Chicago vs Brooklyn
4 game series
Tuesday 7/25
Chicago 6 Brooklyn 5:
WP Hal Newhouser (9-6)
LP Ken Raffensberger (13-8)
HR Dom Dimaggio (11) Art Garibaldi Johnny Mize (15) Tommy O'Brien
Dodger come up short on five run ninth
Wednesday 7/26
Chicago 10 Brooklyn 4:
WP Hank Wyse (9-11)
LP Bill Lee (8-8)
HR
Catfish Metkovich (8)
Roy Partee 4-5, 3 RBIs. Lou Boudreau 3-5, 2 RBIs.
Thursday 7/27
Brooklyn 4 Chicago 0:
WP Tiny Bonham (7-4)
LP Virgil Trucks (8-11)
HR
Mel Ott (21)
Bonham shuts down Cubs on five hits
Friday 7/28
Chicago 12 Brooklyn 3:
WP Bill Bevens (8-12)
LP Johnny Vander Meer 910-12)
John Dudra 2-5, 4 RBIs.
St Louis vs Brooklyn
5 game series
Saturday 7/29
Brooklyn 4 St Louis 2
WP Ken Raffensberger (14-8)
LP Ed Kieman (1-4)
Mel Ott 2-4, 2 RBIs.
Sunday 7/30
Game 1
St Louis 12 Brooklyn 7:
WP Ken Heintzelman (14-3)
LP Bill Lee (8-9)
HR Luis Olmo (7) Bruce Campbell (7)
Clyde McCullough 2-4, 3 RBIs. Olmo 3 RBIs.
Game 2
Brooklyn 2 St Louis 0:
WP Tiny Bonham (8-4)
LP Tex Carleton (11-10)
Bonham fires another shut out.
Monday 7/31
St Louis 2 Brooklyn 1:
WP Van Mungo (13-6)
LP Johnny Vander Meer (10-13)
HR
Mel Ott (22)
Vander Meer is 1-8 in his last 11 games.
Tuesday 8/1
Brooklyn 4 St Louis 2
WP Ken Raffensberger (15-8)
LP Ed Kieman (1-5)
HR
Mel Ott (23)
Bob Prichard 2-3, 2 RBIs.
Boston vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Friday 8/4
Boston 9 Brooklyn 6:
WP Nels Potter (9-10)
LP Jim Nuxhall (0-1)
HR Milt Byrnes (5)
Braves score 6 in the ninth.
Saturday 8/5
Boston 6 Brooklyn 2:
WP Tommy Hughes (8-15)
LP Tiny Bonham (8-5)
Fern Bell 2-5, 3 RBIs.
Sunday 8/6
Brooklyn 2 Boston 1:
WP Johnny Vander Meer (11-13)
LP Harry Brecheen (13-12)
Dodgers slip past Braves on three hits
Brooklyn vs Chicago
4 game series
Wednesday 8/9
Brooklyn 6 Chicago 5:
WP Ken Raffensberger (16-8)
LP Bill Bevens (9-13)
HR Dom DiMaggio (12)
Catfish Metkovich 2-4, 2 RBIs.
Thursday 8/10
Brooklyn 2 Chicago 0:
WP Joe Coleman (1-0)
LP Hank Wyse (10-13)
Coleman and two relievers shut out Cubs.
Friday 8/11
Brooklyn 7 Chicago 5:
WP Tiny Bonham (9-5)
LP Orval Grove (3-3)
HR
Mel Ott (24) Lin Storti (3) Max West (11)
Ott 3-5, 3 RBIs.
Ben Huffman 2-4, 2 RBIs.
Saturday 8/12
Chicago 6 Brooklyn 4 (13):
WP Hal White (1-2)
LP Bill Donovan (4-4)
HR Roy Partee (60
Partee's 13th inning HR lifts Cubs.
Brooklyn vs St Louis
4 game series
Sunday 8/13
Game 1
St Louis 4 Brooklyn 2;
WP Ed Kieman (2-6)
LP Ken Raffensberger (16-9)
HR
Vic Barnhart (2) Stan Musial (19) Bob Elliott (4)
Musial 2-4, 2 RBIs.
Game 2
Brooklyn 13 St Louis 1:
WP Warren Spahn (1-2)
LP Ken Heintzelman (15-5)
HR
Fred Sington 2 (4)
Jim Tabor 2 (15)
Tabor hits a first inning GRAND SLAM going 2-3, 5 RBIs. Sington 5 RBIs.
Monday 8/14
St Louis 17 Brooklyn 4:
WP Clarence Pickrel (5-3)
LP Tiny Bonham (9-6)
HR Stan Musial 2 (21) Luis Olmo (8) Snuffy Stirnweiss (4)
Stirnweiss 4-6, 4 RBIs. Musial 2-3, 5 RBIs.
Tuesday 8/15
Brooklyn 8 St Louis 6:
WP Johnny Vander Meer (12-13)
LP Van Mungo (14-8)
HR
Mel Ott 2 (26)
Catfish Metkovich (9)
Ott 2-4, 4 RBIs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
| W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|
| Philadelphia Athletics | 66 | 50 | .569 | - |
| Boston Red Sox | 66 | 50 | .569 | - |
| Chicago White Sox | 58 | 57 | .504 | 7.5 |
| New York Yankees | 57 | 57 | .500 | 8.0 |
| Detroit Tigers | 56 | 58 | .491 | 9.0 |
| Cleveland Indians | 56 | 59 | .487 | 9.5 |
| St. Louis Browns | 55 | 58 | .487 | 9.5 |
| Washington Senators | 45 | 70 | .391 | 20.5 |
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS
| W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 66 | 43 | .606 | - |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 66 | 46 | .589 | 1.5 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 60 | 54 | .526 | 8.5 |
| New York Giants | 55 | 59 | .482 | 13.5 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 53 | 59 | .473 | 14.5 |
| Chicago Cubs | 50 | 59 | .459 | 16.0 |
| Boston Braves | 51 | 62 | .451 | 17.0 |
| Philadelphia Blue Jays | 47 | 66 | .416 | 21.0 |
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
| 2 | Tommy Holmes | CLE | .349 | | 3 | Pete Reiser | DET | .347 | | 4 | Phil Weintraub | PIT | .343 | | 5 | Stan Musial | SLN | .335 | | LEAGUE LEADERS HR
| 2 | Hank Greenberg | CIN | 27 | | 3 | Mel Ott | BRO | 26 | | 4 | Whitey Kurowski | NY1 | 23 | | 5 | 3 tied with | | 21 | | LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
| 2 | Rudy York | DET | 92 | | 3 | Hank Greenberg | CIN | 91 | | 4 | Whitey Kurowski | NY1 | 87 | | 5 | Ray Sanders | NY1 | 82 | |
LEAGUE LEADERS W
| 1 | Mickey Haefner | PIT | 17 | | 1 | Max Lanier | PHA | 17 | | 1 | Claude Passeau | CLE | 17 | | 4 | 5 tied with | | 16 | | LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
| 2 | Ed Lopat | CHA | 2.53 | | 3 | Jack Kramer | NYA | 2.70 | | 4 | Bob Muncrief | BOS | 2.76 | | 4 | Harry Gumbert | SLN | 2.76 | | LEAGUE LEADERS K
| 2 | Preacher Roe | BOS | 137 | | 3 | Joe Page | NY1 | 132 | | 4 | Van Mungo | SLN | 124 | | 5 | Johnny Vander Meer | BRO | 119 | |