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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 25, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on July 25, 1940 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 25, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 25, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rip Sewell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Hal Schumacher |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 3,265 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Beans Reardon 2B: (none) 3B: Larry Goetz |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lloyd Waner | Center Fielder |
| Paul Waner | Right Fielder |
| Debs Garms | Third Baseman |
| Arky Vaughan | Shortstop |
| Elbie Fletcher | First Baseman |
| Maurice Van Robays | Left Fielder |
| Frankie Gustine | Second Baseman |
| Spud Davis | Catcher |
| Rip Sewell | Pitcher |
| Frankie Frisch | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
| Burgess Whitehead | Second Baseman |
| Bob Seeds | Center Fielder |
| Babe Young | First Baseman |
| Harry Danning | Catcher |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Tony Cuccinello | Third Baseman |
| Glen Stewart | Shortstop |
| Hal Schumacher | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 25, 1940
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Schumacher
Waner hits a line drive into center field. Seeds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Schumacher
Waner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garms vs. Schumacher
Garms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Waner moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Vaughan vs. Schumacher
Vaughan hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fletcher vs. Schumacher
Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Waner scores. Garms moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Van Robays vs. Schumacher
Van Robays strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Sewell
Moore bunts in front of the plate. Davis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Sewell
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seeds vs. Sewell
Seeds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Van Robays. Seeds reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Sewell
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Danning vs. Sewell
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Seeds moves to third. Young moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ott vs. Sewell
Ott strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Schumacher
Gustine hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Schumacher
Davis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sewell vs. Schumacher
Sewell 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 -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Schumacher
Waner hits a fly ball into center field. Seeds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuccinello vs. Sewell
Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Sewell
Stewart strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schumacher vs. Sewell
Schumacher hits a line drive towards third. Garms reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Schumacher
Waner 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 -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Schumacher
Garms 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 -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Schumacher
Vaughan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Schumacher
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fletcher for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Sewell
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Sewell
Whitehead hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seeds vs. Sewell
Seeds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitehead moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Sewell
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Whitehead moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Danning vs. Sewell
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Van Robays vs. Schumacher
Van Robays hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cuccinello settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Schumacher
Gustine 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 -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
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
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Sewell
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cuccinello vs. Sewell
Cuccinello hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stewart vs. Sewell
Stewart hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schumacher vs. Sewell
Schumacher hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Schumacher
Sewell strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Schumacher
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Waner for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Schumacher
Waner hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Sewell
Moore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Sewell
Whitehead bunts towards the mound. Sewell juggles the ball. That's an error on Sewell. Moore moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Seeds vs. Sewell
Seeds is hit by the pitch. Moore moves to third. Whitehead moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Young vs. Sewell
Young strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Danning vs. Sewell
Danning hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Moore scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ott vs. Sewell
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Sewell covering, for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Schumacher
Garms 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 -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Schumacher
Vaughan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Schumacher
Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Vaughan moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Van Robays vs. Schumacher
Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schumacher fields it and throws to first for the out. Vaughan moves to third. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gustine vs. Schumacher
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Schumacher covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuccinello vs. Sewell
Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Sewell
Stewart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schumacher vs. Sewell
Schumacher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Schumacher
Davis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sewell vs. Schumacher
Lee Handley pinch runs for Spud Davis.
Sewell hits a ball on the ground towards second. Whitehead scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Schumacher
Waner is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Sewell
Al Lopez now catching.
Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Sewell
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seeds vs. Sewell
Seeds hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Waner. Seeds reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Sewell
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Schumacher
Waner strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Schumacher
Garms 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 -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Schumacher
Vaughan hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Sewell
Danning hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Van Robays. Danning reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ott vs. Sewell
Ott bunts towards the mound. Sewell fields it and throws to first for the out. Danning moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cuccinello vs. Sewell
Cuccinello hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stewart vs. Sewell
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Schumacher
Fletcher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Van Robays vs. Schumacher
Van Robays bunts towards the mound. Schumacher fields it and throws to first for the out. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gustine vs. Schumacher
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stewart misplays the ball. That's an error on Stewart. Fletcher moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bowman vs. Schumacher
Joe Bowman pinch hits for Al Lopez.
Bowman is walked intentionally. Gustine moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sewell vs. Schumacher
Sewell hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fletcher scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Waner vs. Schumacher
Waner 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 9
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Sewell
Ed Fernandes now catching. Johnny Rucker pinch hits for Hal Schumacher.
Rucker hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Waner. Rucker reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Sewell
Moore bunts in front of the plate. Fernandes fields it and throws to first for the out. Rucker moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Whitehead vs. Sewell
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sewell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Seeds vs. Sewell
Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/25/1940 -- Pittsburgh at New York (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Waner L, cf 5 0 0 0 Moore J, lf 4 1 2 0
Waner P, rf 4 1 1 0 Whitehead B, 2b 4 0 1 0
Garms D, 3b 4 0 1 0 Seeds B, cf 4 0 3 0
Vaughan A, ss 3 0 1 0 Young B, 1b 3 0 0 0
Fletcher E, 1b 3 1 2 1 Danning H, c 4 0 2 1
Van Robays M, lf 3 0 0 0 Ott M, rf 2 0 0 0
Gustine F, 2b 4 0 0 0 Cuccinello T, 3b 4 0 0 0
Davis S, c 2 0 1 0 Stewart G, ss 3 0 0 0
Handley L, pr 0 0 0 0 Schumacher H, p 3 0 0 0
Lopez A, c 0 0 0 0 Rucker J, ph 1 0 1 0
Bowman J, ph 0 0 0 0
Fernandes E, c 0 0 0 0
Sewell R, p 4 0 0 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 2 6 2 32 1 9 1
Pittsburgh 100 000 001 -- 2
New York 000 010 000 -- 1
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Sewell R (W) 9.0 9 1 0 3 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Schumacher H (L) 9.0 6 2 1 4 4
E -- Sewell R, Stewart G
DP -- Pittsburgh 2, New York 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 8, New York 11
2B -- Seeds B 2, Danning H, Rucker J
SH -- Whitehead B, Ott M, Van Robays M, Moore J
HBP -- by Sewell R (Seeds B)
T -- 2:15
A -- 3265
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