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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 18, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on June 18, 1940 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | June 18, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 18, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jake Mooty |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bill Lohrman |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 25,325 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Goetz 1B: Babe Pinelli 2B: (none) 3B: Beans Reardon |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Stan Hack | Third Baseman |
| Billy Herman | Second Baseman |
| Jim Gleeson | Center Fielder |
| Bill Nicholson | Right Fielder |
| Dom Dallessandro | Left Fielder |
| Phil Cavarretta | First Baseman |
| Al Todd | Catcher |
| Bobby Mattick | Shortstop |
| Jake Mooty | Pitcher |
| Gabby Hartnett | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Burgess Whitehead | Third Baseman |
| Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
| Bob Seeds | Center Fielder |
| Babe Young | First Baseman |
| Harry Danning | Catcher |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Billy Jurges | Shortstop |
| Mickey Witek | Second Baseman |
| Bill Lohrman | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 18, 1940
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Lohrman
Hack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herman vs. Lohrman
Herman hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gleeson vs. Lohrman
Gleeson hits a line drive to right field. Ott throws towards first. Young fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Young. Ott throws the ball in to Young who tags Gleeson trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hack goes all the way around to score. Gleeson moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nicholson vs. Lohrman
Nicholson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dallessandro vs. Lohrman
Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lohrman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Lohrman
Cavarretta is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Mooty
Whitehead hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Mooty
Moore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seeds vs. Mooty
Seeds hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Mooty
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mooty fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Todd vs. Lohrman
Todd strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mattick vs. Lohrman
Mattick hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mooty vs. Lohrman
Mooty hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lohrman can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hack vs. Lohrman
Hack hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Mooty
Danning hits a popup towards first. Cavarretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Mooty
Ott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jurges vs. Mooty
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Witek vs. Mooty
Witek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Lohrman
Herman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lohrman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gleeson vs. Lohrman
Gleeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nicholson vs. Lohrman
Nicholson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gleeson moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dallessandro vs. Melton
Cliff Melton now pitching.
Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Gleeson scores. Nicholson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cavarretta vs. Melton
Cavarretta bunts towards the mound. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out. Nicholson moves to third. Dallessandro moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Todd vs. Melton
Todd is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mattick vs. Melton
Mattick strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melton vs. Mooty
Melton strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Mooty
Whitehead hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Mooty
Moore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seeds vs. Mooty
Seeds hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Moore moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Mooty
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mooty fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mooty vs. Melton
Mooty hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Melton
Hack strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Melton
Herman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gleeson vs. Melton
Gleeson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Mooty
Danning hits a fly ball into center field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Mooty
Ott hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Mooty
Jurges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Witek vs. Mooty
Witek hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Mattick fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Melton
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Melton covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dallessandro vs. Melton
Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitehead fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Melton
Cavarretta is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melton vs. Mooty
Melton strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Mooty
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Mooty
Moore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seeds vs. Mooty
Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Todd vs. Melton
Todd hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mattick vs. Melton
Mattick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitehead fields it and throws to first for the out. Todd moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mooty vs. Melton
Mooty hits a fly ball into center field. Seeds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hack vs. Melton
Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Mooty
Young hits a line drive into center field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Mooty
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Mooty
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jurges vs. Mooty
Jurges takes first base on ball four. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Witek vs. Mooty
Witek strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Melton
Herman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Danning settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gleeson vs. Melton
Gleeson hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Melton
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nicholson for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Mooty
Johnny Rucker pinch hits for Cliff Melton.
Rucker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Mooty
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Mooty
Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dallessandro vs. Joiner
Roy Joiner now pitching.
Dallessandro hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Seeds who is chasing the ball. Dallessandro reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cavarretta vs. Joiner
Cavarretta takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Todd vs. Vandenberg
Hy Vandenberg now pitching.
Todd takes first base on ball four. Cavarretta moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mattick vs. Vandenberg
There's a wild pitch. Dallessandro scores. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mattick vs. Vandenberg
Mattick bunts towards the mound. Vandenberg fields it and throws to first for the out. Cavarretta moves to third. Todd moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mooty vs. Vandenberg
Mooty hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cavarretta scores. Todd moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hack vs. Vandenberg
Hack hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Herman vs. Vandenberg
Herman hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seeds vs. Mooty
Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick misplays the ball. That's an error on Mattick. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Mooty
Young hits a line drive for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Danning vs. Mooty
Danning hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Mooty
Ott hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gleeson vs. Vandenberg
Gleeson hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Vandenberg
Nicholson strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dallessandro vs. Vandenberg
Dallessandro hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Mooty
Jurges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Witek vs. Mooty
Witek hits a popup towards first. Cavarretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Jurges moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cuccinello vs. Mooty
Tony Cuccinello pinch hits for Hy Vandenberg.
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Jurges moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cuccinello vs. Mooty
Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Whitehead vs. Mooty
Whitehead hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jurges scores. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Mooty
Moore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Whitehead moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Seeds vs. Mooty
Seeds hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/18/1940 -- Chicago at New York (N)
Chicago AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Hack S, 3b 5 1 1 0 Whitehead B, 3b 5 0 1 1
Herman B, 2b 5 0 1 0 Moore J, lf 3 0 2 0
Gleeson J, cf 5 2 2 0 Seeds B, cf 5 0 1 0
Nicholson B, rf 5 1 2 2 Young B, 1b 4 0 0 0
Dallessandro D, lf 5 1 1 1 Danning H, c 4 0 0 0
Cavarretta P, 1b 2 1 0 0 Ott M, rf 3 0 1 0
Todd A, c 2 0 1 0 Jurges B, ss 1 1 0 0
Mattick B, ss 3 0 0 0 Witek M, 2b 4 0 0 0
Mooty J, p 4 0 2 1 Lohrman B, p 0 0 0 0
Melton C, p 2 0 0 0
Rucker J, ph 1 0 1 0
Joiner R, p 0 0 0 0
Vandenberg H, p 0 0 0 0
Cuccinello T, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 6 10 4 33 1 6 1
Chicago 301 000 020 -- 6
New York 000 000 001 -- 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Mooty J (W) 9.0 6 1 1 6 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Lohrman B (L) 2.1 6 4 3 0 2
Melton C 4.2 2 0 0 1 4
Joiner R* 0.0 1 2 2 1 0
Vandenberg H 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Young B, Mattick B
DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- Chicago 8, New York 11
3B -- Dallessandro D
HR -- Nicholson B
SH -- Cavarretta P, Mattick B
WP -- Vandenberg H
T -- 2:29
A -- 25325
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