1919 AL Players of the Month - August

The Batter and Pitcher of the Month in the American League for August of 1919 are (* denotes League-leading total) . . .

1919 AL Players of the Week - 31 August

The Batter and Pitcher of the Week in the American League for the week of 25-31 August are (* denotes a League-leading total) . . .

1919 AL - Pitching Leaders through 31 August

Pitching leaderboards in the American League as the campaign enters its final month. . .

1919 AL - Batting Leaders through 31 August

Offensive statistical Leaders in the American League as the campaign enters its final month. . .

1919 AL - Team and League Statistics through 31 August

League and team statistical totals in the American League as the campaign enters its final month . . .

1919 AL - Games of Sunday, 31 August

White Sox 7, Indians 2: Lefty Williams broke open the game with a two-run double in the 8th inning and pitched a complete-game for his League-leading twenty-third victory, as Chicago handled Cleveland again to finish off a three-game series sweep at League Park. The visitors had inched their way to a 3-1 lead through seven innings, but the bottom of the Chicago order got to Stan Coveleski (13-15) in the 8th. With one out, Happy Felsch doubled and the free-swinging Chick Gandil drew a base on balls. Coveleski whiffed Swede Risberg, but Ray Schalk singled on the infield to load the bases. That brought Williams to the plate and, though certainly not known for his batting prowess, he managed to ping one past third base and down the left-field line for a two-base hit that put space between the two clubs. An unearned run in the 8th wasn't enough to knock Williams (23-10) off track and he retired the final four Clevelanders in order. Felsch had three hits and scored three runs, while Nemo Leibold also chipped in three hits. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Saturday, 30 August

Tigers 14, Browns 2: Detroit scored a dozen runs in the final four innings to turn a tight ball game at Sportsman's Park into a laugher. The Tigers led 2-1 behind Oscar Stanage's 4th-inning RBI single before the cart left the road for Allen Sothoron (12-13) and St. Louis in the 6th. An outburst of six hits and a fielding error was culminated by Bobby Veach's home run that plated the final three tallies of a seven-run inning, and the visitors tacked on five more in the 8th on five hits and two more Browns errors (they committed a total of five on the day). Dutch Leonard (9-10) waltzed through the St. Louis lineup to a complete-game victory; Veach has four RBI, and Stanage and Chick Shorten had three hits apiece. [box]

1919 AL- Games of Friday, 29 August

Browns 15, Tigers 3: Baby Doll Jacobson had five base hits, his St. Louis teammates added another fourteen, and George Sisler set a major-league record as St. Louis demolished Detroit at Sportsman's Park. The day's highlights for the Tigers came early and ended quickly - they scored twice in the top of the 1st when Ty Cobb reached on an error and then Bobby Veach tripled and scored himself on Harry Heilmann's single. But the Browns started their ball rolling downhill in their half of the inning when Joe Gedeon reached on an error and scored on Sisler's sacrifice fly. In the 3rd, three singles led to another two SLA runs and, in the 4th, the Browns ran Hooks Dauss (7-16) out of the game with seven hits and six runs; the second of these scored when Sisler again lofted a run-scoring fly ball. St. Louis piled on just for fun with five more in the 7th - Jacobson doubled in a run, Earl Smith hit a two-run homer, and Sisler hit his third sacrifice fly of the game to set a mark that no scribe in attendance could recall ever having occurred before in a big-league contest. Urban Shocker (15-9) rode this wave of offense to his fifteenth victory, allowing only one earned run despite giving up fourteen hits (Detroit batted 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position). Smith and Jack Tobin each had four hits for the Browns. [box]