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Dodgers
@ Braves
Braves Field
May 12, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on May 12, 1939 at Braves Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 12, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Home Team |
Boston Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 12, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | Boston Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Luke Hamlin |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bill Posedel |
| Ballpark | Braves Field |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 2,984 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Bill Klem 2B: (none) 3B: Bick Campbell |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ernie Koy | Left Fielder |
| Pete Coscarart | Second Baseman |
| Goody Rosen | Center Fielder |
| Dolph Camilli | First Baseman |
| Babe Phelps | Catcher |
| Cookie Lavagetto | Third Baseman |
| Gene Moore | Right Fielder |
| Leo Durocher | Shortstop |
| Luke Hamlin | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rabbit Warstler | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Cooney | Center Fielder |
| Debs Garms | Third Baseman |
| Buddy Hassett | Right Fielder |
| Al Simmons | Left Fielder |
| Eddie Miller | Shortstop |
| Elbie Fletcher | First Baseman |
| Al Lopez | Catcher |
| Bill Posedel | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Braves
Braves Field
May 12, 1939
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koy vs. Posedel
Koy hits a popup towards short. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Posedel
Coscarart hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Posedel
Rosen hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Camilli vs. Posedel
Camilli hits a popup towards short. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Hamlin
Warstler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooney vs. Hamlin
Cooney hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Warstler moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garms vs. Hamlin
Garms bunts towards the mound. Hamlin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Warstler moves to third. Cooney moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hassett vs. Hamlin
Hassett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Warstler scores. Cooney scores. Garms moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simmons vs. Hamlin
Simmons hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Garms moves to third. Hassett moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Miller vs. Hamlin
Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Rosen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Garms tags and scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fletcher vs. Hamlin
Fletcher takes first base on ball four. Hassett moves to third. Simmons moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lopez vs. Hutchinson
Ira Hutchinson now pitching.
Lopez is called out on strikes. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Posedel vs. Hutchinson
Posedel takes first base on ball four. Hassett scores. Simmons moves to third. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Warstler vs. Hutchinson
Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phelps vs. Posedel
Phelps hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lavagetto vs. Posedel
Lavagetto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Posedel
Moore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Durocher vs. Posedel
Durocher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Moore moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hutchinson vs. Posedel
Hutchinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Hutchinson
Cooney hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rosen. Cooney reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garms vs. Hutchinson
Garms hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rosen who is chasing the ball. Garms reaches third base with a triple. Cooney scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hassett vs. Hutchinson
Hassett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Garms scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Hutchinson
Simmons hits a fly ball into right field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Hutchinson
Miller hits a popup towards short. Durocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Hutchinson
There goes Hassett. The throw from Phelps and he is out, Durocher applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koy vs. Posedel
Koy bunts towards short. Miller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coscarart vs. Posedel
Coscarart hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cooney. Coscarart reaches second base with a double. Koy moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rosen vs. Posedel
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Koy scores. Coscarart moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Camilli vs. Posedel
Camilli hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Coscarart scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phelps vs. Posedel
Phelps hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Hutchinson
Fletcher bunts towards first. Camilli scoops it up and throws to first, with Hutchinson covering, for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Hutchinson
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Posedel vs. Hutchinson
Posedel hits a fly ball into left field. Koy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Warstler vs. Hutchinson
Warstler strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lavagetto vs. Posedel
Lavagetto hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Posedel
Moore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lavagetto moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Durocher vs. Posedel
Durocher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lavagetto scores. Moore moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sington vs. Posedel
Fred Sington pinch hits for Ira Hutchinson.
Sington hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Koy vs. Posedel
Koy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Warstler fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Poffenberger
Boots Poffenberger now pitching.
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Durocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Poffenberger
Garms hits a line drive into center field. Rosen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassett vs. Poffenberger
Hassett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Poffenberger
Simmons hits a fly ball into center field. Rosen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Posedel
Coscarart hits a fly ball into right field. Hassett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Posedel
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Posedel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Camilli vs. Posedel
Camilli hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Poffenberger
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lavagetto fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Poffenberger
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Durocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Poffenberger
Lopez hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Koy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phelps vs. Posedel
Phelps hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lavagetto vs. Posedel
Lavagetto hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Posedel
Moore hits a fly ball into right field. Hassett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Posedel vs. Poffenberger
Posedel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Poffenberger
Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lavagetto fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Poffenberger
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Durocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Durocher vs. Posedel
Durocher hits a fly ball into right field. Hassett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poffenberger vs. Posedel
Poffenberger strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koy vs. Posedel
Koy hits a line drive into right field. Hassett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Poffenberger
Garms takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hassett vs. Poffenberger
Hassett takes first base on ball four. Garms moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simmons vs. Poffenberger
Simmons hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Garms scores. Hassett moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Miller vs. Casey
Hugh Casey now pitching.
Miller hits a fly ball into right field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fletcher vs. Casey
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Posedel
Coscarart hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cooney. Coscarart reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rosen vs. Posedel
Rosen hits a popup towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Camilli vs. Posedel
Camilli hits a popup towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Phelps vs. Posedel
Phelps hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Casey
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lavagetto fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Posedel vs. Casey
Posedel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Camilli scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Posedel for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Casey
Warstler strikes out. Phelps drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Warstler out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lavagetto vs. Posedel
Lavagetto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Posedel
Moore strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Durocher vs. Posedel
Durocher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Todd vs. Posedel
Al Todd pinch hits for Hugh Casey.
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Durocher moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Todd vs. Posedel
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Durocher moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Todd vs. Posedel
Todd hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Durocher scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koy vs. Posedel
Van Mungo pinch runs for Al Todd.
Koy hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hassett who is chasing the ball. Koy reaches third base with a triple. Mungo goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Coscarart vs. Posedel
Coscarart hits a fly ball, foul, down the left field line, foul. Simmons chases it down, and drops the ball. That's an error on Simmons. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Coscarart vs. Posedel
Coscarart strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/12/1939 -- Brooklyn at Boston (D)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Koy E, lf 5 1 2 1 Warstler R, 2b 5 1 1 0
Coscarart P, 2b 5 1 3 0 Cooney J, cf 4 2 2 0
Rosen G, cf 4 0 0 1 Garms D, 3b 3 3 2 1
Camilli D, 1b 4 0 1 1 Hassett B, rf 3 1 3 3
Phelps B, c 4 0 1 0 Simmons A, lf 4 0 2 1
Lavagetto C, 3b 4 1 1 0 Miller E, ss 3 0 0 1
Moore G, rf 3 0 1 0 Fletcher E, 1b 3 0 0 0
Durocher L, ss 3 1 2 1 Lopez A, c 3 0 0 0
Hamlin L, p 0 0 0 0 Posedel B, p 3 0 0 1
Hutchinson I, p 1 0 0 0
Sington F, ph 1 0 0 0
Poffenberger B, p 1 0 0 0
Casey H, p 0 0 0 0
Todd A, ph 1 0 1 1
Mungo V, pr 0 1 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 5 12 5 31 7 10 7
Brooklyn 002 100 002 -- 5
Boston 420 000 10x -- 7
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Hamlin L (L) 0.1 5 4 4 1 0
Hutchinson I 2.2 3 2 2 2 2
Poffenberger B* 3.0 2 1 1 2 0
Casey H 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Posedel B (W) 9.0 12 5 5 2 3
* Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
E -- Simmons A
DP -- Brooklyn 1, Boston 3
LOB -- Brooklyn 6, Boston 6
2B -- Cooney J, Coscarart P 2
3B -- Garms D, Koy E
CS -- Hassett B
SF -- Miller E
T -- 2:05
A -- 2984
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