When The Boys Came Back – Baseball and 1946

(Throughout this replay, several sources will be used to provide the writings and pictures that I hope will make this replay a memorable experience for me and for the readers)

1946 Standings/Leaders/Team Stats

1946 Boxscores

(I’m sorry that I’m unable to get the Box Merge program to work properly within My Webs Folder from 9/1/46-10/15/46, therefore I will provide information about the exciting ’46 WS below for now.)

October 6, 1946 World Series News – Game 1

World Series, Game 1, at St. Louis and the Cardinals take a 1-0 lead with a 4-1 win. The Cardinals starting pitcher Pollet was nearly unhittable today, while the Red Sox Tex Hughson looked rusty from the long rain delayed layoff that delayed the start of this series by four days. The hitting star for the Cardinals was Enos Slaughter with his two-run scoring double(s). Slaughter finished the day 2 for 2, 3 RBI. Boston’s Rudy York parked one into the LF stands for the lone HR.

Red Sox 000 100 000 1 3 0

Cardinals 110 020 00x 4 9 0

October 7, 1946 World Series News – Game 2

World Series, Game 2, at St. Louis and this game did not go as expected. It was thought that Brecheen would shut down the Boston bats, not so. Of the seventeen (17) Red Sox hits, 16 were singles, as only catcher Hal Wagner’s triple turned out to be the lone extra base hit. Though everyone hit the ball today for the Bosox, veteran Pinky Higgins turned into a big time clutch hitter and earns “game ball” honors. Harris did a great job on the mound today as well, pitching a CG 6-hitter, 7 K’s, 0 walks. As the Red Sox win 7-2 and head to Boston with the series tied 1-1.

Red Sox 020 301 001 7 17 0

Cardinals 002 000 000 2 6 0

October 9, 1946 World Series News – Game 3

World Series, Game 3, at Boston and the Red Sox didn’t disappoint as they jumped all over Murry Dickson in the 6^th inning, though errors by the usually sure-handed SS Marty Marion and Dickson himself ruined the day for the Cardinals. Ferriss, meanwhile, was on his game and tossed a very nice 4-hit shutout, despite the cold, blustery day in Boston. The Red Sox leads this series 2-1.

Cardinals 000 000 000 0 4 3

Red Sox 000 005 10x 6 8 0

October 10, 1946 World Series News – Game 4

World Series, Game 4, at Boston and the Red Sox bats came alive off surprise Cardinals starter Red Munger, as the Bosox put three (3) on the board in the 1^st inning and that’s more than Tex Hughson would need to finish out the game in a reversal of his performance in game one. For the Red Sox, everyone got into the act except for Pesky with Rudy York coming away with “game ball” honors for his 4 for 5, RBI game. Ted Williams added a “solo big fly” to add to the Cardinals woes today. The Red Sox have now opened a wide 3-1 lead in the series and will attempt to put things to an end here in Boston in game 5.

Cardinals 000 000 100 1 5 0

Red Sox 300 024 01x 10 17 0

October 11, 1946 World Series News – Game 5

World Series, Game 5, at Boston and though Pollet gets the win for a CG performance, he certainly wasn’t that sharp today. Dobson actually pitched slightly better than his counterpart in this ball game, but gets the loss. The big blow came in the Cardinals 8^th inning when Harry Walker drilled a line drive 3-run HR over the RF fence that provided the big insurance runs, as the Red Sox did score one in the 9^th and was threatening to do more damage when Pollet got PH Rip Russell to ground to SS to end the game. Despite that 3-run blast by Walker, Slaughter receives the “game ball” honors today as he ROBBED Dom DiMaggio of a 2-run HR in the game as well, and went (2 for 3, 2 RBI, HR) with the bat. So I’ll meet you guys in St. Louis for Game 6 as the series is now 3-2 in favor of the Red Sox.

Cardinals 020 001 130 7 10 0

Red Sox 001 200 001 4 8 0

October 13, 1946 World Series News – Game 6

World Series, Game 6, at St. Louis and The Cat Brecheen was definitely more effective in this game than he had been in game 2. Boston gets four of their five hits from the seventh inning on, and despite throwing 131 pitches, Brecheen completes what he started and comes away with a win. It was Marion’s routine SF in the 3^rd inning that proved to be the game winner. Brecheen remained in control the entire game, but in the Boston 7^th trailing 3-0, York doubled, and one out later, Higgins walked, Partee then hit a DP ball to 3b where Kurowski threw in the dirt for an error to load the bases. PH Rip Russell then doubled to LCF that plated two, but the tying run was cut down at the plate (762), and Culberson F8 to end the inning. Brecheen ran into more difficulty in the Boston 8^th, with two outs, as Ted Williams singled to RF, and York reached first on Schoendienst’s error at 2b. Bobby Doerr then came up and hit a slow roller between 1^st and 2^nd and Musial made a spectacular play by gloving the ball and quickly releasing it to Brecheen who just beat the speedy Doerr to the bag for the third out. The Red Sox were now out of steam and they went quietly in the 9^th 1-2-3 against Brecheen. This series is now tied 3-3 and the pitching machups for tomorrow’s game 7 will be Dickson for St. Louis vs. Ferriss for the Red Sox. “Game ball” honors to Stan-The-Man, who made two great plays in the field, not bad for a DMB-rated (Fr/116).

Red Sox 000 000 200 2 5 0

Cardinals 012 000 00x 3 4 2

World Series, Game 7, at St. Louis and this 1946 replay is a wrap. This game 7 had quite a bit of drama, which is typical of a game where one team starts to pull away and the other is playing catch up to save its life. This game had that feel to it. This has turned into a memorable World Series contest as the Cardinals comeback to win the final three games to capture the title. There was no Enos Slaughter mad dash from 1^st to home, but Slaughter did go 3 for 3, RBI and he hit his 2^nd HR of the series to earn the 1946 World Series MVP award. The two 1946 league MVP’s were both Ted Williams and Stan Musial respectively. Neither had a great WS, though Williams (.333) wasn’t too far below his actual seasonal numbers. Musial on the other hand only hit (.148). Certainly not a defining moment for either player really, but it’s the last WS for each of them. But for now, the St. Louis Cardinals are the World Series champions for 1946.

Red Sox 000 011 030 5 10 1

Cardinals 000 411 02x 8 11 1

September 29, 1946 News

The Boston Red Sox CLINCH the NL Pennant!!!

September 27, 1946 News

The St. Louis Cardinals CLINCH the NL Pennant!!!

September 12, 1946 News

Bill Dickey, manager of the New York Yankees resigns with his team only 4 games back of the surging Red Sox. However, the Yankees, under coach Johnny Neun, would win their next nine (9) straight games and 11 of their final 14 games of the year to take this pennant race to the final day of the season before succumbing. The Red Sox during this period certainly didn’t play badly, but only won 7 of their final 12 games.

September 2, 1946 News

The Boston Red Sox, cannonballing toward the pennant, sweep the Yankees in today’s Labor Day doubleheader at Yankee Stadium. It’s the first time the Red Sox have won both halves of a twin bill against the Yankees since 1939.

August 31, 1946 News

A Jackie Robinson note in The Sporting News reports that, injuries had depleted the Royals 3b corps. Jackie was shifted to play 3b today “a station he is said to be ticketed to play for Brooklyn next season.” Robinson will play more there than any position except for 2B in the big leagues, though in 1947, his rookie season, Robinson will work only at 1B.

August 27, 1946 News

Chicago Cubs CF Andy Pafko (.318, 6, 51) in only 299 PA’s, just recovered from a fractured ankle, breaks his arm and is lost for the rest of the season. Next year, he’ll have a kind of year he should have had this year.

August 24, 1946 News

Third baseman Grady Hatton of the Reds, candidate for ROY, suffers a season-ending accident under the stands before the start of today’s game with the Phillies in Crosley Field. Hatton is running on the concrete walkway in sneakers, carting his spikes. He swerves to avoid a chil in the crowd and runs into the road secretary. Hatton slips, lands hard on the concrete and fractures his right kneecap, chipped the bone, and ended his season. Grady Hatton (.272, 18, 78) was hitting very well in the replay.

August 20, 1946 News

This is the night that Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller’s fastball is clocked at 98.6 miles per hour, fastest speed yet recorded, by an Army machine called the Lumiline, or Sky Screen, Chronograph. It’s supposed to be accurate to one ten-thousandth of a second. In the replay, Bob Feller (17-11) is in the midst of 9 game winning streak which will extend to the end of August.

August 6, 1946 News

Mickey Owen is back in the States, saying again that he wants to rejoin the Dodgers. “I figure I’ve given all I can to the Mexican League” he’s quoted as telling the New York Times. But, unlike him, others who jumped to the Outlaw League aren’t so eager to come north. Max Lanier says that he has been treated very well and stays in the Mexican League. Owen’s desire to play big league ball again is not universally supported by other players in the majors. Marty Marion is quoted as saying “Owen jumped his team to go down there for that big money, now let him stay there”. The Phillies report “unanimous” agreement against Owen. Despite Owen’s claim that the Mexican League broke their financial obligations to him, Happy Chandler’s assistant Herold Ruel, cites a convenient clause in baseball law, which declares Owen can’t be reinstated this year, no matter what.

August 5, 1946 News

New York Giants 1B, Johnny Mize suffers a broken hand when hit by a Joe Page pitch @ New York Mayor William O’Dwyer’s charity exhibition game between the Giants and Yankees. Mize will play only one more game this season.

