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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 4, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on May 4, 1939 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 4, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 4, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lon Warneke |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Manny Salvo |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 8,932 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Larry Goetz 2B: (none) 3B: Beans Reardon |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Brown | Second Baseman |
| Don Gutteridge | Third Baseman |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Joe Medwick | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Terry Moore | Center Fielder |
| Mickey Owen | Catcher |
| Creepy Crespi | Shortstop |
| Lon Warneke | Pitcher |
| Ray Blades | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
| Billy Jurges | Shortstop |
| Harry Danning | Catcher |
| Mel Ott | Third Baseman |
| Zeke Bonura | First Baseman |
| Bob Seeds | Center Fielder |
| Frank Demaree | Right Fielder |
| Burgess Whitehead | Second Baseman |
| Manny Salvo | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 4, 1939
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Salvo
Brown hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Seeds who is chasing the ball. Brown reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gutteridge vs. Salvo
Gutteridge is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Slaughter vs. Salvo
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brown scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Medwick vs. Salvo
Medwick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Salvo
Mize hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Salvo
Moore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Owen vs. Salvo
There goes Moore. The throw from Danning and he is out, Whitehead applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Warneke
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Warneke
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crespi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Warneke
Danning hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Salvo
Owen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crespi vs. Salvo
Crespi hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Danning settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Warneke vs. Salvo
Warneke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Warneke
Ott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonura vs. Warneke
Bonura strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seeds vs. Warneke
Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crespi fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Salvo
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura scoops it up and throws to first, with Salvo covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutteridge vs. Salvo
Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Salvo
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Medwick vs. Salvo
Medwick is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Warneke
Demaree takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Warneke
Whitehead is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Salvo vs. Warneke
Salvo is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Warneke
Moore hits a popup towards third. Gutteridge settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Salvo
Mize hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Salvo
Moore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Owen vs. Salvo
There goes Moore. The throw from Danning and he is safe. Moore steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Owen vs. Salvo
Owen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moore moves to third. Owen moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Crespi vs. Salvo
Crespi is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Warneke vs. Salvo
Warneke takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Brown vs. Salvo
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura scoops it up and throws to first, with Salvo covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Warneke
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crespi fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Crespi. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Danning vs. Warneke
Danning hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jurges moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ott vs. Warneke
Ott hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bonura vs. Warneke
Bonura hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moore. Bonura reaches second base with a double. Jurges scores. Danning moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Seeds vs. Warneke
Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to home to get Danning. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Demaree vs. Warneke
Demaree strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutteridge vs. Salvo
Gutteridge strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Salvo
Slaughter is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Medwick vs. Salvo
Medwick strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Salvo
Mize takes first base on ball four. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moore vs. Salvo
Moore takes first base on ball four. Slaughter moves to third. Mize moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Owen vs. Salvo
Owen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Warneke
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crespi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Salvo vs. Warneke
Salvo is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Warneke
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crespi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crespi vs. Salvo
Crespi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warneke vs. Salvo
Warneke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Salvo
Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Warneke
Jurges hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Danning vs. Warneke
Danning hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter who is chasing the ball. Danning reaches third base with a triple. Jurges goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ott vs. Warneke
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bonura vs. Warneke
Bonura hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crespi fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Danning scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seeds vs. Warneke
Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Warneke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutteridge vs. Salvo
Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Salvo
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Medwick vs. Salvo
Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Salvo
Mize takes first base on ball four. Medwick moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moore vs. Salvo
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Whitehead fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Warneke
Demaree hits a line drive towards the mound. Warneke reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Warneke
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crespi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Salvo vs. Warneke
Salvo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crespi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Salvo
Owen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Salvo
Stu Martin pinch hits for Creepy Crespi.
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warneke vs. Salvo
Warneke hits a fly ball into center field. Seeds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Warneke
Joe Orengo now playing shortstop.
Moore hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Warneke
Jurges hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Moore who is chasing the ball. Jurges reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Danning vs. McGee
Bill McGee now pitching.
Danning takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ott vs. Shoun
Clyde Shoun now pitching.
Ott hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jurges tags and scores. Danning tags and moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonura vs. Shoun
Bonura hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Danning scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seeds vs. Shoun
Seeds hits a line drive towards short. Orengo misplays the ball. That's an error on Orengo. Bonura moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Demaree vs. Shoun
Demaree hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bonura scores. Seeds moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitehead vs. Cooper
Mort Cooper now pitching.
Whitehead strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Salvo
Brown hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gutteridge vs. Salvo
Gutteridge hits a fly ball into right field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Salvo
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Medwick vs. Salvo
Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/4/1939 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Brown J, 2b 5 1 2 0 Moore J, lf 4 0 0 0
Gutteridge D, 3b 5 0 1 0 Jurges B, ss 4 3 2 0
Slaughter E, rf 4 0 1 1 Danning H, c 3 2 2 1
Medwick J, lf 4 1 0 0 Ott M, 3b 2 0 1 1
Mize J, 1b 2 1 1 2 Bonura Z, 1b 4 1 2 2
Moore T, cf 2 0 1 0 Seeds B, cf 4 0 0 0
Owen M, c 3 0 1 0 Demaree F, rf 3 0 1 1
Crespi C, ss 3 0 0 0 Whitehead B, 2b 4 0 0 0
Martin S, ph 1 0 0 0 Salvo M, p 3 0 0 0
Orengo J, ss 0 0 0 0
Warneke L, p 3 0 0 0
McGee B, p 0 0 0 0
Shoun C, p 0 0 0 0
Cooper M, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 3 7 3 31 6 8 5
St.Louis 300 000 000 -- 3
New York 000 102 03x -- 6
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Warneke L (L) 7.1 6 4 3 2 5
McGee B* 0.0 0 1 1 1 0
Shoun C 0.1 2 1 0 0 0
Cooper M 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Salvo M (W) 9.0 7 3 3 7 5
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Crespi C, Orengo J
DP -- St.Louis 2, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 10, New York 5
2B -- Bonura Z
3B -- Brown J, Danning H, Jurges B
HR -- Mize J
SB -- Moore T
CS -- Moore T
SF -- Ott M
HBP -- by Salvo M (Slaughter E)
T -- 2:38
A -- 8932
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