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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 17, 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 July 17, 1939 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 17, 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 | July 17, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Curt Davis |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Hal Schumacher |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 5,233 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 17 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Dunn 1B: Babe Pinelli 2B: (none) 3B: Beans Reardon |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Brown | Second Baseman |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Don Padgett | Catcher |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Joe Medwick | Left Fielder |
| Terry Moore | Center Fielder |
| Don Gutteridge | Third Baseman |
| Lynn Myers | Shortstop |
| Curt Davis | Pitcher |
| Ray Blades | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
| Lou Chiozza | Shortstop |
| Ken O'Dea | Catcher |
| Mel Ott | Third Baseman |
| Zeke Bonura | First Baseman |
| Frank Demaree | Center Fielder |
| Jimmy Ripple | Right Fielder |
| Burgess Whitehead | Second Baseman |
| Hal Schumacher | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 17, 1939
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Schumacher
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Schumacher
Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Padgett vs. Schumacher
Padgett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brown scores. Slaughter moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mize vs. Schumacher
Mize hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Medwick vs. Schumacher
Medwick hits a fly ball into right field. Ripple settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Slaughter tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Schumacher
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chiozza fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Davis
Moore hits a line drive towards short. Myers reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiozza vs. Davis
Chiozza hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dea vs. Davis
O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutteridge vs. Schumacher
Gutteridge hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Myers vs. Schumacher
Myers bunts towards the mound. Schumacher fields it and throws to first for the out. Gutteridge moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Schumacher
Davis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Schumacher
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gutteridge scores. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Slaughter vs. Schumacher
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. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Davis
Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonura vs. Davis
Bonura hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Demaree vs. Davis
Demaree hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Ott moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ripple vs. Davis
Ripple hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Padgett vs. Schumacher
Padgett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Schumacher
Mize hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Medwick vs. Schumacher
Medwick hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Schumacher
Moore hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ripple. Moore reaches second base with a double. Padgett goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gutteridge vs. Schumacher
Gutteridge hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Davis
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myatt vs. Davis
George Myatt pinch hits for Hal Schumacher.
Myatt is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Davis
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Salvo
Manny Salvo now pitching.
Myers hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bonura settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Salvo
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Salvo
Brown hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moore. Brown reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Slaughter vs. Salvo
Slaughter hits a popup towards short. Chiozza settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiozza vs. Davis
Chiozza hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dea vs. Davis
O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Davis
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Padgett vs. Salvo
Padgett hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Salvo
Mize strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Medwick vs. Salvo
Medwick is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Salvo
Lynn King pinch runs for Joe Medwick.
There goes King. The throw from O'Dea and he is out, Whitehead applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Davis
Lynn King now playing left field.
Bonura hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge juggles the ball. That's an error on Gutteridge. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demaree vs. Davis
Demaree hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bonura moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ripple vs. Davis
Ripple hits a line drive into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitehead vs. Davis
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Salvo
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutteridge vs. Salvo
Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Salvo
Myers hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Salvo
Davis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Dea settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Salvo vs. Davis
Salvo strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Davis
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Davis, and towards Brown, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiozza vs. Davis
Chiozza hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Salvo
Brown hits a line drive towards short. Chiozza reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Salvo
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Padgett vs. Salvo
Padgett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mize vs. Salvo
Mickey Owen pinch runs for Don Padgett.
Mize strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
King vs. Salvo
King 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
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dea vs. Davis
Mickey Owen now catching.
O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Dea for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Davis
Ott hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Ott reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonura vs. Davis
Bonura hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Demaree vs. Davis
Demaree hits a line drive to right field. Slaughter throws towards Brown. Brown fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Brown. Ott scores. Bonura goes all the way around to score. Demaree moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ripple vs. Davis
Ripple takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitehead vs. Davis
Whitehead hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Seeds vs. Davis
Bob Seeds pinch hits for Manny Salvo.
Seeds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Demaree scores. Ripple moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moore vs. Shoun
Clyde Shoun now pitching.
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Lynn
Red Lynn now pitching.
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lynn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutteridge vs. Lynn
Gutteridge hits a fly ball into right field. Ripple settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Lynn
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiozza vs. Shoun
Chiozza hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Owen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dea vs. Shoun
O'Dea hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Shoun
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shoun vs. Lynn
Shoun hits a popup towards short. Chiozza settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Lynn
Alex Kampouris now playing second base. Burgess Whitehead now playing shortstop.
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kampouris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Lynn
Slaughter strikes out. O'Dea drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Slaughter out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Shoun
Bonura hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers misplays the ball. That's an error on Myers. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demaree vs. Shoun
Demaree hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripple vs. Shoun
Ripple is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/17/1939 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Brown J, 2b 5 1 3 1 Moore J, lf 4 0 0 0
Slaughter E, rf 5 1 2 0 Chiozza L, ss 4 0 0 0
Padgett D, c 4 1 3 1 Kampouris A, 2b 0 0 0 0
Owen M, pr-c 0 0 0 0 O'Dea K, c 4 0 0 0
Mize J, 1b 4 0 0 0 Ott M, 3b 4 1 2 0
Medwick J, lf 1 0 0 1 Bonura Z, 1b 4 1 2 0
King L, pr-lf 1 0 0 0 Demaree F, cf 4 1 2 1
Moore T, cf 4 0 1 1 Ripple J, rf 3 0 0 0
Gutteridge D, 3b 4 1 1 0 Whitehead B, 2b-ss 3 0 0 0
Myers L, ss 3 0 1 0 Schumacher H, p 0 0 0 0
Davis C, p 3 0 0 0 Myatt G, ph 1 0 0 0
Shoun C, p 1 0 0 0 Salvo M, p 1 0 0 0
Seeds B, ph 1 0 1 1
Lynn R, p 0 0 0 0
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35 4 11 4 33 3 7 2
St.Louis 211 000 000 -- 4
New York 000 000 300 -- 3
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Davis C (W) 6.2 7 3 3 1 2
Shoun C (S) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Schumacher H (L) 3.0 7 4 4 0 0
Salvo M 4.0 4 0 0 0 3
Lynn R 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
E -- Gutteridge D, Brown J, Myers L
DP -- St.Louis 3
LOB -- St.Louis 7, New York 4
2B -- Moore T, Brown J, Ott M
CS -- King L
SH -- Myers L
SF -- Medwick J
HBP -- by Salvo M (Medwick J)
T -- 2:17
A -- 5233
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