August 4, 1946 News

Before what’s described as “the largest crowd” in baseball history, 74,529, the Indians lose to the Yankees 2-0. It’s the first game of a DH, but rain washes out the second game. Also washed out is Bob Feller, who has to leave with a pulled back muscle. In my replay, there are only 21,975 in attendance as they see Feller pitch a CG 4-2 victory that evened his record at 11-11 in the replay. Yankee president MacPhail will soon challenge the accuracy of “largest crowd”, citing a Boston/New York DH at Yankee Stadium in 1938, which he says was attended by 81,481. Actually, it was 81,841, but either way, MacPhail is right. For all his brag and bluster, he usually is.

July 31, 1946 News

Returning from the Navy today is young Washington infielder Eddie Yost, after two years away. Yost, not yet 20, was signed in 1944 before joining the war effort oversea’s. This season, he’ll only get into eight, beginning with a PH appearance of an August 8 DH. Yost has 16 more years ahead of him in the big leagues, most of them at 3B. Between 1949 and 1955, he’ll play 838 consecutive games (which still ranks among the top ten such streaks, more than six decades later).

Due to his father-in-law passing away in Milwaukee, Ken Keltner will be away from the Indians until August 6th. Keltner lost plenty in the war, in his case only a year of Navy service, but in 1944 he batted .295; in 1946 '241. He'll improve in 1947, great in 1948, then chronic back problems will begin to do him in that will end his career.

Cincinnati Red’s SS Eddie Miller is now sidelined with an arm injury and will will out for about one month. Though Miller's not much of a hitter (.235, 7, 44), he's no slutch, and he's a pretty good glove man (Av)e68.

Earlier this month, he was out of the lineup for six days with leg pain. Last season, Miller broke a kneecap. Injuries plague the defensive star throughout the 40’s, but they won’t wear him down. He’ll play full-time the next two seasons and last through 1950.

Ken O’Dea, Boston Braves catcher, suffers a fracture of his right hand when hit by a foul bunt off the bat of Pittsburgh’s Al Gionfriddo. At first it’s thought to be only a bruise, and O’Dea shrugs it off, working more games, on August 4 and 6, before X-rays reveal the break. Though later restored to the Boston Braves roster, O’Dea is finished for the year. In fact, at 33, he’s finished in the major leagues.

July 9, 1946 News

1946 All-Star Game results

July 8, 1946 News

The 13^th annual All-Star Game will be played tomorrow at Fenway Park in Boston. Meet your starting lineups below as well as the two full rosters attached.

1946 All-Star Roster

National League Starting All-Stars Lineup

Gustine-2B Musial-LF Walker-CF Slaughter-RF Kurowski-3B Mize-1B McCullough-C Cox-SS Breechen-SP

American League Starting All-Stars Lineup

Pesky-SS Judnich-CF Williams-LF Greenberg-1B Keller-RF Keltner-3B Doerr-2B Wagner-C Newhouser-SP

July 7, 1946 News

Brookyln Dodgers SS Pee Wee Reese irritates an old neck injury while turning a DP against the Braves today, he’ll finish out the game, but he’ll sit out till the 15^th, watching the All-Star Game from the stands. This neck injury (chipped vertebra) will affect his play all season, which in turns will affect the Dodgers in the standings.

Brooklyn Dodgers star OF Pistol “Pete” Reiser hurts his shoulder again on a play in the OF against the Braves today and like his teammate Reese, he’ll miss the All-Star Game as well, but it’s uncertain if Reiser will miss any acrtion once play resumes on Thursday in Chicago.

Joe DiMaggio suffers cartilage damage to his left knee, sliding into a base in the first game of today’s doubleheader against the A’s at Yankee Stadium. He also sprained his left ankle, too, but it doesn’t get the headlines enjoyed by his knee. He’ll miss the All-Star Game and won’t return to the field till pinch-hitting on August 2. The Yankees said they were glad they had an 8½ game cushion in the standing, with DiMaggio leaving the lineup for possibly up to 30 days or more.

July 4, 1946 News

Early Wynn, RHP of the Washington Senators who’s been in the Army since 1944 is discharged at Camp Meade, Maryland, and will rejoin the team as quickly as he can. Wtnn who led the AL in losses two years ago but won 18 the year before that, will pitch 17 games this year. His first game back is scheduled for July 16, but it’ll be in a relief role against the Browns.

This is the traditional date on which the teams in first place are suppose to win the major league pennants. The Yankees and the Dodgers, who met in the World Series in 1941, are in first place today.

June 24, 1946 News

A bus carrying the Spokane Indians team of the Class B Western Intl League plunges 300 feet off a narrow road over the Snoqualmie Pass in the Cascade Mtns of Washington State. Eight players are killed, seven injured in the rainstorm (another will die, several days from now). Spared from the disaster is infielder Jack Lohrke, as he was pulled from the bus at its final stop before climbing to the Pass and told he’s to report, instead, to the San Diego Padres, to whom he’s just been promoted. “Lucky Lohrke” will be third baseman of the New York Giants in 1947, going from B ball to the major leagues in less than a year.

It’s not his first encounter with fate, he survived the Normandy Invasion and the Battle of the Bulge; he was in a train wreck that killed and injured several others; then last September, he missed a military transport flight in Jersey City that crashed in Kansas, killing all 23 passengers.

June 23, 1946 News

Standings in the Mexican League show Monterrey in first place. Vera Cruz, whose roster is jammed with ex-bog leaguers, is last. On the Vera Cruz Blues, are manager Mickey Owen, Max Lanier, Lou Klein, Harry Feldman, Ace Adams, Roberto Estalello, Chili Gomez (prewar Phillies and Nats) and Danny Gardella. Owen will be soon deposed as manager.

Meanwhile back in the states, a young, hardnosed southpaw named Warren Spahn, who made several appearances back in 1942 before entering the war, has impressed everyone with his (4-1, 1.29, 4 saves) so far this season. Next month while Shahn is beating the Cardinals in Boston, Browns radio announcer Dizzy Dean, reading the Western Union tickertape, on which scores come into the press boxes everywhere, will pose a question. “Who in the world,” scoffs Diz, “is Spahn?” That about sums it up, as Spahn prepares to make his starting debut soon.

June 16, 1946 News

Minor League nore: Billy Goodman, 1944 sensation with the Atlanta Crackers who hit .336 at the age of 18, rejoins the team after being discharged from the Navy. The Sporting News says he carries “a $30,000 price tag.” He won’t be really ready for the major leagues till 1948, when he hits .310 in his first full year with the Red Sox. In 1946, in 86 games for the Crackers, he’ll hit .389. Ahead of him are 16 seasons in the big leagues and a 1950 AL batting title. With so many “can’t miss” youngsters emerging from the war, Goodman is one of the relatively small group who really can’t miss.

The St. Louis Cardinals Stan Musial takes over 1B for good, playing the unfamiliar position throughout the rest of the season. Next year, Stan will be a 1B exclusively, then return to the OF, almost full time into 1950. In the 1950s, he’ll split time between 1B and the OF.

The New York Giants sell Vince DiMaggio (.050, 0, 0) to San Francisco, land of his birth. In 15 games since coming over from the Phillies, Vince had one hit. He says New York didn’t give him a fair chance, but statistics is statistics. After a slow drive across country with his pregnant wife, loudly declaring he might just go to Mexico, DiMaggio finally agrees to terms with the Seals.

The Pittsburgh Pirates option pitcher Aldon “Lefty” Wilkie (0-0, 3.68) in 7 IP to Hollywood, at the end of his three seasons in the big league. He’s from Zealandia, Saskatchewan, Canada, hotbed of baseball talent. Lefty will post a 9-7 for the Stars.

Against the Pirates today, with a teammate on base, Ron Northey of the Phillies sends a Rip Sewell blooper ball to the top of the RF wall in Shibe Park. Sewell long claims no one ever hit a homer off his special pitch, whose identifying characteristic is that its flight from the pitching mound to home plate resembles the arc you might see in a slo-pitch softball game. Popular legend will atest that Ted Williams is the first to homer off the blooper pitch, next month in the All-Star game. But Northey did it today on June 16^th.

May 31, 1946 News

Joe McCarthy, manager of the New York Yankees resigned last week after holding the job since 1931. McCarthy sites ill health, but it’s been long rumored that Joe had a considerable drinking problem. The catalyst for the change was a loud tongue-lashing McCarthy gave carousing pitcher Joe Page in front of the whole team while on an airline flight. After the trip, McCarthy went home to his farm near Buffalo, his health somewhat worse for wear, and didn’t return. He was replaced by popular catcher Bill Dickey, who says he’ll continue as the regular backstop for New York. Though Dickey coveted this managerial position, he’ll grow to hate it and will resign himself before the end of the season.

Those innovative Yankees have done it again, adding “hit” and “error” lights to the scoreboard at the Stadium.

Charlie Keller’s 8^th HR on the year paces Yankees to win over A’s.

Yankee hurlers Page and Murphy combine to hold Athletics at bay.

