Sunday, September 20, 2020

American League Update: April 23rd

 American League Update

April 23, 1948

The Athletics came out hot, none more so than Barney McCosky. McCosky went 11-for-18 in the opening series against Boston, scoring four times and driving in six more.

                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1948 Cleveland CLA            1   0 1.000 ----   153     1   01.000   97  58 .626
1948 Washington WAA           2   1  .667 ----           2   1 .667   56  97 .366
1948 Philadelphia PHA         2   1  .667 ----           3   01.000   84  70 .545
1948 Detroit DEA              2   1  .667 ----           3   01.000   78  76 .506
1948 New York NYA             1   2  .333  1.0           1   2 .333   94  60 .610
1948 Chicago CHA              1   2  .333  1.0           0   3 .000   51 101 .336
1948 Boston BOA               1   2  .333  1.0           0   3 .000   96  59 .619
1948 St. Louis SLA            0   1  .000  1.0           0   1 .000   59  94 .386

Monday, April 19

Yankees (1-0)......... 0 0 4  2 0 2  2 2 3  - 15 21  0
Senators (0-1)........ 0 3 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  7  0
W: Allie Reynolds (1-0) L: Early Wynn (0-1)
HR: Charlie Keller 2 (1,2)
GAME 1 OF 2
Athletics (0-1)....... 0 0 0  1 1 1  0 0 0  -  3  9  0
Red Sox (1-0)......... 0 0 1  0 3 0  0 1    -  5  8  1
W: Joe Dobson (1-0) L: Phil Marchildon (0-1)
HR: Stan Spence (1), Vern Stephens (1)
GAME 2 OF 2
Athletics (1-1)....... 0 0 0  8 6 0  0 1 0  - 15 21  1
Red Sox (1-1)......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  2 12  2
W: Lou Brissie (1-0) L: Denny Galehouse (0-1)
HR: Ted Williams (1)

Tuesday, April 20

Tigers (1-0).......... 1 3 0  3 0 0  0 0 0  -  7 13  0
White Sox (0-1)....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  0
W: Hal Newhouser (1-0) L: Joe Haynes (0-1)
HR: Dick Wakefield (1), Vic Wertz (1)
Yankees (1-1)......... 3 3 0  0 3 0  0 0 0  -  9 14  2
Senators (1-1)........ 0 1 1  0 0 2  1 0 5  - 10 18  2
W: Tom Ferrick (1-0) L: Joe Page (0-1)
Browns (0-1).......... 1 0 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  -  4  9  2
Indians (1-0)......... 0 2 3  0 0 0  1 0    -  6 11  0
W: Bob Feller (1-0) L: Fred Sanford (0-1)
HR: Joe Gordon (1), Eddie Robinson (1)

Wednesday, April 21

Tigers (2-0).......... 0 0 6  3 1 0  0 0 0  - 10 13  3
White Sox (0-2)....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  0
W: Dizzy Trout (1-0) L: Orval Grove (0-1)
HR: George Kell (1)
Yankees (1-2)......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  0
Senators (2-1)........ 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0    -  1  8  1
W: Mickey Haefner (1-0) L: Vic Raschi (0-1)
HR: Mark Christman (1)
Athletics (2-1)....... 3 0 0  0 3 1  3 1 0  - 11 19  2
Red Sox (1-2)......... 0 3 0  0 0 0  0 0 3  -  6 10  0
W: Joe Coleman (1-0) L: Dave Ferriss (0-1)
HR: Vern Stephens (2)

Thursday, April 22

Tigers (2-1).......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  2 1 0  -  4  6  3
White Sox (1-2)....... 0 2 1  2 2 0  0 0    -  7 11  1
W: Howie Judson (1-0) L: Virgil Trucks (0-1)

Upcoming Series

Boston (1-2) at New York (1-2)
Game 1 - Friday, April 23: Mickey Harris (first appearance) vs. Spec Shea (first appearance)
Game 2 - Saturday, April 24: Joe Dobson (1-0, 3.00) vs. Allie Reynolds (1-0, 3.00)
Game 3 - Sunday, April 25: Windy McCall 
(first appearance) vs. Ed Lopat (0-0, 9.00)

Chicago (1-2) at St. Louis (0-1)
Game 1 - Saturday, April 24: Earl Harrist (first appearance) vs. Cliff Fannin (first appearance)
Game 2 - Sunday, April 25: Joe Haynes (0-1, 7.88) vs. Sam Zoldak (first appearance)
Game 3 - Sunday, April 25: Bill Wight 
(first appearance) vs. Nelson Potter (first appearance)

Cleveland (1-0) at Detroit (2-1)
Game 1 - Friday, April 23: Bob Lemon (first appearance) vs. Fred Hutchinson (first appearance)
Game 2 - Saturday, April 24: Bob Feller (1-0, 4.00) vs. Art Houtteman (first appearance)
Game 3 - Sunday, April 25: Al Gettel 
(first appearance) vs. Hal Newhouser (1-0, 0.00)

Washington (2-1) at Philadelphia (2-1)
Game 1 - Friday, April 23: Walt Masterson (first appearance) vs. Bill McCahan (first appearance)
Game 2 - Saturday, April 24: Early Wynn (0-1, 11.57) vs. Phil Marchildon (0-1, 5.63)
Game 3 - Sunday, April 25: Sid Hudson 
(0-0, 17.36) vs. Carl Scheib (first appearance)
Game 4 - Sunday, April 25: Ray Scarborough (0-0, 0.00) vs. Lou Brissie (1-0, 2.00)

No comments:

Post a Comment

National League Update: April 28th

National League Update April 28, 1948 New York won an eleven inning pitching duel against Philadelphia on Monday and then won in a shootout ...