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SEPTEMBER
1942
IN THE NEWS:
After going 24-9 in July and 25-8 in August, the
Cardinals are still 32Ž3 games behind Brooklyn.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 1, 1942 | | Washington Senators
4, Cleveland Indians
3 at Griffith Stadium | | | Chicago Cubs
10, New York Giants
5 at Wrigley Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
4, Philadelphia Phillies
3 at Crosley Field | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
4, Pittsburgh Pirates
2 at Forbes Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
4, Boston Braves
3 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 2, 1942 | | Boston Red Sox
3, Detroit Tigers
2 at Fenway Park | | | Boston Red Sox
4, Detroit Tigers
2 at Fenway Park | | | New York Yankees
3, St. Louis Browns
2 at Yankee Stadium | | | New York Yankees
6, St. Louis Browns
0 at Yankee Stadium | | | Cleveland Indians
12, Philadelphia Athletics
3 at Shibe Park | | | Chicago White Sox
8, Washington Senators
2 at Griffith Stadium | | | Chicago White Sox
7, Washington Senators
6 at Griffith Stadium | | | Boston Braves
2, Chicago Cubs
1 at Wrigley Field | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
3, Cincinnati Reds
2 at Crosley Field | | | Pittsburgh Pirates
5, Philadelphia Phillies
2 at Forbes Field | | | New York Giants
8, St. Louis Cardinals
2 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 3, 1942 | | Boston Red Sox
2, Detroit Tigers
0 at Fenway Park | | | Washington Senators
3, Chicago White Sox
2 at Griffith Stadium | | | Washington Senators
14, Chicago White Sox
0 at Griffith Stadium | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
2, Cincinnati Reds
0 at Crosley Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
7, New York Giants
0 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 4, 1942 | | St. Louis Browns
6, Cleveland Indians
3 at Sportsman's Park III | | | St. Louis Browns
4, Cleveland Indians
0 at Sportsman's Park III | | | St. Louis Cardinals
5, Cincinnati Reds
3 at Crosley Field | | | Chicago Cubs
5, Pittsburgh Pirates
3 at Forbes Field | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 5, 1942 | | Philadelphia Athletics
4, Boston Red Sox
3 at Fenway Park | | | Detroit Tigers
4, Chicago White Sox
2 at Comiskey Park I | | | St. Louis Browns
6, Cleveland Indians
2 at Sportsman's Park III | | | St. Louis Browns
4, Cleveland Indians
3 at Sportsman's Park III | | | New York Yankees
6, Washington Senators
2 at Griffith Stadium | | | Washington Senators
1, New York Yankees
0 at Griffith Stadium | | | St. Louis Cardinals
3, Cincinnati Reds
2 at Crosley Field | | | New York Giants
7, Brooklyn Dodgers
6 at Polo Grounds V | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 6, 1942 | | Boston Red Sox
8, Philadelphia Athletics
7 at Fenway Park | | | Detroit Tigers
2, Chicago White Sox
0 at Comiskey Park I | | | St. Louis Browns
3, Cleveland Indians
2 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Cleveland Indians
6, St. Louis Browns
5 at Sportsman's Park III | | | New York Yankees
11, Washington Senators
9 at Griffith Stadium | | | New York Yankees
15, Washington Senators
2 at Griffith Stadium | | | St. Louis Cardinals
10, Cincinnati Reds
2 at Crosley Field | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
6, New York Giants
2 at Polo Grounds V | | | New York Giants
4, Brooklyn Dodgers
2 at Polo Grounds V | | | Boston Braves
13, Philadelphia Phillies
3 at Shibe Park | | | Boston Braves
7, Philadelphia Phillies
3 at Shibe Park | | | Pittsburgh Pirates
6, Chicago Cubs
0 at Forbes Field | | | Pittsburgh Pirates
5, Chicago Cubs
0 at Forbes Field | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 7, 1942 | | Detroit Tigers
5, St. Louis Browns
3 at Tiger Stadium | | | St. Louis Browns
3, Detroit Tigers
0 at Tiger Stadium | | | New York Yankees
6, Philadelphia Athletics
5 at Yankee Stadium | | | New York Yankees
11, Philadelphia Athletics
2 at Yankee Stadium | | | Boston Red Sox
9, Washington Senators
7 at Griffith Stadium | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
11, Boston Braves
4 at Braves Field | | | Boston Braves
5, Brooklyn Dodgers
3 at Braves Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
3, Chicago Cubs
1 at Crosley Field | | | Chicago Cubs
5, Cincinnati Reds
3 at Crosley Field | | | New York Giants
5, Philadelphia Phillies
3 at Shibe Park | | | New York Giants
4, Philadelphia Phillies
0 at Shibe Park | | | Pittsburgh Pirates
11, St. Louis Cardinals
6 at Forbes Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
6, Pittsburgh Pirates
4 at Forbes Field | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 8, 1942 | | Cleveland Indians
10, Chicago White Sox
0 at Comiskey Park I | | | St. Louis Browns
