MLB Scores and Standings Wednesday, August 21, 1940

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Cleveland Indians	4	Final
Boston Red Sox	2

W	Mel Harder (8-9)
L	Fritz Ostermueller (3-6)

Philadelphia Phillies	7	Final
Chicago Cubs	5	(10)

W	Clyde Smoll (2-6)
L	Ken Raffensberger (5-6)
S	Syl Johnson (2)

New York Giants	5	Final
Cincinnati Reds	4	(11)

W	Jumbo Brown (2-2)
L	Whitey Moore (6-6)

Detroit Tigers	5	Final
New York Yankees	6

W	Johnny Murphy (3-4)
L	Al Benton (4-9)

Chicago White Sox	0	Final
Philadelphia Athletics	3

W	Bill Beckmann (6-1)
L	Johnny Rigney (10-14)

Boston Bees	2	Final
Pittsburgh Pirates	3

W	Ken Heintzelman (5-5)
L	Dick Coffman (1-3)

Brooklyn Dodgers	5	Final
St. Louis Cardinals	7

W	Carl Doyle (2-1)
L	Vito Tamulis (7-4)
S	Max Lanier (1)

St. Louis Browns	0	Final
Washington Nationals	3

W	Dutch Leonard (13-12)
L	Howard Mills (0-5)

Up To This Date

After This Date

Standings Up to and Including this Date

AL Overall

AL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
CLE	71	46	.607	--	582	491	.577
DET	66	52	.559	5.5	665	562	.576
BOS	63	54	.538	8.0	652	638	.510
NYY	60	53	.531	9.0	607	519	.571
CHW	59	54	.522	10.0	568	533	.529
WSH	50	65	.435	20.0	545	624	.438
SLB	48	70	.407	23.5	597	721	.415
PHA	45	68	.398	24.0	549	677	.405

NAL Overall

NAL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
MRS	0	0	.000	--	0	0
TC	0	0	.000	--	0	0
SNS	0	0	.000	--	0	0
BBB	0	0	.000	--	0	0
KCM	0	0	.000	--	0	0
CBR	0	0	.000	--	0	0
CAG	0	0	.000	--	0	0

NL Overall

NL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
CIN	70	42	.625	--	517	385	.632
BRO	65	48	.575	5.5	499	465	.532
NYG	57	52	.523	11.5	476	447	.529
STL	57	53	.518	12.0	531	526	.504
PIT	56	55	.505	13.5	579	563	.513
CHC	58	58	.500	14.0	522	456	.562
BSN	44	68	.393	26.0	454	580	.390
PHI	38	69	.355	29.5	381	537	.348

NN2 Overall

NN2 Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
HG	0	0	.000	--	0	0
NBY	0	0	.000	--	0	0
NE	0	0	.000	--	0	0
NYC	0	0	.000	--	0	0
PS	0	0	.000	--	0	0
BEG	0	0	.000	--	0	0

Standings For Games Played After this Date

AL Overall

AL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYY	28	13	.683	--	210	152	.644
DET	24	12	.667	1.5	223	155	.661
CHW	23	18	.561	5.0	167	139	.583
SLB	19	17	.528	6.5	160	161	.497
BOS	19	18	.514	7.0	220	187	.574
CLE	18	19	.486	8.0	128	146	.440
WSH	14	25	.359	13.0	120	187	.308
PHA	9	32	.220	19.0	154	255	.284

NAL Overall

NAL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
MRS	0	0	.000	--	0	0
TC	0	0	.000	--	0	0
SNS	0	0	.000	--	0	0
BBB	0	0	.000	--	0	0
KCM	0	0	.000	--	0	0
CBR	0	0	.000	--	0	0
CAG	0	0	.000	--	0	0

NL Overall

NL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
CIN	30	11	.732	--	190	143	.627
STL	27	16	.628	4.0	216	173	.600
BRO	23	17	.575	6.5	198	156	.607
BSN	21	19	.525	8.5	169	165	.511
PIT	22	21	.512	9.0	230	220	.520
CHC	17	21	.447	11.5	159	180	.443
NYG	15	28	.349	16.0	187	212	.443
PHI	12	34	.261	20.5	113	213	.239

NN2 Overall

NN2 Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
HG	0	0	.000	--	0	0
NBY	0	0	.000	--	0	0
NE	0	0	.000	--	0	0
NYC	0	0	.000	--	0	0
PS	0	0	.000	--	0	0
BEG	0	0	.000	--	0	0