Brooklyn vs St Louis
3 game series
Sunday 7/14
Game 1
St Louis 7 Brooklyn 6:
WP Nick Stirncevich (8-4)
LP Ken Raffensberger (3-8)
HR Johnny Lindell
Phil Rizzuto 2-3, 3 RBIs. Les Moss 3 RBIs.
Game 2
St Louis 11 Brooklyn 4:
WP Joe Dobson (3-2)
LP Warren Spahn (11-9)
HR
Mel Ott (13)
Johnny Lindell 2-5, 3 RBIs. Joe Gordon 3-4, 3 RBIs.
Monday 7/15
Brooklyn 5 St Louis 1
WP Schoolboy Rowe (5-4)
LP Rube Melton (4-9)
HR
Jim Tabor (7)
Tabor 2-4, 3 RBIs.
Brooklyn vs Cincinnati
3 game series
Wednesday 7/17
Cincinnati 2 Brooklyn 1:
WP Mickey Harris (7-13)
LP Marv Breuer (8-11)
Harris scatters three hits.
Thursday 7/18
Cincinnati 3 Brooklyn 2:
WP Steve Roser (2-2)
LP Johnny Vander Meer (4-10)
Red score three in the ninth.
Friday 7/19
Brooklyn 7 Cincinnati 2:
WP Warren Spahn (12-9)
LP Fred Hutchinson (10-10)
HR
Mel Ott (14)
Calvin Chapman 2-5, 3 RBIs.
Mel Ott 2-4, 2 RBIs.
Brooklyn vs Pittsburgh
3 game series
Saturday 7/20
Pittsburgh 1 Brooklyn 0:
WP Eddie Smith (4-12)
LP Schoolboy Rowe (5-5)
Smith three hit shut out.
Sunday 7/21
Game 1
Brooklyn 2 Pittsburgh 1 (10):
WP Bill Donovan (4-4)
LP Dutch Leonard (19-4)
Mel Ott doubles in
Calvin Chapman in the 10th.
Game 2
Pittsburgh 7 Brooklyn 1:
WP Mickey Haefner (9-11)
LP Ken raffensberger (3-9)
HR Sid Gordon (3)
Gordon 8th inning GRAND SLAM, 2-4, 5 RBIs.
Chicago vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Tuesday 7/23
Chicago 6 Brooklyn 2:
WP Hank Wyse (11-8)
LP Warren Spahn (12-10)
Luis Olmo 3-5, 2 RBIs. Frankie Gustine 2-5, 2 RBIs.
Wednesday 7/24
Brooklyn 4 Chicago 1:
WP Schoolboy Rowe (6-5)
LP Virgil Trucks (10-13)
HR Lou Boudreau (4)
Hank Greenberg (7)
Schoolboy Rowe (2)
Rowe homers and fires asix hitter.
Thursday 7/25
Chicago 8 Brooklyn 2:
WP Bill Bevens (17-3)
LP Marv Breuer (8-12)
HR Lou Boudreau (5)
Hank Greenberg 2 (9)
Cubs are 14-3 vs Dodgers.
Pittsburgh vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Friday 7/26
Brooklyn 3 Pittsburgh 2 (10):
WP Johnny Vander Meer (5-10)
LP Mickey Haefner (9-12)
Catfish Metkovich scores winning run in the 10th.
Saturday 7/27
Brooklyn 2 Pittsburgh 1:
WP Warren Spahn (13-10)
LP Bob Savage (9-8)
HR Ted Williams (20)
Spahn scatters five hits.
Sunday 7/28
Pittsburgh 10 Brooklyn 4:
WP Eddie Smith (5-13)
LP Schoolboy Rowe (6-6)
HR
Joe Gallagher (3)
Jim Tabor (8)
Joe Garagiola (5)
Pee Wee Reese 4-5, 3 RBIs. Phil Masi 3-5, 2 RBIs.
St Louis vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Tuesday 7/30
St Louis 6 Brooklyn 5:
WP Roy Prim (11-9)
LP Marv Breuer (8-13)
HR Stan Musial (13)
Joe Gallagher (4)
Gallagher 3 RBIs. Cardinals are 12-2 vs Dodgers.
Wednesday 7/31
Brooklyn 4 St Louis 3:
WP Johnny Vander Meer (6-10)
LP Max Lanier (2-6)
HR Hugh Alexander Snuffy Stirnweiss
Calvin Chapman 2-5, 2 RBIs.