4, Detroit Tigers
1 at Tiger Stadium | | | Washington Senators
15, Boston Red Sox
11 at Griffith Stadium | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
4, Pittsburgh Pirates
0 at Ebbets Field | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 9, 1942 | | Philadelphia Athletics
5, Cleveland Indians
4 at Cleveland Stadium | | | New York Yankees
8, St. Louis Browns
3 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 10, 1942 | | Chicago White Sox
7, Washington Senators
1 at Comiskey Park I | | | Washington Senators
5, Chicago White Sox
4 at Comiskey Park I | | | Detroit Tigers
5, Boston Red Sox
4 at Tiger Stadium | | | St. Louis Browns
9, New York Yankees
0 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Cincinnati Reds
6, Boston Braves
2 at Braves Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
0, Boston Braves
0 at Braves Field | | | Chicago Cubs
10, Brooklyn Dodgers
2 at Ebbets Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
5, New York Giants
1 at Polo Grounds V | | | Philadelphia Phillies
2, Pittsburgh Pirates
1 at Shibe Park | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
Eddie Freed of the Philadelphia Phillies collects
one single, 2 doubles, and a triple in his ML debut,
but the Reds win 8-5 in 11 innings. The 5'6"
Freed will total only 10 hits during his brief ML
career.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 11, 1942 | | Chicago White Sox
1, New York Yankees
0 at Comiskey Park I | | | Boston Red Sox
15, Cleveland Indians
2 at League Park II | | | Philadelphia Athletics
5, Detroit Tigers
4 at Tiger Stadium | | | St. Louis Browns
10, Washington Senators
4 at Sportsman's Park III | | | St. Louis Cardinals
3, Brooklyn Dodgers
0 at Ebbets Field | | | New York Giants
4, Chicago Cubs
3 at Polo Grounds V | | | Cincinnati Reds
8, Philadelphia Phillies
5 at Shibe Park | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
Mort Cooper wins his 20th game and 8th shutout,
stopping Brooklyn 3-0. St. Louis finally
catches the Dodgers when Max Lanier wins the second
game 2-1.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 12, 1942 | | New York Yankees
7, Chicago White Sox
1 at Comiskey Park I | | | Boston Red Sox
8, Cleveland Indians
6 at League Park II | | | Detroit Tigers
6, Philadelphia Athletics
5 at Tiger Stadium | | | Washington Senators
7, St. Louis Browns
6 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Boston Braves
4, Pittsburgh Pirates
1 at Braves Field | | | Pittsburgh Pirates
2, Boston Braves
2 at Braves Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
2, Brooklyn Dodgers
1 at Ebbets Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
4, Philadelphia Phillies
1 at Shibe Park | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
Chicago Cub SS Lennie Merullo makes a ML record
4 errors in the 2nd inning of the nightcap against
the Boston Braves. Merullo's son is born today and
is named Boots. The Cubs win 12-8 after losing
the first game 10-6.
Following their showdown the day before at Ebbets
Field, both the Dodgers and Cardinals have doubleheaders
this day. The Cards salvage a split with the Phillies,
but Brooklyn loses both games to Cincinnati. The Dodgers
recover sufficiently to win their final
8 games and finish with 104 wins, 4 more than
their pennant level of 1941, but the Cards win 106,
winning 43 of their final 52 games.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 13, 1942 | | Boston Red Sox
6, Chicago White Sox
1 at Comiskey Park I | | | Boston Red Sox
5, Chicago White Sox
0 at Comiskey Park I | | | New York Yankees
9, Cleveland Indians
1 at Cleveland Stadium | | | New York Yankees
4, Cleveland Indians
1 at Cleveland Stadium | | | Washington Senators
5, Detroit Tigers
2 at Tiger Stadium | | | Detroit Tigers
8, Washington Senators
0 at Tiger Stadium | | | St. Louis Browns
7, Philadelphia Athletics
0 at Sportsman's Park III | | | St. Louis Browns
3, Philadelphia Athletics
2 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Boston Braves
11, Chicago Cubs
6 at Braves Field | | | Chicago Cubs
12, Boston Braves
8 at Braves Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
6, Brooklyn Dodgers
3 at Ebbets Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
4, Brooklyn Dodgers
1 at Ebbets Field | | | New York Giants
5, Pittsburgh Pirates
0 at Polo Grounds V | | | New York Giants
5, Pittsburgh Pirates
3 at Polo Grounds V | | | Philadelphia Phillies
2, St. Louis Cardinals
1 at Shibe Park | | | St. Louis Cardinals
3, Philadelphia Phillies
2 at Shibe Park | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
With all the NL hubbub, the Yankees go about their
lofty business, clinching the flag against Cleveland
8-3. Ernie Bonham wins his 20th game, and DiMaggio
strokes 4 hits.
