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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 27, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds, played on August 27, 1939 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 27, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 27, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Derringer |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Carl Hubbell |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 18,635 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 53 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Tom Dunn 2B: Dolly Stark 3B: Bill Klem |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Werber | Third Baseman |
| Eddie Joost | Second Baseman |
| Ival Goodman | Right Fielder |
| Frank McCormick | First Baseman |
| Ernie Lombardi | Catcher |
| Frenchy Bordagaray | Left Fielder |
| Harry Craft | Center Fielder |
| Billy Myers | Shortstop |
| Paul Derringer | Pitcher |
| Bill McKechnie | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Burgess Whitehead | Second Baseman |
| Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
| Frank Demaree | Center Fielder |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Harry Danning | Catcher |
| Zeke Bonura | First Baseman |
| Billy Jurges | Shortstop |
| Tom Hafey | Third Baseman |
| Carl Hubbell | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 27, 1939
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Hubbell
Werber hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hafey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Hubbell
Joost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Hubbell
Goodman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Danning settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Derringer
Whitehead takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Derringer
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Joost fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Derringer
Demaree hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Hubbell
McCormick 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 -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Hubbell
Lombardi 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 -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bordagaray vs. Hubbell
Bordagaray hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges misplays the ball. That's an error on Jurges. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Craft vs. Hubbell
Craft hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Craft for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Derringer
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Derringer
Danning hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonura vs. Derringer
Bonura hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jurges vs. Derringer
Jurges hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Joost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Hubbell
Myers hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Derringer vs. Hubbell
Derringer 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 -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Hubbell
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hubbell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Derringer
Hafey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hubbell vs. Derringer
Hubbell bunts towards first. McCormick scoops it up and throws to first, with Joost covering, for the out. Hafey moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitehead vs. Derringer
Whitehead hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Derringer
Moore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hafey scores. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demaree vs. Derringer
Demaree hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Hubbell
Joost hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Hubbell
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura races to the bag, beating Goodman for the out, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Joost moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCormick vs. Hubbell
McCormick 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 -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lombardi vs. Hubbell
Lombardi hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Danning settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Derringer
Ott hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Derringer
Danning hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Derringer
Bonura hits a fly ball into left field. Bordagaray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bordagaray vs. Hubbell
Bordagaray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hafey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craft vs. Hubbell
Craft hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Demaree is chasing the ball. Craft rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Hubbell
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hafey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Derringer vs. Hubbell
The ball gets by Danning for a passed ball. Myers moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Derringer vs. Hubbell
Derringer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Myers moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Werber vs. Hubbell
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead misplays the ball. That's an error on Whitehead. Myers scores. Derringer moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Joost vs. Hubbell
Joost hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Derringer scores. Werber moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Goodman vs. Hubbell
Goodman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Hubbell
McCormick hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Hubbell
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Derringer
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Derringer
Hafey hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Derringer
Johnny McCarthy pinch hits for Carl Hubbell.
McCarthy strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Derringer
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Derringer
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Joost fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bordagaray vs. Salvo
Manny Salvo now pitching.
Bordagaray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hafey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craft vs. Salvo
Craft hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bonura settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Salvo
Myers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Derringer vs. Salvo
Derringer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Derringer
Demaree hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Derringer
Ott hits a popup towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Danning vs. Derringer
Danning hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Joost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonura vs. Derringer
Bonura hits a popup towards short. Myers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Salvo
Werber takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Joost vs. Salvo
Joost bunts towards the mound. Salvo fields it and throws to first for the out. Werber moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Goodman vs. Salvo
Goodman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Werber scores. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Salvo
McCormick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Goodman moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lombardi vs. Salvo
Lombardi hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bonura settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bordagaray vs. Salvo
Bordagaray is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Derringer
Nino Bongiovanni now playing left field.
Jurges strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Derringer
Hafey hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seeds vs. Derringer
Bob Seeds pinch hits for Manny Salvo.
Seeds is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craft vs. Coffman
Dick Coffman now pitching.
Craft hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hafey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Coffman
Myers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Derringer vs. Coffman
Derringer bunts towards the mound. Coffman fields it and throws to first for the out. Myers moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Werber vs. Coffman
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Derringer
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Derringer
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Derringer
Demaree hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Derringer
Ott strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Coffman
Joost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Coffman
Goodman hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Coffman
McCormick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lombardi vs. Coffman
Lombardi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCormick moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bongiovanni vs. Coffman
Bongiovanni hits a popup towards third. Hafey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Derringer
Danning hits a fly ball into left field. Bongiovanni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Derringer
Bonura hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Derringer
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Derringer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/27/1939 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Werber B, 3b 4 2 0 0 Whitehead B, 2b 3 0 1 0
Joost E, 2b 4 1 2 1 Moore J, lf 4 0 1 1
Goodman I, rf 5 1 2 4 Demaree F, cf 4 0 2 0
McCormick F, 1b 5 0 2 0 Ott M, rf 4 0 0 0
Lombardi E, c 5 0 1 0 Danning H, c 4 0 1 0
Bordagaray F, lf 4 0 0 0 Bonura Z, 1b 4 0 0 0
Bongiovanni N, lf 1 0 0 0 Jurges B, ss 4 0 0 0
Craft H, cf 4 1 1 1 Hafey T, 3b 2 2 1 1
Myers B, ss 3 1 2 0 Hubbell C, p 0 0 0 0
Derringer P, p 3 1 1 0 McCarthy J, ph 1 0 0 0
Salvo M, p 0 0 0 0
Seeds B, ph 1 0 0 0
Coffman D, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 7 11 6 31 2 6 2
Cincinnati 000 060 100 -- 7
New York 001 010 000 -- 2
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Derringer P (W) 9.0 6 2 2 2 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Hubbell C (L) 5.0 6 6 5 0 0
Salvo M 2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Coffman D 2.0 2 0 0 1 0
E -- Jurges B, Bonura Z, Whitehead B
DP -- Cincinnati 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 8, New York 5
HR -- Craft H, Goodman I, Hafey T
SH -- Hubbell C, Joost E, Derringer P
PB -- Danning H
T -- 1:53
A -- 18635
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