Yankees 2, Athletics 1

5/31/1946, PhA46-NYA46, Yankee Stadium
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 6 2
1946 Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x 2  7 1 5 0
 
Athletics AB R H BI AVG Yankees AB R H BI AVG
Valo rf 2 0 0 0 .360 Stirnweiss 3b 4 0 1 0 .222
Suder 3b 3 0 1 0 .310 Henrich rf 2 1 2 0 .243
McQuinn 1b 4 0 0 0 .219 Keller lf 4 1 1 2 .317
Chapman cf 4 0 1 0 .231 DiMaggio cf 3 0 0 0 .241
Rosar c 4 1 1 0 .248 Etten 1b 3 0 0 0 .222
Stainback lf 4 0 1 0 .143 Gordon 2b 3 0 1 0 .220
Hall 2b 4 0 0 0 .224 Robinson c 3 0 1 0 .304
Wallaesa ss 3 0 0 1 .150 Rizzuto ss 3 0 1 0 .306
Fowler p 2 0 0 0 .059 Page p 3 0 0 0 .250
 Handley ph 1 0 0 0 .205 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 .000
 Flores p 0 0 0 0 .000 28 2 7 2
 31 1 4 1
 
Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Fowler L 3-5 6.0 5 2 2 2 5 100 61 3.38
Flores 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 29 16 3.22
 8.0 7 2 2 3 6 129 77 
 
Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Page W 2-3 8.0 4 1 1 2 5 105 63 3.02
Murphy S 6 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 5.52
 9.0 4 1 1 2 5 115 70 
 
PhA: Handley batted for Fowler in the 7th
 
E-Rizzuto. 2B-Suder. HR-Keller(8). SB-Valo(1). K-Chapman, Hall, Wallaesa 2, 
Fowler, Stirnweiss, Gordon 2, Rizzuto, Page 2. BB-Valo 2, Henrich 2, 
DiMaggio. SH-Suder. 
GWRBI: Keller
Temperature: 83, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 18 MPH.
Attendance: 35,926
Game Time: 2:05

Ted Williams hit three (3) HR’s today to lead the Red Sox past the Senators.

Tex Hughson pitches a CG win and improves to 6-3; Nine doubles between these two teams today.

Red Sox 8, Senators 3

5/30/1946, Was46-BoA46, game 1, Fenway Park
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Senators 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 3 8 0
1946 Red Sox 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 x 8 10 3 7 0
 
Senators AB R H BI AVG Red Sox AB R H BI AVG
Myatt 3b 5 0 1 0 .286 Metkovich rf 5 1 1 2 .241
Lewis rf 5 1 1 0  .235 Pesky ss 4 0 1 0 .342
Spence cf 4 1 1 0 .245 Williams lf 4 3 4 4 .344
Vernon 1b 3 1 2 2 .426 Doerr 2b 3 1 1 0 .224
Heath lf 3 0 1 0 .333 York 1b 4 0 0 0 .309
Travis ss 4 0 1 0 .288 DiMaggio cf 4 0 0 0 .250
Priddy 2b 4 0 1 1 .213 Russell 3b 2 3 2 1 .146
Wolff p 2 0 0 0 .050 Wagner,H  c 2 0 1 0 .265
 Wilson p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hughson p 2 0 0 0 .172
 Binks ph 1 0 0 0 .296 30 8 10 7
Evans c 4 0 0 0 .271
 35 3 8 3
 
Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Wolff L 3-4 5.0 6 6 5 2 4 87 47 3.15
Wilson 3.0 4 2 2 1 1 50 28 9.00
 8.0 10 8 7 3 5 137 75 
 
Red Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Hughson W 6-3 9.0 8 3 2 2 4 111 73 2.09
 9.0 8 3 2 2 4 111 73 
 
Was: Binks batted for Wilson in the 9th
 
E-Travis, Priddy, Evans, Metkovich, Pesky, Russell. 2B-Lewis, Spence, Vernon, 
Travis, Metkovich, Williams, Russell 2, Wagner,H. HR-Williams 3(9). 
SB-Vernon(6), Heath 2(3). K-Myatt, Lewis, Evans 2, Metkovich 2, Pesky, York, 
Hughson. BB-Heath, Wolff, Doerr, Russell, Wagner,H. SH-Pesky, Wagner,H, 
Hughson 2. SF-Vernon, Williams. HBP-Russell. HB-Wolff. WP-Wolff. 
Temperature: 78, Sky: cloudy, Wind: out to right at 16 MPH.
Attendance: 16,623
Game Time: 1:54

Hank Greenberg does it again, slugs 2 HR’s #15 and #16 in win over Indians.

Hal newhouser tosses 7-hit shutout, improves record to 7-1; Greenberg on pace to hit (63 HR’s).

Tigers 9, Indians 0

5/29/1946, Det46-Cle46, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Tigers 1 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 9 10 1 6 1
1946 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  4 2 7 1
 
Tigers AB R H BI AVG Indians AB R H BI AVG
Lake ss 4 2 2 1 .311 Case lf 3 0 0 0 .291
Mayo 2b 3 1 0 1 .198 Mills ph 1 0 1 0 .360
Evers cf 4 0 1 1 .350 Rocco 1b 3 0 0 0 .202
Wakefield lf 5 1 1 2 .259 Klieman p 0 0 0 0 1.000
Greenberg 1b 4 2 2 4 .252 Lollar ph 1 0 0 0 .211
 Cullenbine ph 1 0 0 0 .315 Lemon p 0 0 0 0 .111
Moore rf 5 0 0 0 .077 Boudreau ss 3 0 0 0 .288
Kell 3b 4 1 3 0 .254 Seerey rf 4 0 0 0 .205
Richards c 3 1 1 0 .244 Meyer 2b 3 0 1 0 .211
Newhouser p 3 1 0 0 .069 Keltner 3b 2 0 1 0 .227
 36 9 10 9 Black p 0 0 0 0 .000
  Fleming 1b 1 0 0 0 .258
 Hayes c 4 0 1 0 .232
 Mackiewicz cf 3 0 0 0 .270
 Reynolds p 1 0 0 0 .063
 Ross 3b 2 0 0 0 .353
 31 0 4 0
 
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Newhouser W 7-1 9.0 4 0 0 3 15 138 89 1.86
 9.0 4 0 0 3 15 138 89 
 
Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Reynolds L 2-3 4.0 4 6 3 3 2 77 43 3.40
Black 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 35 19 5.79
Klieman 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 26 17 2.84
Lemon 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 12 10 0.77
 9.0 10 9 6  4 3 150 89 
 
Det: Cullenbine batted for Greenberg in the 9th
 Cullenbine moved to 1b in the 9th
Cle: Ross inserted at 3b in the 5th
 Fleming inserted at 1b in the 7th
 Mills batted for Case in the 8th
 Lollar batted for Klieman in the 8th
 Mills moved to lf in the 9th
 
E-Moore, Boudreau, Reynolds. 2B-Lake. HR-Greenberg 2(16). K-Mayo 2, 
Wakefield, Case 2, Rocco 2, Boudreau, Seerey, Meyer, Keltner, Hayes 2, 
Mackiewicz 2, Ross, Fleming, Lollar. BB-Lake, Mayo 2, Richards, Boudreau, 
Meyer, Fleming. SH-Newhouser. SF-Evers. 
GWRBI: Wakefield
Temperature: 68, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 11 MPH.
Attendance: 11,484
Game Time: 2:20

Ed Heusser tosses a 10-hit shutout, wins 4^th.

Reds score 2 unearned runs and get’s win.

Reds 2, Pirates 0

5/28/1946, Cin46-Pit46, Forbes Field
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Reds 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 8 0
1946 Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 9 2
 
Reds AB R H BI AVG Pirates AB R H BI AVG
Clay cf 4 0 1 0 .170 Handley 3b 4 0 0 0 .197
Zientara 3b 3 0 1 0 .360 Russell lf 4 0 1 0 .300
Adams 2b 4 0 1 0 .188 Elliott rf 4 0 1 0 .211
Libke rf 4 0 0 0 .306 Fletcher 1b 4 0 1 0 .172
 Usher rf  0 0 0 0 .286 Gustine 2b 4 0 3 0 .298
Lamanno c 4 1 1 0 .196 Kiner cf 4 0 1 0 .240
Haas 1b 4 1 0 0 .186 Cox ss 4 0 1 0 .347
West lf 3 0 2 1 .229 Salkeld c 4 0 1 0 .209
Miller ss 4 0 2 1 .229 Zak pr 0 0 0 0 .000
Heusser p 4 0 0 0 .214 Bahr p 2 0 0 0 .000
 34 2 8 2 Gionfriddo ph 1 0 1 0 .414
 Hallett p 0 0 0 0 .667
 Lopez ph 1 0 0 0 .308
  36 0 10 0
 
Reds INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Heusser W 4-2 9.0 10 0 0 0 1 102 73 2.45
 9.0 10 0 0 0 1 102 73 
 
Pirates INN H  R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bahr L 0-2 7.0 5 2 0 2 0 81 50 4.82
Hallett 2.0 3 0 0 1 2 34 24 5.93
 9.0 8 2 0 3 2 115 74 
 
Cin: Usher inserted at rf in the 8th
Pit: Gionfriddo batted for Bahr in the 7th
 Lopez batted for Hallett in the 9th
 Zak ran for Salkeld in the 9th
 
E-Adams, Fletcher, Gustine. 2B-West, Russell, Cox. K-Adams, Heusser, Kiner. 
BB-Clay, Zientara, West. 
GWRBI: West
Temperature: 62, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 8 MPH.
Attendance: 6,704
Game Time: 1:45

Terry Moore rips a GWRBI single in the 12^th inning to beat Cubs.

Chipman’s struggles continue; Cards SS Marty Marion with two sparkling plays in the field saves game.