In the Negro League WS, Leon Day, pitching for
the Homestead Grays, fans 12 in beating Satchel Paige
and the Kansas City Monarchs 4-1 in Game 4. The
Monarchs protest, contending that Day and 3 other
players were picked up from other teams. Day's win
is disallowed, and the Monarchs sweep the 4 games.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 14, 1942 | | Chicago White Sox
4, Boston Red Sox
0 at Comiskey Park I | | | New York Yankees
8, Cleveland Indians
3 at League Park II | | | Washington Senators
8, Detroit Tigers
6 at Tiger Stadium | | | St. Louis Browns
5, Philadelphia Athletics
4 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Boston Braves
4, Chicago Cubs
2 at Braves Field | | | New York Giants
6, Pittsburgh Pirates
1 at Polo Grounds V | | | St. Louis Cardinals
6, Philadelphia Phillies
3 at Shibe Park | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 15, 1942 | | St. Louis Cardinals
3, Philadelphia Phillies
2 at Shibe Park | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 16, 1942 | | Philadelphia Athletics
4, Chicago White Sox
2 at Comiskey Park I | | | Cleveland Indians
5, Washington Senators
1 at League Park II | | | New York Yankees
5, Detroit Tigers
1 at Tiger Stadium | | | St. Louis Browns
3, Boston Red Sox
0 at Sportsman's Park III | | | St. Louis Cardinals
6, Boston Braves
2 at Braves Field | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
10, Pittsburgh Pirates
3 at Ebbets Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
3, New York Giants
1 at Polo Grounds V | | | Philadelphia Phillies
3, Chicago Cubs
1 at Shibe Park | | | Chicago Cubs
4, Philadelphia Phillies
1 at Shibe Park | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 17, 1942 | | Philadelphia Athletics
1, Chicago White Sox
0 at Comiskey Park I | | | Cleveland Indians
6, Washington Senators
5 at League Park II | | | New York Yankees
7, Detroit Tigers
4 at Tiger Stadium | | | Boston Red Sox
5, St. Louis Browns
1 at Sportsman's Park III | | | St. Louis Cardinals
6, Boston Braves
4 at Braves Field | | | Pittsburgh Pirates
3, Brooklyn Dodgers
2 at Ebbets Field | | | New York Giants
11, Cincinnati Reds
1 at Polo Grounds V | | | Chicago Cubs
8, Philadelphia Phillies
0 at Shibe Park | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 18, 1942 | | Cincinnati Reds
5, Pittsburgh Pirates
1 at Forbes Field | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 19, 1942 | | Boston Red Sox
9, New York Yankees
6 at Yankee Stadium | | | Washington Senators
8, Philadelphia Athletics
3 at Shibe Park | | | Washington Senators
11, Philadelphia Athletics
9 at Shibe Park | | | New York Giants
7, Boston Braves
6 at Braves Field | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
5, Philadelphia Phillies
4 at Ebbets Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
4, Pittsburgh Pirates
3 at Forbes Field | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 20, 1942 | | Cleveland Indians
2, Detroit Tigers
0 at Tiger Stadium | | | Detroit Tigers
6, Cleveland Indians
5 at Tiger Stadium | | | New York Yankees
2, Boston Red Sox
1 at Yankee Stadium | | | Boston Red Sox
3, New York Yankees
2 at Yankee Stadium | | | Washington Senators
11, Philadelphia Athletics
9 at Shibe Park | | | Philadelphia Athletics
2, Washington Senators
1 at Shibe Park | | | Chicago White Sox
6, St. Louis Browns
5 at Sportsman's Park III | | | St. Louis Browns
4, Chicago White Sox
2 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Philadelphia Phillies
7, Brooklyn Dodgers
3 at Ebbets Field | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
4, Philadelphia Phillies
2 at Ebbets Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
1, Chicago Cubs
0 at Wrigley Field | | | Chicago Cubs
3, St. Louis Cardinals
0 at Wrigley Field | | | Pittsburgh Pirates
2, Cincinnati Reds
1 at Forbes Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
3, Pittsburgh Pirates
3 at Forbes Field | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 21, 1942 | | Detroit Tigers
6, Chicago White Sox
4 at Tiger Stadium | | | Boston Red Sox
3, New York Yankees
2 at Yankee Stadium | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
3, Philadelphia Phillies
1 at Ebbets Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
2, Pittsburgh Pirates
1 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 22, 1942 | | Detroit Tigers
9, Chicago White Sox
2 at Tiger Stadium | | | New York Yankees
3, Washington Senators
1 at Yankee Stadium | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
9, New York Giants
8 at Ebbets Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
4, Chicago Cubs
1 at Wrigley Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
4, Chicago Cubs
1 at Wrigley Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
9, Pittsburgh Pirates
3 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
Larry French of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitches a brilliant
one-hitter, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 6-0
for his 197th career win. After a brief relief stint
on the 26th, he will join the U.S. Navy, rise through
the ranks and retire in 1969 with the rank of captain.