Thursday 8/1
Brooklyn 4 St Louis 3 (10):
WP Lefty West (4-2)
LP Nick Stirncevich (10-5)
Mel Ott scores in the 10th on a throwing error
Cincinnati vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Friday 8/2
Brooklyn 5 Cincinnati 2:
WP Ken Raffensberger (4-9)
LP Mickey Harris (8-14)
Raffensberger picks up first win since 5/19.
Saturday 8/3
Cincinnati 7 Brooklyn 2:
WP Russ Christopher (5-5)
LP Marv Breuer (8-14)
Dutch Meyer 2-2, 4 RBIs. Breuer losses 5th straight.
Sunday 8/4
Brooklyn 6 Cincinnati 2:
WP Tiny Bonham (1-2)
LP Hank Borowy (13-5)
HR
Hank Greenberg (10)
Greenberg is batting .240 with 10 HR and 30 RBIs since being acquired.
Brooklyn vs Boston
Single game series
Monday 8/5
Brooklyn 4 Boston 3:
WP Warren Spahn (14-10)
LP Harry Brecheen (9-13)
HR
Hank Greenberg 2 (12)
Greenberg's second HR, a two run shot in the ninth, lifts Dodgers.
Brooklyn vs New York
2 game series
Tuesday 8/6
Brooklyn 6 NY 5 (10):
WP Bob Lemon (1-0)
LP Jack Brewer (3-4)
HR
Hank Greenberg (13) Whitey Kurowski (17)
Dodgers win again on
Greenberg's extra inning HR.
Wednesday 8/7
Brooklyn 6 NY 4:
WP Marv Breuer (9-14)
LP Johnny Rigney (3-6)
HR Dick Whitman (4)
Jim Tabor 2-4, 2 RBIs. Whitman 3-4, 2 RBIs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
| W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|
| Philadelphia Athletics | 62 | 48 | .564 | - |
| New York Yankees | 60 | 49 | .550 | 1.5 |
| Detroit Tigers | 57 | 48 | .543 | 2.5 |
| Washington Senators | 55 | 55 | .500 | 7.0 |
| St. Louis Browns | 54 | 54 | .500 | 7.0 |
| Boston Red Sox | 53 | 56 | .486 | 8.5 |
| Chicago White Sox | 49 | 61 | .445 | 13.0 |
| Cleveland Indians | 46 | 65 | .414 | 16.5 |
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS
| W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 69 | 38 | .645 | - |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 57 | 52 | .523 | 13.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 52 | 54 | .491 | 16.5 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 52 | 56 | .481 | 17.5 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 51 | 56 | .477 | 18.0 |
| New York Giants | 50 | 58 | .463 | 19.5 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 50 | 58 | .463 | 19.5 |
| Boston Braves | 50 | 59 | .459 | 20.0 |
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
| | Danny Gardella - DET | | .348 |
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| 2 | Johnny Mize | CHN | .347 | | 3 | Red Schoendienst | DET | .337 | | 4 | Stan Musial | SLN | .336 | | 5 | Johnny Hopp | SLA | .329 | | LEAGUE LEADERS HR
| 1 | Ralph Kiner | NYA | 27 | | 1 | Johnny Mize | CHN | 27 | | 3 | Hank Greenberg | BRO | 22 | | 4 | Ted Williams | PIT | 21 | | LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
| 2 | Ralph Kiner | NYA | 80 | | 3 | Johnny Mize | CHN | 72 | | 4 | Yogi Berra | PHI | 69 | | 4 | Ted Williams | PIT | 69 | |
LEAGUE LEADERS W
| 2 | Dutch Leonard | PIT | 20 | | 3 | Bill Bevens | CHN | 18 | | 4 | Ewell Blackwell | NYA | 16 | | 4 | 2 more tied with | | 16 | | LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
| 2 | Tex Hughson | WS1 | 2.23 | | 3 | Russ Christopher | CIN | 2.43 | | 4 | Ewell Blackwell | NYA | 2.45 | | 4 | Roger Wolff | PHA | 2.45 | | LEAGUE LEADERS K
| 2 | Hal Newhouser | CHN | 186 | | 3 | Ewell Blackwell | NYA | 159 | | 4 | Virgil Trucks | CHN | 126 | | 5 | 2 tied with | | 119 | |