Cardinals 3, Cubs 2

5/27/1946, SLN46-ChN46, Wrigley Field
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E LOB DP
1946 Cardinals 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1 9 1
1946 Cubs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 8 0
 
Cardinals AB R H BI AVG Cubs AB R H BI AVG
Schoendienst 2b 5 0 1 0 .269 Sturgeon  ss 5 0 1 0 .350
Moore cf 5 0 1 1 .247 Stringer 2b 4 0 0 0 .143
Musial lf 6 1 1 0 .421 Dallesndro ph 1 0 0 0 .278
Slaughter rf 5 0 1 0 .240 Johnson 2b 0 0 0  0 .173
Kurowski 3b 5 0 1 0 .253 Lowrey lf 4 0 2 0 .230
Marion ss 5 0 1 1 .160 Cavarretta 1b 3 0 0 0 .276
Sisler 1b 5 1 2 0 .265 Kush p 0 0 0 0 .000
Kluttz c 4 0 1 1 .176 Livingston ph 1 0 0 0 .164
 Cross pr 0 0 0 0 .125 Chipman p 0 0 0 0 .000
 Rice c 0 0 0 0 .200 Olsen p 0 0 0 0 .000
Pollet  p 2 0 0 0 .095 Pafko cf 5 0 2 1 .286
 Walker ph 1 0 0 0 .293 Nicholson rf 1 1 0 0 .227
 Wilks p 0 0 0 0 .000 Scheffing ph 1 0 0 0 .286
 Adams ph 0 1 0  0 .182 Hack 3b 2 0 1 0 .313
 Dickson p 0 0 0 0 .500 McCullough c 5 0 1 1 .358
 43 3 9 3 Jurges 3b 2 0 0 0 .203
 Secory ph 1 0 0 0 .222
 Rickert rf 1 0 0 0 .216
 Schmitz p 2 0 0 0 .294
 Ostrowski  ph 0 1 0 0 1.000
 Waitkus 1b 2 0 1 0 .227
 40 2 8 2
 
Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Pollet  8.0 6 2 2 4 2 106 58 1.89
Wilks W 1-1 3.0 1 0 0 1 2 41 24 2.70
Dickson S 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 15 8 2.25
 12.0 8 2 2 5 4 162 90 
 
Cubs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Schmitz 8.0 6 2 2 1 2 137 84 2.36
Kush 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 38 25 2.37
Chipman L 1-3 0.2 2 1 1 2 0 19 7  7.36
Olsen 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00
 12.0 9 3 3 3 5 196 118 
 
SLN: Walker batted for Pollet in the 9th
 Adams batted for Wilks in the 12th
 Cross ran for Kluttz in the 12th
  Rice inserted at c in the 12th
ChN: Scheffing batted for Nicholson in the 7th
 Secory batted for Jurges in the 7th
 Hack inserted at 3b in the 8th
 Rickert inserted at rf in the 8th
 Ostrowski batted for Schmitz in the 8th
 Waitkus inserted at 1b in the 9th
 Dallesndro batted for Stringer in the 10th
 Johnson inserted at 2b in the 11th
 Livingston batted for Kush in the 11th
 
E-Pollet, Jurges. 2B-Schoendienst, Musial, Kurowski, Kluttz, Pafko, 
McCullough. 3B-Sisler. CS-Hack. K-Musial 2, Marion, Kluttz, Pollet, Stringer, 
Lowrey, McCullough, Jurges. BB-Schoendienst, Moore, Adams, Lowrey, 
Cavarretta, Nicholson, Rickert, Ostrowski. SH-Kluttz, Pollet, Sturgeon. 
GWRBI: Moore
Temperature: 70, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 17 MPH.
Attendance: 38,448
Game Time: 2:58

Ralph Kiner’s two-out 9^th inning single wins game for Pittsburgh.

On a wet Forbes Field there were 28 hits today between these two teams, 26 of them singles.

In other news, the Yankees Bill Bevens went 5 innings before allowing a run to the Red Sox that

halted Bevens scoreless streak at 48 Innings which is 8 innings shy of Walter Johnson’s record.

Pirates 5, Cubs 4

5/26/1946, ChN46-Pit46, Forbes Field
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Cubs 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 14 0 10 2
1946 Pirates 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 5 14 0 11 1
 
Cubs  AB R H BI AVG Pirates AB R H BI AVG
Sturgeon ss 4 0 1 0 .400 Handley 3b 5 1 2 0 .210
Stringer 2b 3 1 0 0 .167 Russell lf 5 2 3 0 .303
 Hack ph 1 0 1 0  .308 Elliott rf 3 0 1 1 .209
 Johnson 2b 0 0 0 0 .173 Fletcher 1b 3 0 1 1 .168
Lowrey lf 3 2 3 1 .221 Gustine 2b 5 1 2 0 .280
Cavarretta 1b 4 0 0 0 .284 Kiner cf 5 0 2 1 .239
Pafko cf 5 0 2 3 .280 Cox ss 4 0 2 1 .351
Nicholson rf 3 0 2 0 .231 Salkeld c 3 1 1 1 .205
 Scheffing ph 1 0 0 0 .333 Lanning  p 0 0 0 0 .000
 Rickert rf 0 0 0 0 .220 Ostermueller p 0 0 0 0 .267
McCullough c 4 0 3 0 .375 Heintzleman p 2 0 0 0 .091
Jurges 3b 3 0 0 0 .210 Lopez c 1 0 0  0 .333
Bithorn p 2 1 1 0 .286 36 5 14 5
 Erickson p 1 0 0 0 .000
 Dallesndro ph 1 0 1 0 .294
 Kush p 0 0 0 0 .000
 35 4 14 4
 
Cubs  INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bithorn 3.0 4 1 1 1 0 46 27 3.38
Erickson 4.0 6 3 3 1 2 71 47 5.79
Kush L 1-1 1.2 4 1 1 2 0 34 19 2.81
  8.2 14 5 5 4 2 151 93 
 
Pirates INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Heintzleman 6.2 11 4 4 3 4 115 72 4.38
Lanning 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 19 13 2.70
Ostermueller W 4-2 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 10 7 2.72
 9.0 14 4 4 3 5 144 92 
 
ChN: Scheffing batted for Nicholson in the 7th
 Rickert inserted at rf in the 7th
 Dallesndro batted for Erickson in the 8th
 Hack batted for Stringer in the 9th
 Johnson inserted at 2b in the 9th
Pit: Lopez inserted at c in the 7th
 
2B-Pafko 2. HR-Salkeld(1). SB-Russell(2). K-Stringer, Cavarretta, Jurges 2, 
Erickson, Cox, Salkeld. BB-Stringer, Lowrey, Cavarretta, Elliott, Fletcher 2, 
Lopez. SH-Sturgeon, Lowrey, Jurges, Elliott, Lanning. WP-Heintzleman. 
GWRBI: Kiner
Hi Bithorn was removed after a rain delay
Temperature: 68, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: right to left at 8 MPH, 
Attendance: 9,335
Game Time: 2:31
Rain Delays: 48 minutes.

Bob Dillinger’s 3 hits, 3 Ribbies leads Browns to win over Indians.

Sam Zoldak improves to 5-1; Judnich slugs 4^th HR.

Browns 10, Indians 3

5/25/1946, Cle46-SLA46, Sportsman's Park III (A)
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Indians 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 7 2 6 1
1946 Browns 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 4 x 10 12 0 5 1
 
Indians AB R H BI AVG Browns AB R H BI AVG
Boudreau ss 3 0 1 0 .298 Dillinger 3b 5 3 3 3 .367
Rocco 1b 3 1 1 0 .203 Grace rf 5 0 1 1 .204
 Edwards ph 1 0 0 0 .211 Finney lf 4 0 2 2 .385
 Ferrick p 0 0 0 0 .000 Lucadello 2b 3 1 0 0 .274
Mills  lf 4 0 0 0 .333 Judnich cf 2 2 2 1 .321
Seerey rf 4 0 1 0 .226 Christman ss 3 0 1 1 .222
Meyer 2b 4 0 0 1 .182 Stevens 1b 3 1 1 1 .292
Keltner 3b 4 2 2 0 .219 Helf c 4 0 0 0 .200
Hayes c 3 0 0 0 .247 Zoldak p 3 3 2 1 .294
Mackiewicz cf 4 0 1 1 .294 32 10 12 10
Reynolds p 2 0 1 1 .067
 Black p 0 0 0 0 .000
 Ross ph 0 0 0 0 .292
 Fleming 1b 1 0 0 0 .271
 33 3 7 3
 
Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Reynolds L 2-2 4.0  5 6 5 3 3 72 38 3.09
Black 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 31 19 3.86
Ferrick 2.0 6 4 3 0 1 37 26 11.00
 8.0 12 10 8 4 4 140 83 
 
Browns  INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Zoldak W 5-1 9.0 7 3 3 3 1 127 82 1.76
 9.0 7 3 3 3 1 127 82 
 
Cle: Ross batted for Black in the 7th
 Edwards batted for Rocco in the 7th
 Fleming inserted at 1b in the 7th
 
E-Boudreau, Mackiewicz. 2B-Boudreau, Seerey, Keltner, Dillinger, Christman, 
Stevens, Zoldak 2. HR-Judnich(4). SB-Dillinger(3). K-Meyer, Dillinger, Grace, 
Lucadello, Helf. BB-Boudreau, Hayes, Ross, Lucadello, Judnich 2, Zoldak. 
SH-Christman. SF-Finney, Stevens. WP-Reynolds. 
GWRBI: Stevens
Temperature: 67, Sky: cloudy, Wind: right to left at 14 MPH.
Attendance: 9,434
Game Time: 2:06

Hank Greenberg slugs 2-HR’s, knocks in five to lead Tigers to win over Chicago.

Greenberg hits HR’s #12 and #13; Lake get’s another 3 hits, but commits 2 errors as well.