Larry MacPhail, the 52-year-old Dodger president,
also announces today that he is quitting at the end
of the season to reenter the army.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 23, 1942 | | New York Yankees
4, Washington Senators
1 at Yankee Stadium | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
6, Philadelphia Phillies
0 at Ebbets Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
4, Cincinnati Reds
2 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 24, 1942 | | Chicago White Sox
3, Cleveland Indians
1 at League Park II | | | Chicago White Sox
4, Cleveland Indians
2 at League Park II | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
5, Boston Braves
3 at Ebbets Field | | | New York Giants
8, Philadelphia Phillies
0 at Polo Grounds V | | | Philadelphia Phillies
3, New York Giants
2 at Polo Grounds V | | | St. Louis Cardinals
6, Cincinnati Reds
0 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
With the Giants' 3rd-place finish secure, OF
Hank Lieber pitches a complete-game 9-1 loss
against the Phillies at the Polo Grounds. He yields
9 hits and strikes out 5 in his only ML pitching appearance.
The Phils score 5 of their runs without a hit.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 25, 1942 | | Chicago White Sox
8, Cleveland Indians
1 at League Park II | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
6, Boston Braves
5 at Ebbets Field | | | New York Giants
6, Philadelphia Phillies
3 at Polo Grounds V | | | Philadelphia Phillies
9, New York Giants
1 at Polo Grounds V | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
Youngsters, admitted free for bringing scrap metal
to aid the war effort, get restless and invade the
field at the Polo Grounds in the 8th inning of
the 2nd game with the Giants leading 5-2. Umpire
Ziggy Sears forfeits the game 9-0 to the Braves.
Boston P Warren Spahn is not charged with a loss,
although he was losing at the time of the forfeit.
But he is given credit for a complete game, his only
one in 4 appearances for the year.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 26, 1942 | | Cleveland Indians
3, Detroit Tigers
0 at League Park II | | | New York Giants
6, Boston Braves
4 at Polo Grounds V | | | New York Giants
5, Boston Braves
2 at Polo Grounds V | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
8, Philadelphia Phillies
3 at Shibe Park | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
The Red Sox Tex Hughson wins his 22nd to tie Mort
Cooper for the ML lead, as the Red Sox edge the Yankees.
A Fenway Park crowd of 26,166--including 4,293 youngsters
who gained free admission by bringing 29,000 pounds
of scrap metal--watches Hughson scatter 11 hits. Ted
Williams, in his final appearance before entering
the war, has a single to finish the season at
.356 and wins his second straight batting title. Teammate
Johnny Pesky is 2nd at .331. Williams also leads the
ML in HRs (36), RBI (137), runs (141), and walks (145).
The Cardinals clinch the NL pennant by winning
the first game of a doubleheader from the Cubs.
The final score is 9-2.
Phils outfielder Dan Litwhiler completes
his 151st errorless game of the season in a game against
the Dodgers. Litwhiler becomes the first OF to
avoid an error the entire season. He has 308 putouts
and 9 assists on the year.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 27, 1942 | | Boston Red Sox
7, New York Yankees
6 at Fenway Park | | | Cleveland Indians
8, Detroit Tigers
0 at Cleveland Stadium | | | Pittsburgh Pirates
8, Cincinnati Reds
7 at Crosley Field | | | Pittsburgh Pirates
7, Cincinnati Reds
4 at Crosley Field | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
4, Philadelphia Phillies
3 at Shibe Park | | | St. Louis Cardinals
9, Chicago Cubs
2 at Sportsman's Park III | | | St. Louis Cardinals
4, Chicago Cubs
1 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
Down 7-0 to Red Ruffing in the Series
opener, the Cardinals storm back for four 9th-inning
runs, not enough to win but enough to portend the
result of the WS.
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