1919 AL - Statistical leaders through 15 July

Statistical Leaders in the American League at the mid-point of July . . .

1919 AL - Games of Tuesday, 15 July

Tigers 8, Yankees 7: In what could only be described as a crazy day at the ballpark, Detroit survived six fielding errors (the last of which put them behind in the 12th inning) to beat New York. The Tigers' adventures with the glove began in the 3rd when Chick Shorten muffed a fly ball for three bases and Ben Dyer kicked a grounder, leading to two runs. Detroit had rallied to lead 5-4 when Donie Bush's second fumble of the day allowed Sammy Vick to score the tying run in the 8th, and Dyer's second error helped had NY the lead in the 9th. But the home team got a gift of their own when Allen Russell's wild pitch brought in the tying run with two outs in the bottom half. In the 12th, Bush committed his third error to put two Yanks aboard before Wally Pipp singled for the lead run, but a pair of walks by Pete Schneider (1-1) and consecutive RBI singles by Bush and Ralph Young brought Detroit back from the dead. Bush, who won't soon forget this afternoon, had five hits, three RBI, as walk and a steal, and Young had two doubles among his three hits. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Monday, 14 July

Indians 5, Nationals 4: In a wild affair at League Park, Washington took the lead in the top of the 13th and then gave back the lead and the ballgame in the bottom half without recording a single out. The Nationals had scored three times in the 6th and the 7th (Hal Janvrin with an unlikely home run!) to take a 3-1 lead behind Harry Harper into the last of the 9th, but it wouldn't stick. The first three men singled to score one run and Doc Johnston then hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game. In the 13th, the light-hitting Janvrin - who reached base SIX times - singled to start it off. After a sacrifice and a groundout, Eddie Foster doubled to score Janvrin with the go-ahead run but, again, Washington would be unable to reach the finish line. The first two Indians singled off Eric Erickson (2-3), which brought Jim Shaw off the bench. But Elmer Smith stroked a pinch-hit double to tie the score and, after Steve O'Nell was walked intentionally to set up the force play at home, Joe Harris singled through the infield to win the day for Cleveland. Patsy Gharrity and Bill Wambsganss had three hits each. [box]

1919 AL Players of the Week - 13 July

The Batter and Pitcher of the Week in the American League for the week of 7-13 July are (* denotes a League-leading total) . . .

1919 AL - Games of Sunday, 13 July

Results of the games played on the 80th day of the 1919 American League season . . .

Nationals 5, Indians 4: Sam Rice collected four hits and Washington held off Cleveland in the late innings to win one on the road. The Nats built an early 3-0 lead on Rice's RBI single and Menosky's two-run homer (3), but Cleveland scratched two of those back in the 6th against Molly Craft (3-1) on a run-scoring triple by Steve O'Neill and a single by Stan Coveleski. Washington scored single runs off of Coveleski (6-10) in the 8th and 9th to give themselves a cushion, but two walks and a double in the bottom of the 9th forced a pitching change and PH Joe Harris drilled a Walter Johnson offering into center field for a two-run single that cut the WAS lead to just one run. But Johnson got matters under control to retire the final two men and earn the save. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Saturday, 12 July

Indians 4, Nationals 1: Guy Morton allowed only three Washington hits and the Indians cobbled together four runs to clinch a sweep of the doubleheader in Cleveland. Of the Indians' four tallies, only one came as a result of a hit - a double play grounder, a wild pitch and an error produced the other three scores - and Morton (6-9) didn't allow a hit until the 7th inning and then pitched himself free of bases-loaded challenges in the 7th and 9th innings to bring home the win. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Friday, 11 July

Tigers 6, Nationals 5: Babe Ellison came off the bench to deliver a game-winning base hit in the bottom of the 12th in front of an adoring throng at Navin Field. Washington held leads of 4-2 and 5-3 before Detroit knotted the score in the 7th with the assistance of errors by Sam Rice and Howie Shanks and then Jim Shaw (8-9) and Doc Ayers (1-1) held down the fort until the 12th. Eddie Ainsmith led off the inning with a deep drive beyond Rice's reach which he stretched into a triple, and Ellison followed his call from the bench with a liner into left field that ended the game. Eddie Foster drove in four for the Nats while Ty Cobb had four hits for the Tigers. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Thursday, 10 July

White Sox 4, Athletics 3: Nemo Leibold was the late-game hero for the second straight day, singling home Chick Gandil with two outs in the home half of the 9th to give Chicago a last-gasp victory. The White Sox trailed 3-2 when Eddie Collins led off the 8th with a double, stole third, and scored on Joe Jackson's one-out single. The A's went down in order in the top of the 9th against Lefty Williams (14-5), and Gandil started the home half off against Rollie Naylor (3-4) with a base hit. Fred McMullin sacrificed home to second, and Ray Schalk was issued an intentional walk to bring up Williams with the double play in order. He bunted as well, and the runners moved to second and third with two outs to bring up Leibold, who grounded his third hit of the day up the middle and into center field to win the game. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Wednesday, 9 July

Indians 5, Yankees 2: Bill Wambsganss was the man of the day in Cleveland with three hits, and two RBI in a five-run 2nd inning that was enough to overcome New York. The second baseman came up with two outs and the bases loaded in the 2nd and drilled a two-run single that gave the Indians a 3-0 lead, and then scored on Tris Speaker's two-run triple. Stan Coveleski (6-9) retired the first sixteen Yankees, and twenty-two of the first twenty-three, before allowing two runs on Sammy Vick's bases-loaded single in the 8th. [box]