Tigers 6, White Sox 2

5/24/1946, Det46-ChA46, Comiskey Park
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Tigers 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 6 9 2 7 0
1946 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 2 6 3
 
Tigers AB R H BI AVG White Sox AB R H BI AVG
Lake ss 4 0 3 0 .295 Moses rf 4 0 1 1 .244
Mayo 2b 5 1 0 0 .212 Appling ss 4 0 1 0 .298
Evers cf 3 1 1 0 .250 Kolloway 2b 4 1 0 0 .207
Wakefield lf 5 2 1 0 .269 Jones 1b 4 0 1 1 .221
Greenberg 1b 2 2 2 5 .250 Platt cf 3 0 1 0 .154
Moore rf 4 0 0 0 .091 Perme p 0 0 0 0 .000
Kell 3b 4 0 2 1 .250 Michaels ph 1 0 0 0 .667
Richards c 3 0 0 0 .243 Caldwell p 0 0 0 0 .000
Newhouser p 4 0 0 0 .077 Hodgin lf 2 0 0 0 .284
 34 6 9 6 Curtright ph 0 1 0 0 .667
 Fernandes ph 1 0 0 0 .207
 Kennedy 3b 4 0 1 0 .412
 Tresh c 4 0 0 0 .229
 Grove p 2 0 0 0 .000
 Tucker cf 1 0 0 0 .263
  34 2 5 2
 
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Newhouser W 6-1 9.0 5 2 0 1 6 129 84 2.11
 9.0 5 2 0 1 6 129 84 
 
White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Grove L 1-2 6.0 6 6 2 3 2 101 55 1.76
Perme 2.0 1 0 0 3 1 32 13 12.15
Caldwell 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 21 10 6.75
 9.0 9 6 2 6 3 154 78 
 
ChA: Tucker inserted at cf in the 7th
 Curtright batted for Hodgin in the 7th
 Curtright moved to lf in the 8th
 Michaels batted for Perme in the 8th
 Fernandes batted for Curtright in the 9th
 
E-Lake 2, Kennedy 2. 2B-Kell, Appling, Jones. HR-Greenberg 2(13). 
SB-Evers(3). CS-Greenberg. K-Evers, Wakefield, Newhouser, Appling, Jones 2, 
Kennedy, Grove 2. BB-Lake, Evers 2, Greenberg 2, Richards, Curtright. 
GWRBI: Greenberg
Temperature: 73, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 24 MPH.
Attendance: 29,338
Game Time: 2:12

Bob Klinger tosses 3-hit shutout, wins 1^st game of the season.

Doerr and Russell slam HR’s to lead Bosox attack.

Red Sox 5, Indians 0

5/23/1946, BoA46-Cle46, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Red Sox 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 9 1 8 0
1946 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 0
 
Red Sox AB R H BI AVG Indians AB R H BI AVG
Metkovich cf 5 0 0 0 .256 Boudreau ss 3 0 0 0 .298
Pesky ss 5 0 0 0 .336 Woodling cf 3 0 1 0 .262
Williams lf 4 2 1 0 .333 Rocco 1b 4 0 1 0 .197
Doerr 2b 5 2 4 3 .220 Edwards rf 3 0 0 0 .213
York 1b 3 0 2 0 .318 Meyer 2b 2 0 0 0 .200
Lazor rf 3 0 1 1 .235 Fleming ph 1 0 0 0 .276
Russell 3b 4 1 1 1 .125 Conway 2b 0 0 0 0 .000
Wagner,H  c 4 0 0 0 .261 Seerey ph 1 0 0 0 .224
Klinger p 4 0 0 0 .000 Keltner 3b 4 0 1 0 .209
 37 5 9 5 Hayes c 3 0 0 0 .256
  Mills lf 3 0 0 0 .400
 Embree p 2 0 0 0 .176
 Ferrick p 0 0 0 0 .000
  Lemon ph 1 0 0 0 .115
 Klieman p 0 0 0 0 1.000
 30 0 3 0
 
Red Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Klinger W 1-1 9.0 3 0 0 3 0 118 70 0.73
 9.0 3 0 0 3 0 118 70 
 
Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Embree L 3-4 6.0 9 5 5 3 1 104 59 2.78
Ferrick 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 10.29
Klieman 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 2.08
 9.0 9 5 5 3 1 121 74 
 
Cle: Fleming batted for Meyer in the 7th
 Conway inserted at 2b in the 8th
 Lemon batted for Ferrick in the 8th
 Seerey batted for Conway in the 9th
 
E-Metkovich, Meyer. 2B-Williams. 3B-Doerr, Woodling. HR-Doerr(2), Russell(1). 
K-Russell. BB-Williams, York, Lazor, Boudreau, Woodling, Edwards. 
GWRBI: Doerr
Temperature: 73, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 4 MPH.
Attendance: 23,227
Game Time: 2:07

Hugh Casey pitches two innings, saves his 10^th game of year.

Carl Furillo and Schultz lead the Dodgers with the bats.

Dodgers 3, Cubs 1

5/22/1946, ChN46-Brk46, Ebbets Field
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1 8 0
1946 Dodgers 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 3 10 0 7 0
 
Cubs AB R H BI AVG Dodgers AB R H BI AVG
Merullo ss 2 0 0 0 .100 Stanky 2b 4 0 1 0 .288
 Hack  ph 1 0 0 0 .297 Herman 3b 4 0 1 0 .231
 Stringer 2b 0 0 0 0 .286 Galan lf 4 0 0 0 .404
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0 .173 Walker rf 4 1 1 0 .375
 Waitkus ph  0 0 0 0 .222 Furillo cf 4 1 2 1 .315
 Chipman p 0 0 0 0 .000 Reese ss 3 1 1 0 .359
Lowrey lf 2 0 0 0 .189 Anderson c 4 0 1 0 .351
 Rickert ph 1 0 0 0 .220 Schultz 1b 3 0 2 2 .333
Cavarretta 1b 3 0 1 0 .278 Hatten p 1 0 1 0 .400
Pafko cf 4 0 0 0 .284 Ramazzotti ph 0 0 0 0 .333
Nicholson rf 4 1 1 0 .241 Casey p 0 0 0 0 .333
Livingston c 3 0 1 1 .167 31 3 10 3
Jurges 3b 4 0 1 0 .231
Schmitz p 2 0 0 0 .333
 Dallesndro ph 1 0 1 0 .200
 Sturgeon ss 1 0 0  0 .500
 31 1 5 1
 
Cubs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Schmitz L 3-1 7.0 9 2 2 1 4 90 58 2.38
Chipman 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 17 10 7.07
  8.0 10 3 2 1 4 107 68 
 
Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Hatten W 4-0 7.0 3 1 1 2 2 72 42 1.29
Casey S 10 2.0 2 0 0 2 1 34 17 2.86
  9.0 5 1 1 4 3 106 59 
 
ChN: Dallesndro batted for Schmitz in the 8th
 Hack batted for Merullo in the 8th
 Waitkus batted for Johnson in the 8th
 Rickert batted for Lowrey in the 8th
 Sturgeon inserted at ss in the 8th
 Stringer inserted at 2b in the 8th
 Rickert moved to lf in the 8th
Brk: Ramazzotti batted for Hatten in the 7th
 
E-Sturgeon. 2B-Livingston, Stanky, Walker, Reese. 3B-Nicholson. CS-Reese. 
K-Jurges 2, Schmitz, Stanky 2, Galan, Walker. BB-Merullo, Lowrey, Cavarretta, 
Waitkus, Reese. SH-Hatten, Ramazzotti. SF-Livingston. PB-Livingston. 
GWRBI: Schultz
Temperature: 71, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 9 MPH.
Attendance: 20,330
Game Time: 1:52

Bill Bevens scoreless streaks extends to 43 innings!!!

Bevens records 4^th straight shutout; closing in on Walter Johnson’s record.

Yankees 2, Indians 0

5/21/1946, NYA46-Cle46, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Yankees 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 4 1
1946 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 10 0
 
Yankees  AB R H BI AVG Indians AB R H BI AVG
Stirnweiss 3b 4 0 0 0 .218 Boudreau ss 5 0 1 0 .304
Henrich rf 4 1 1 0 .219 Woodling cf 3 0 0 0 .256
Keller lf 2 1  1 1 .333 Rocco 1b 3 0 0 0 .172
DiMaggio cf 3 0 0 0 .237 Edwards rf 3 0 0 0 .221
Etten 1b 4 0 0 1 .217 Meyer 2b 2 0 1 0 .229
Dickey c 4 0 0 0 .287  Seerey ph 1 0 0 0 .208
Gordon 2b 3 0 0 0 .205 Conway 2b 0 0 0 0 .000
Rizzuto ss 3 0 0 0 .287 Keltner 3b 4 0 0 0 .186
Bevens p 3 0 1 0 .133 Krakauskas p 0 0 0 0 .000
 30 2 3 2 Hayes c 3 0 1 0 .275
 Mills lf 4 0 3 0 .462
 Feller p 2  0 0 0 .211
 Fleming ph 1 0 0 0 .281
 Lemon p 0 0 0 0 .118
 Ross 3b 1 0 0 0 .292
 32 0 6 0
 
Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bevens W 5-0 9.0 6 0 0 5 6 147 84 0.20
 9.0 6 0 0 5 6 147 84 
 
Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Feller L 4-5 7.0 3 2 2 2 11 114 74 2.60
Lemon 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13 9 0.84
Krakauskas 1.0 0  0 0 1 0 15 9 3.81
 9.0 3 2 2 3 12 142 92 
 
Cle: Fleming batted for Feller in the 7th
 Seerey batted for Meyer in the 8th
 Ross inserted at 3b in the 9th
 Conway inserted at 2b in the 9th
 
2B-Hayes. 3B-Keller. K-Stirnweiss 2, Henrich, Keller, Etten, Dickey 2, 
Gordon 2, Rizzuto, Bevens 2, Boudreau, Edwards, Keltner, Feller, Fleming, 
Seerey. BB-Keller 2, DiMaggio, Woodling, Rocco, Edwards, Meyer, Hayes. 
GWRBI: Keller
Temperature: 64, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 12 MPH.
Attendance: 21,774
Game Time: 2:12

Cecil Travis wins game for Washington with 9^th inning double.

