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Braves
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 24, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Boston Braves, played on May 24, 1940 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 24, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Braves
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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 24, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Braves |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Posedel |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Harry Gumbert |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 22,260 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Stewart 1B: George Barr 2B: (none) 3B: George Magerkurth |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Sibby Sisti | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Cooney | Center Fielder |
| Buddy Hassett | First Baseman |
| Max West | Right Fielder |
| Chet Ross | Left Fielder |
| Bama Rowell | Second Baseman |
| Al Lopez | Catcher |
| Eddie Miller | Shortstop |
| Bill Posedel | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Burgess Whitehead | Third Baseman |
| Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
| Frank Demaree | Center Fielder |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Harry Danning | Catcher |
| Babe Young | First Baseman |
| Billy Jurges | Shortstop |
| Al Glossop | Second Baseman |
| Harry Gumbert | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 24, 1940
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisti vs. Gumbert
Sisti hits a popup towards short. Jurges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Gumbert
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassett vs. Gumbert
Hassett hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Posedel
Whitehead hits a fly ball into left field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Posedel
Moore hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Posedel
Demaree hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Posedel
Ott hits a popup, foul, towards third. Sisti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Gumbert
West hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Gumbert
Ross hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rowell vs. Gumbert
Rowell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Posedel
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Posedel
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jurges vs. Posedel
Jurges hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glossop vs. Posedel
Glossop hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gumbert vs. Posedel
Gumbert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Barnicle
George Barnicle now pitching.
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gumbert moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moore vs. Barnicle
Moore takes first base on ball four. Gumbert moves to third. Whitehead moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Demaree vs. Barnicle
Demaree hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hassett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ott vs. Barnicle
Ott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gumbert scores. Whitehead scores. Moore moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Danning vs. Barnicle
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Gumbert
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Gumbert
Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnicle vs. Gumbert
Barnicle strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Barnicle
Phil Masi now catching.
Young hits a popup towards short. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Barnicle
Jurges hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of West. Jurges reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Glossop vs. Barnicle
Glossop takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gumbert vs. Barnicle
Gumbert hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Masi fields it and throws to third for the out. Glossop moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitehead vs. Barnicle
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Rowell fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisti vs. Gumbert
Sisti takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooney vs. Gumbert
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. Sisti moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hassett vs. Gumbert
Hassett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sisti moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
West vs. Gumbert
West hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sisti scores. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ross vs. Gumbert
Ross hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Gumbert, and towards Glossop, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Barnicle
Moore hits a popup towards short. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Barnicle
Demaree hits a fly ball into right field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Barnicle
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Danning vs. Barnicle
Danning hits a popup, foul, towards third. Sisti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rowell vs. Gumbert
Rowell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Masi vs. Gumbert
Masi takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Gumbert
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Glossop misplays the ball. That's an error on Glossop. Masi moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cuccinello vs. Gumbert
Tony Cuccinello pinch hits for George Barnicle.
Cuccinello hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Masi moves to third. Miller moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sisti vs. Gumbert
Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitehead fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Errickson
Dick Errickson now pitching.
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jurges vs. Errickson
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Young moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Glossop vs. Errickson
There's a wild pitch. Young scores. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glossop vs. Errickson
Glossop strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gumbert vs. Errickson
Gumbert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Gumbert
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassett vs. Gumbert
Hassett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
West vs. Gumbert
West hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ross vs. Gumbert
Ross strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Errickson
Whitehead hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Errickson
Moore hits a popup, foul, towards third. Sisti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demaree vs. Errickson
Demaree hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitehead moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ott vs. Errickson
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell fields it and throws to second for the out. Whitehead scores. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Danning vs. Errickson
Danning hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Errickson
Young takes first base on ball four. Ott moves to third. Danning moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jurges vs. Errickson
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rowell vs. Gumbert
Rowell hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Masi vs. Gumbert
Masi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Gumbert
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glossop vs. Errickson
Glossop hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gumbert vs. Errickson
Gumbert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Errickson
Whitehead hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Errickson
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wietelmann vs. Gumbert
Whitey Wietelmann pinch hits for Dick Errickson.
Wietelmann takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sisti vs. Gumbert
Sisti hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooney vs. Gumbert
Cooney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wietelmann moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hassett vs. Gumbert
Hassett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Glossop fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Fette
Lou Fette now pitching.
Demaree hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Fette
Ott hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Masi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Danning vs. Fette
Danning takes first base on ball four. Demaree moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Fette
Young takes first base on ball four. Demaree moves to third. Danning moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jurges vs. Fette
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Gumbert
West hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Gumbert
Ross strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rowell vs. Gumbert
Rowell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Masi vs. Gumbert
Masi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges misplays the ball. That's an error on Jurges. Rowell moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miller vs. Gumbert
Miller 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 5/24/1940 -- Boston at New York (N)
Boston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Sisti S, 3b 3 1 0 0 Whitehead B, 3b 5 2 3 0
Cooney J, cf 4 0 1 0 Moore J, lf 4 1 1 1
Hassett B, 1b 4 0 1 0 Demaree F, cf 5 0 2 0
West M, rf 4 0 1 1 Ott M, rf 4 0 1 3
Ross C, lf 4 0 0 0 Danning H, c 4 1 2 0
Rowell B, 2b 4 0 1 0 Young B, 1b 2 1 0 0
Lopez A, c 1 0 0 0 Jurges B, ss 5 1 2 2
Masi P, c 2 0 0 0 Glossop A, 2b 3 1 1 1
Miller E, ss 4 0 0 0 Gumbert H, p 4 1 1 0
Posedel B, p 0 0 0 0
Barnicle G, p 1 0 0 0
Cuccinello T, ph 1 0 1 0
Errickson D, p 0 0 0 0
Wietelmann W, ph 0 0 0 0
Fette L, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 1 5 1 36 8 13 7
Boston 000 100 000 -- 1
New York 150 011 00x -- 8
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Posedel B (L) 1.1 5 5 5 0 0
Barnicle G 2.2 3 1 1 3 0
Errickson D 3.0 4 2 2 2 1
Fette L 1.0 1 0 0 2 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Gumbert H (W) 9.0 5 1 1 3 3
E -- Glossop A, Jurges B
DP -- Boston 1, New York 2
LOB -- Boston 7, New York 11
2B -- Jurges B
HR -- Moore J, Jurges B, Glossop A
WP -- Errickson D
T -- 2:20
A -- 22260
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