 |
| St. Louis Browns | 13 | 30 | .302 | 18.0 |
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS
| W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 25 | 16 | .610 | - |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 24 | 19 | .558 | 2.0 |
| Boston Braves | 23 | 20 | .535 | 3.0 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 21 | 20 | .512 | 4.0 |
| Philadelphia Blue Jays | 22 | 22 | .500 | 4.5 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 19 | 22 | .463 | 6.0 |
| Chicago Cubs | 18 | 23 | .439 | 7.0 |
| New York Giants | 17 | 27 | .386 | 9.5 |
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
| 2 | Joe DiMaggio | CIN | .388 | | 3 | Billy Herman | PIT | .372 | | 4 | Joe Gantenbein | CLE | .369 | | 5 | Mickey Vernon | WS1 | .366 | | LEAGUE LEADERS HR
| 1 | Jeff Heath | NYA | 9 | | 1 | Bill Nicholson | NY1 | 9 | | 3 | Joe DiMaggio | CIN | 8 | | 3 | 3 more tied with | | 8 | | LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
| 2 | Joe DiMaggio | CIN | 31 | | 2 | Wally Judnich | BOS | 31 | | 4 | Bud Metheny | NY1 | 29 | | 4 | Ron Northey | PHA | 29 | |
LEAGUE LEADERS W
| 1 | Max Lanier | PHA | 10 | | 1 | Bobo Newsom | CIN | 10 | | 3 | Bob Muncrief | BOS | 9 | | 4 | 2 tied with | | 8 | | LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
| 2 | Max Lanier | PHA | 2.09 | | 3 | Spud Chandler | PIT | 2.18 | | 4 | Lum Harris | PIT | 2.25 | | 5 | Bill Voiselle | WS1 | 2.30 | | LEAGUE LEADERS K
| | Johnny Vander Meer - BOS | | 63 |
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| 2 | Mort Cooper | BOS | 55 | | 3 | Max Lanier | PHA | 54 | | 4 | Virgil Trucks | CHN | 51 | | 5 | 2 tied with | | 49 | |