Travis knocks in two with double in 9^th; Leonard hangs on to win 2nd of season;

Senators 4, White Sox 3

5/20/1946, Was46-ChA46, Comiskey Park
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Senators 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4  6 1 5 1
1946 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 11 0 8 0
 
Senators AB R H BI AVG White Sox AB R H BI AVG
Torres 3b 4 1 1 0 .200 Kolloway 2b 5 0 2 2 .205
Lewis  rf 4 0 0 0 .231 Hodgin lf 5 0 1 0 .307
Spence cf 4 1 2 0 .257 Wright rf 4 0 1 0 .255
Vernon 1b 3 0 0 0 .419 Appling ss 4 0 2 0 .295
Heath lf 4 1 2 2 .320 Jones 1b 4 0 0 0 .221
Priddy 2b 3 1 0 0 .217 Platt cf 4 1 1 0 .125
Travis ss 4 0 1 2 .276 Kennedy 3b 4 2 2 0 .385
Evans c 3 0 0 0  .260 Dickey c 2 0 1 0 .200
Leonard p 4 0 0 0 .100 Moses ph 1 0 0 1 .246
 33 4 6 4 Tresh c 0 0 0 0 .250
 Trosky ph 1 0 0 0 .280
 Smith p 2 0 1 0 .286
 Tucker ph 1 0 0 0 .257
 Papish  p 0 0 0 0 .000
 Fernandes ph 1 0 0 0 .214
 38 3 11 3
 
Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Leonard  W 2-0 9.0 11 3 3 0 4 107 72 4.33
 9.0 11 3 3 0 4 107 72 
 
White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Smith 7.0 4 2 2 1 2 88 57 2.55
Papish L 0-1 2.0 2 2 2 2 0 36 17 4.32
 9.0 6 4 4 3 2 124 74 
 
ChA: Moses batted for Dickey in the 7th
 Tucker batted for Smith in the 7th
 Tresh inserted at c in the 8th
 Trosky batted for Tresh in the 9th
 Fernandes batted for Papish in the 9th
 
E-Vernon. 2B-Heath, Travis, Kolloway. K-Vernon, Evans, Jones 2, Kennedy, 
Dickey. BB-Vernon, Priddy, Evans. 
GWRBI: Travis
Temperature: 66, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 17 MPH.
Attendance: 9,054
Game Time: 1:50

May 19, 1946 News

It is an ominous day for the Dodgers, who are suffering already from a flurry of minor injuries. Pete Reiser bounces off the CF wall of Ebbets Field, hurries his throw to the infield and further damages his already

separated shoulder. Pitcher Ed Head pitches into 7^th inning, get’s win, but suffers a severe sore arm against the Reds. Cookie Lavagetto’s arm needs rest, so Billy Herman is put at third base. Eddie Stanky, despite a bad thumb, goes to second base. Neither Reiser nor Head are out of the lineup long, but the hurts contribute to the gradual physical deterioration of each player. Lavagetto won’t return to the regular lineup for a month, till Herman is traded away.

Max Lanier wins 3^rd of year, leaves for Mexican League.

Stan Musial hits 2-doubles, triple;hitting behind Stan, Enos Slaughter gets 3 Ribbies.

Cardinals 5, Phillies 2

5/19/1946, SLN46-PhN46, game 1, Shibe Park (N)
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Cardinals 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 5 9 1 10 1
1946 Phillies 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 5 0
 
Cardinals AB R H BI AVG Phillies AB R H BI AVG
Klein 2b 2 0 0 0 .221 O'Neil ss 4 0 1 0 .280
Moore cf 5 1 0 0 .220 Wyrostek cf 3 0 0 1 .265
Musial lf 5 3 3 0 .414 Ennis lf 4 0 0 0 .365
Slaughter rf 4 0 2 3 .268 McCormick 1b 4 1 1 0 .281
Kurowski 3b 4 1 0 0 .244 Tabor 3b 2 0 0 0 .328
Sisler 1b 5 0 4 1 .299 Seminick c 4 0 1 1 .309
Rice c 4 0 0 1 .200 Northey rf 4 0 0 0 .282
Marion ss 2 0 0 0 .155 Verban 2b 3 1 2 0 .409
Lanier  p 4 0 0 0 .235 Mulligan p 1 0 0 0 .333
 35 5 9 5 Rowe ph 1 0 0 0 .100
 Mauney p 0 0 0 0 .000
  30 2 5 2
 
Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Lanier W 3-3 9.0 5 2 1 2 6 149 95 3.00
 9.0 5 2 1 2 6 149 95 
 
Phillies INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Mulligan L 0-1 7.0 7 4 3 7 1 108 56 4.96
Mauney 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 35 26 1.23
 9.0 9 5 4 7 2 143 82 
 
PhN: Rowe batted for Mulligan in the 7th
 
E-Klein. 2B-Musial 2. 3B-Musial. CS-Klein. K-Musial, Kurowski, McCormick 2, 
Seminick, Northey 2, Rowe. BB-Klein 3, Slaughter, Kurowski, Marion 2, 
Wyrostek, Tabor. SH-Tabor, Mulligan. PB-Seminick. 
GWRBI: Slaughter
Temperature: 74, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 14 MPH.
Attendance: 26,323
Game Time: 2:09

Johnny Schmitz pitches gem; 2-hit shutout over New York Giants.

Nicholson’s 2-doubles, 2 RBI’s leads offense; McCullough adds 3 hits, 2 RBI’s.

Cubs 10, Giants 0

5/18/1946, ChN46-NYN46, Polo Grounds
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Cubs 0 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 10 15 0 12 0
1946 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2
 
Cubs AB R H BI AVG Giants AB R H BI AVG
Hack 3b 4 2 2 1 .273 Rigney 3b 4 0 1 0 .252
Johnson 2b 5 0 2 1 .153 Marshall cf 4 0 0 0 .175
Lowrey lf 6 1 1 0 .213 Graham rf 3 0 0 0 .133
Cavarretta 1b 2 2 1 2 .240 Witek ph 1 0 0 0 .196
 Waitkus ph 1 0 0 0 .226 Mize 1b 2 0 0 0 .385
Pafko cf 4 2 2 1 .313 Warren c 3 0 0 0 .111
Nicholson rf 4 2 2 2 .270 Gordon lf 3 0 1 0 .352
McCullough c  4 0 3 2 .273 Blattner 2b 3 0 0 0 .217
Jurges ss 4 0 0 0 .167 Kerr ss 3 0 0 0 .291
Schmitz p 5 1 2 1 .385 Voiselle p 0 0 0 0 .000
 39 10 15 10  Fischer p 2 0 0 0 .111
 Joyce p 0 0 0 0 .000
 Cooper ph 1 0 0 0 .190
 Schumacher p 0 0 0 0 .000
 29 0 2 0
 
Cubs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Schmitz W 3-0 9.0 2 0 0 0 5 116 70 2.34
  9.0 2 0 0 0 5 116 70 
 
Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Voiselle L 0-5 2.1 7 6 6 2 2 63 34 8.63
Fischer 3.2 6 4 4 5 1 80 41 3.67
Joyce  2.0 2 0 0 1 1 30 18 4.25
Schumacher 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 19 14 3.32
 9.0 15 10 10 9 7 192 107 
 
ChN: Waitkus batted for Cavarretta in the 7th
 Waitkus moved to 1b in the 7th
NYN: Cooper batted for Joyce in the 8th
 Witek batted for Graham in the 9th
 
E-Marshall. 2B-Johnson, Lowrey, Cavarretta, Pafko, Nicholson 2, McCullough, 
Schmitz. HR-Hack(1). SB-Pafko(1). K-Hack, Johnson, Lowrey, Jurges, Schmitz 2, 
Waitkus, Rigney, Marshall, Warren, Kerr 2. BB-Hack 2, Johnson, Cavarretta, 
Pafko, Nicholson, McCullough, Jurges, Waitkus. SF-Cavarretta. HBP-Mize. 
HB-Schmitz. 
GWRBI: Nicholson
Temperature: 60, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 6 MPH.
Attendance: 19,744
Game Time: 2:42

Ageless School-Boy Rowe tosses 4-hit shutout win over Reds.

Seminick hits HR #1 and knocks in two.

Phillies 5, Reds 0

5/17/1946, Cin46-PhN46, Shibe Park (N)
 
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 7 0
1946 Phillies 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 x 5 11 2 7 0
 
Reds AB R H BI AVG Phillies AB R H BI AVG
Frey 2b 4 0 0 0 .267 O'Neil ss 4 0 0 1 .286
McCormick cf 3 0 0 0 .245 Wyrostek cf 4 1 1 0 .274
 Zientara ph 1 0 1 0 .353 Ennis  lf 4 0 2 0 .390
 Clay cf 0 0 0 0 .212 McCormick 1b 4 0 0 1 .283
Hatton 3b 3 0 0 0 .291 Tabor 3b 4 1 2 0 .339
Libke rf 4 0 0 0 .283 Seminick c 4 2 2 2 .314
Lamanno c 4 0 0 0 .242 Northey rf 4 0 1 0 .297
Haas 1b 4 0 0 0 .198 Verban 2b 4 1 2 0 .390
West lf 4 0 2 0 .222 Rowe p 4 0 1 1 .111
Miller ss 2 0 1 0 .167 36 5 11 5
 Lukon ph 1 0 0 0 .280
 Corbitt ss 0 0 0 0 .200
VanderMeer p 3 0 0 0 .167
 33 0 4 0
 
Reds  INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
VanderMeer L 1-3 8.0 11 5 4 0 4 112 72 4.09
 8.0 11 5 4 0 4 112 72 
 
Phillies INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Rowe W 2-1  9.0 4 0 0 1 6 122 85 2.16
 9.0 4 0 0 1 6 122 85 
 
Cin: Lukon batted for Miller in the 7th
 Corbitt inserted at ss in the 7th
 Zientara batted for McCormick in the 8th
 Clay inserted at cf in the 8th
 
E-VanderMeer, O'Neil, Tabor. 2B-West, Tabor. HR-Seminick(1). K-Frey, Hatton, 
Miller, VanderMeer 3, McCormick, Northey 2, Rowe. BB-Hatton. 
GWRBI: Seminick
Temperature: 74, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 18 MPH.
Attendance: 14,783
Game Time: 1:45

Rookie catcher, Helf slugs first HR, 5 RBI’s to help rout Bosox.

Judnich hits GRAND SLAM in 4^th; Lucadello 3 hits are no slutches for the Browns.

Browns 13, Red Sox 3

5/16/1946, BoA46-SLA46, Sportsman's Park III (A)
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Red Sox 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 4 0
1946 Browns 0 0 0 4 0 0  0 9 x 13 12 0 5 1
 
Red Sox AB R H BI AVG Browns AB R H BI AVG
Metkovich rf 4 1 1 0 .280 Lucadello 3b 4 1 3 1 .309
Pesky ss 3 1 0 0 .349 McQuillen lf 2 0 0 0 .275
Williams lf 4 0 1 1 .319 Zarilla lf 1 1 1 1 .250
Doerr 2b 3 1 1 0 .218 Laabs rf 4 1 0 0 .194
York 1b 4 0 1 1 .291 Berardino 2b 3 1 1 0  .237
DiMaggio cf 4 0 1 0 .250 Dillinger pr 1 1 0 0 .250
Wagner,H c 4 0 1 1 .292 Miller p 0 0 0 0 .500
Andres 3b 1 0 0 0 .000 Judnich cf 5 2 1 4 .309
 Lazor  ph 1 0 0 0 .273 Christman ss 5 2 2 0 .218
 Russell 3b 0 0 0 0 .000 Stevens 1b 4 2 2 1 .280
Dobson p 2 0 0 0 .000 Helf c 3 1 1 5 .300
 Campbell ph 1 0 0 0 .143 Kramer p 4 1 1 0 .100
 Brown p 0 0 0 0 .000 Schulte 3b 0 0 0 0 .000
 Wagner,C p 0 0 0 0 .000 36 13 12 12
 31 3 6 3
 
Red Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Dobson L 1-4 6.0 5 4 4 2 2 80 49 2.92
Brown 1.2 5 5 5 2 0 46 22 12.38
Wagner,C 0.1 2 4 0 1 0 26 13 0.00
 8.0 12 13 9 5 2 152 84 
 
Browns INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Kramer W 3-2 8.0 6 3 3 3 4 101 64 3.45
Miller 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 6  6 4.86
 9.0 6 3 3 3 4 107 70 
 
BoA: Lazor batted for Andres in the 7th
 Campbell batted for Dobson in the 7th
 Russell inserted at 3b in the 7th
SLA: Zarilla inserted at lf in the 8th
 Dillinger ran for Berardino in the 8th
 Schulte inserted at 3b in the 9th
 Lucadello moved to 2b in the 9th
 
E-Russell. 2B-Lucadello, Zarilla. HR-Judnich(3), Helf(1). CS-Williams. 
K-Metkovich, Wagner,H, Dobson 2, Christman, Kramer. BB-Pesky, Doerr, Andres, 
Lucadello, McQuillen 2, Laabs, Berardino. SF-Helf. WP-Brown, Wagner,C. 
GWRBI: Helf
Temperature: 69, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 11 MPH.
Attendance: 16,580
Game Time: 2:10

Steve Gromek pitches Indians into 1^st place with 3-hit shutout.

11,824 fans witness the quickest game of the season (1:49).

Indians 2, Athletics 0

5/15/1946, PhA46-Cle46, game 2, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
 
 1 2 3 4  5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 1
1946 Indians 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 x 2 5 1 8 0
 
Athletics AB R H BI AVG Indians AB R H BI AVG
Valo rf 4 0 0 0 .364 Case lf 4 0 1 0 .286
Handley 2b 4 0 1 0 .220 Woodling cf 1 1 0 0 .391
Derry lf 4 0 0 0 .327 Rocco 1b 3 0 0 0 .147
Chapman  cf 4 0 0 0 .226 Edwards rf 4 0 1 0 .264
McQuinn 1b 3 0 0 0 .260 Boudreau ss 4 0 0 0 .281
Rosar c 3 0 0 0 .239 Keltner 3b 4 1 1 1 .200
Kell 3b 3 0 1 0 .243 Lollar c 4 0 1 0 .207
Wallaesa ss 3 0 0 0 .165 Meyer 2b 2 0 0 0 .200
Newsom p 2 0 0 0 .083 Gromek p 3 0 1 0 .200
 Peck ph 1 0 1 0 .247 29 2 5 1
 Besse p 0 0 0 0 .000
 31 0 3 0
 
Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Newsom L 1-4 7.0 4 1 0 4 3 102 58 2.36
Besse  1.0 1 1 1 0 0 11 7 4.63
 8.0 5 2 1 4 3 113 65 
 
Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Gromek W 2-1 9.0 3 0 0 1 7 121 75 1.17
  9.0 3 0 0 1 7 121 75 
 
PhA: Peck batted for Newsom in the 8th
 
E-Chapman, Kell, Newsom, Boudreau. HR-Keltner(2). SB-Case(8), Rocco(4). 
K-Handley, Derry, Chapman 3, Wallaesa, Newsom, Boudreau, Gromek 2. 
BB-McQuinn, Woodling 2, Rocco, Meyer. SH-Woodling. 
Temperature: 63, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 17 MPH.
Attendance: 11,824
Game Time: 1:49

Hank Greenberg hits 10^th HR, 2 doubles to lead Tigers.

Lake and Outlaw combine for 4 hits, 5 runs scored; Stubby Overmire even’s record.

Tigers 10, Senators 3

5/14/1946, Was46-Det46, Briggs Stadium
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Senators  0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 11 1 10 1
1946 Tigers 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 x 10 15 0 10 1
 
Senators AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG
Torres 3b 5 0 0 0 .172 Lake  ss 3 2 2 4 .309
Lewis rf 5 0 3 0 .247 Mayo 2b 4 1 1 1 .225
Spence cf 4 0 1 2 .245 McCosky cf 5 0 2 0 .245
Vernon 1b 4 0 1 0 .347 Moore lf 5 0 0 0 .100
Heath lf 3 0 0 0 .220 Greenberg 1b 5 1 4 2 .268
Priddy 2b 4 0 0 0 .225 Mullin rf 5 1 2 0 .309
Travis ss 4 1 2 0 .272 Outlaw 3b 4 3 2 1 .341
Evans c 4 1 3 0 .283 Tebbetts c 4 2 1 1 .182
Wolff p 1 0 0 0 .000 White p 0 0 0 0 .000
 Sanford ph 1 0 0 0 .292 Overmire p 2 0 1 1 .167
 Wilson  p 0 0 0 0 .000 Richards c 0 0 0 0 .276
 Guerra ph 1 1 1 1 .400 37 10 15 10
 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 .250
 Niggeling p 0 0 0 0 .333
 Hudson p 1 0 0  0 .100
 37 3 11 3
 
Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Wolff L 1-3 4.0 6 5 4 0 1 60 41 2.74
Wilson 2.0 5 3 3 1 0 39 27 14.54
Curtis  0.2 2 2 2 2 0 25 13 5.06
Niggeling 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13.50
Hudson 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 20 12 3.28
 8.0 15 10 9 3 1 147 94 
 
Tigers  INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Overmire W 2-2 8.1 11 3 3 1 5 136 92 3.60
White 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 3.00
 9.0 11 3 3 2 5 142 94 
 
Was: Sanford batted for Wolff in the 5th
 Guerra batted for Wilson in the 7th
Det: Richards inserted at c in the 9th
 
E-Travis. 2B-Spence, Lake, McCosky 2, Greenberg 2, Mullin, Outlaw. 
HR-Lake(3), Greenberg(10), Outlaw(2). K-Torres, Vernon, Heath, Travis, 
Sanford, McCosky. BB-Spence, Vernon, Lake, Tebbetts, Overmire. SH-Overmire. 
SF-Lake. HBP-Heath, Mayo, Outlaw. PB-Evans. HB-Wolff 2, Overmire. 
GWRBI: Lake
Temperature: 74, Sky: cloudy, Wind: right to left at 8 MPH.
Attendance: 17,366
Game Time: 2:22

Roy Cullenbine PH double in the 8^th Wins ballgame for Tigers!!!

Hank Greenberg helps out with 9^th HR of the year; Newhouser wins 5^th; Hitchinson savew 3^rd.

Tigers 3, White Sox 1

5/13/1946, ChA46-Det46, Briggs Stadium
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0  1 8 0 10 1
1946 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 x 3 5 0 3 0
 
White Sox AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG
Moses rf 4 0 0 0 .250 Lake ss 2 1 1 0 .299
 Jordan ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Mayo 2b 4 0 0 0 .224
Curtright lf 2 0 1 0 .667 McCosky cf 3 0 0 0 .236
 Kennedy ph 1 1 0 0 .000 Cullenbine ph 1 0 1 2 .306
Platt  cf 4 0 0 0 .100 Higgins 3b 0 0 0 0 .212
Appling ss 3 0 2 0 .318 Moore lf 1 0 0 0 .114
Jones 1b 4 0 2 1 .200 Bloodworth ph 0 0 0 0 .000
Lodigiani 3b 2 0 1 0 .288 Wakefield lf 0 0 0 0 .288
Kolloway 2b 4 0 0 0 .174 Greenberg 1b 3 1 1 1 .239
 Papish p 0 0 0 0 .000 Mullin rf 3 0 0 0 .302
Fernandes c 3 0 1 0 .250  Outlaw 3b 3 0 2 0 .325
Lee p 2 0 0 0 .167 Evers pr 0 0 0 0 .000
 Michaels 2b 1 0 1 0 1.000 Richards c 2 1 0 0 .276
 31 1 8 1 Newhouser  p 3 0 0 0 .053
 Hutchinson p 0 0 0 0 .500
 25 3 5 3
 
White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Lee  L 0-3 7.1 4 3 3 5 3 119 68 3.63
Papish 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 12 7 0.00
 8.0 5 3 3 5 3 131 75 
 
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Newhouser W 5-1 8.1 8 1 1 5 10 141 87 2.36
Hutchinson S 3 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 11 7 0.00
 9.0 8 1 1 5 11 152 94 
 
ChA: Kennedy batted for Curtright in the 8th
 Kennedy moved to lf in the 8th
 Michaels inserted at 2b in the 8th
 Jordan batted for Moses in the 9th
Det: Bloodworth batted for Moore in the 7th
 Wakefield inserted at lf in the 8th
 Evers ran for Outlaw in the 8th
 Cullenbine batted for McCosky in the 8th
 Higgins inserted at 3b in the 9th
 Evers moved to cf in the 9th
 
2B-Cullenbine. HR-Greenberg(9). SB-Lake(5). CS-Curtright, Appling, Outlaw, 
Bloodworth. K-Moses, Platt 2, Jones, Kolloway 2, Fernandes 2, Lee 2, Jordan, 
Greenberg, Outlaw, Newhouser. BB-Curtright, Appling, Lodigiani, Fernandes, 
Kennedy, Lake 2, Moore, Richards, Bloodworth. SH-Lee. HBP-Lodigiani. 
HB-Newhouser. 
GWRBI: Cullenbine
Temperature: 64, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: in from right at 8 MPH, 
Attendance: 29,624
Game Time: 3:06
Rain Delays: 42 minutes.

Ed Wright pitches 11-inning CG shutout win over NY Giants.

Roberge has yet another GWRBI with bloop single in the 11^th inning that plates game winner.

Braves 1, Giants 0

5/12/1946, NYN46-BoN46, game 2, Braves Field
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB DP
1946 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0  3 1
1946 Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 10 1
 
Giants AB R H BI AVG Braves AB R H BI AVG
Rigney 3b 3 0 0 0 .213 Ryan 2b 5 0 0 0 .219
 Rosen  ph 1 0 0 0 .286 Hopp cf 4 1 1 0 .353
 Trinkle p 0 0 0 0 .000 Holmes rf 3 0 2 0 .287
 Witek 3b 0 0 0 0 .204 Sanders 1b 5 0 0 0 .192
Rucker cf 4 0 1 0 .367 Fernandez lf 2 0 1 0 .390
Marshall lf 3 0 0 0 .159 Rowell ph 0 0 0 0 .219
Mize 1b 4 0 0 0 .366 Hofferth c 3 0 0 0 .333
Graham rf 4 0 0 0  .121 Roberge 3b 5 0 1 1 .162
Warren c 4 0 0 0 .133 Culler ss 4 0 1 0 .148
Blattner 2b 4 0 0 0 .204 Wright p 4 0 0 0 .300
Kerr ss 4 0 1 0 .293  35 1 6 1
Koslo p 2 0 0 0 .000
 Young ph 1 0 0 0 .316
 Gordon 3b 1 0 0 0 .347
 Fischer p 0 0 0 0 .143
 35 0 2 0
 
Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Koslo 8.0 4 0 0 3 4 107 62 4.45
Trinkle L 1-2 2.2 1 1 1 2 1 40 22 3.50
Fischer 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 6 2 2.95
  10.2 6 1 1 6 5 153 86 
 
Braves INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Wright W 3-0 11.0 2 0 0 1 4 128 83 1.24
 11.0 2 0 0 1 4 128 83 
 
NYN: Young batted for Koslo in the 9th
 Rosen batted for Rigney in the 9th
 Gordon inserted at 3b in the 9th
 Witek inserted at 3b in the 11th
BoN: Rowell batted for Fernandez in the 9th
 Rowell moved to lf in the 10th
 
E-Sanders. 2B-Culler. K-Rigney, Rucker, Koslo, Gordon, Ryan 2, Sanders, 
Culler, Wright. BB-Marshall, Hopp, Holmes, Fernandez, Hofferth, Rowell 2. 
SH-Holmes, Hofferth. 
GWRBI: Roberge
Temperature: 47, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 23 MPH.
Attendance: 13,665
Game Time: 2:17

Buddy Rosar doubles home two with double in 9^th inning.

Rosar finishes with a 3 for 5, 4 RBI day; McQuinn adds a couple hits to help A’s cause.

Athletics 7, Senators 6

5/11/1946, Was46-PhA46, Shibe Park (A)
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Senators 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 9 1 5 0
1946 Athletics 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 10 0 9 0
 
Senators AB R H BI AVG Athletics AB R H BI AVG
Robertson 3b 5 1 2 0 .138 Derry lf 3 1 1 0 .351
Lewis rf 4 0 0 0 .216 Peck rf 5 2 1 0 .235
 Binks rf 0 0 0 0 .211 Suder ss 4 1 1 0 .263
Spence cf 4 1 2 1 .244 Stainback cf 3 1 0 1 .125
Vernon  1b 4 0 0 0 .368 McQuinn 1b 3 1 2 0 .279
Heath lf 2 2 0 0 .244 Christopher p 0 0 0 0 .200
Travis ss 4 1 3 2 .229 Caulfield ph 1 1 1 1 .600
Priddy 2b 4 1 2 3 .232 Rosar c 5 0 3 4 .233
Evans c 4 0 0 0 .250 Hall 2b 3 0 1 0 .333
 Pieretti p 0 0 0 0 .000 Kell 3b 3 0 0 0 .203
 Masterson p 0 0 0 0 .250  Marchildon p 2 0 0 0 .000
Scarborough p 3 0 0 0 .077 Valo ph 1 0 0 0 .462
 Early c 1 0 0 0 .250 Besse p 0 0 0 0 .000
 35 6 9 6 Konopka  1b 1 0 0 0 .222
 34 7 10 6
 
Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Scarborough 7.0 7 5 3 4 3 137 77 3.00
Pieretti BS 2, L 0-2 1.2 2 2 2 1 0 23 15 7.36
Masterson 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 8 6 5.29
 8.2 10 7 5 5 3 168 98 
 
Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Marchildon  6.0 8 6 6 3 4 104 65 8.04
Besse 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 14 9 4.22
Christopher W 4-1 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 29 18 2.31
 9.0 9 6 6 3 7 147 92 
 
Was: Early inserted at c in the 8th
 Binks inserted at rf in the 9th
PhA: Valo batted for Marchildon in the 6th
 Konopka inserted at 1b in the 8th
 Caulfield batted for Christopher in the 9th
 
E-Robertson. 2B-Spence, Travis, Priddy, Rosar, Caulfield. 3B-Travis, McQuinn. 
HR-Priddy(1). SB-Spence(1). K-Lewis, Vernon, Priddy, Evans 2, Scarborough, 
Early, Suder, Kell, Marchildon. BB-Lewis, Heath 2, Derry 2, Stainback, 
McQuinn, Kell. SH-Suder, Hall. SF-Stainback. PB-Evans. BALK-Marchildon. 
GWRBI: Rosar
Buddy Lewis was ejected from this game
Temperature: 82, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 13 MPH.
Attendance: 10,576
Game Time: 2:42

Red Ruffing pitches 1-hitter over rival Red Sox.

Joe DiMaggio provides all the offense today with a solo HR in the 6^th inning, his 6^th.

Yankees 1, Red Sox 0

5/10/1946, BoA46-NYA46, Yankee Stadium
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1946 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1
1946 Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 1 5 0 5 1
 
Red Sox AB R H BI AVG Yankees AB R H BI AVG
Metkovich rf 4 0 0 0 .282 Rizzuto ss 4 0 0 0 .254
Pesky ss 4 0 1 0 .341 Stirnweiss 3b 4 0 0 0 .198
Williams lf 3 0 0 0 .333 Henrich rf 4 0 1 0 .227
Doerr 2b 2 0 0 0 .256 DiMaggio cf 2 1 1 1 .273
York 1b 3 0 0 0 .319 Keller