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Cardinals
@ Phillies
Shibe Park
May 15, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on May 15, 1940 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 15, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 15, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gene Lillard |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Kirby Higbe |
| Ballpark | Shibe Park |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 2,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 3 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Dunn 1B: Lou Jorda 2B: (none) 3B: Ziggy Sears |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Brown | Second Baseman |
| Stu Martin | Third Baseman |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Joe Medwick | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Don Padgett | Catcher |
| Terry Moore | Center Fielder |
| Joe Orengo | Shortstop |
| Gene Lillard | Pitcher |
| Ray Blades | Manager |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joe Marty | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Bragan | Shortstop |
| Art Mahan | First Baseman |
| Morrie Arnovich | Left Fielder |
| Chuck Klein | Right Fielder |
| Pinky May | Third Baseman |
| Heinie Mueller | Second Baseman |
| Bill Atwood | Catcher |
| Kirby Higbe | Pitcher |
| Doc Prothro | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Phillies
Shibe Park
May 15, 1940
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Higbe
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Higbe
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mueller fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Higbe
Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Marty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marty vs. Lillard
Marty strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bragan vs. Lillard
Bragan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mahan vs. Lillard
There goes Bragan. The throw from Padgett and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mahan vs. Lillard
Mahan strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Arnovich vs. Lillard
Arnovich hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Medwick vs. Higbe
Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Higbe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Higbe
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mahan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mize for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Padgett vs. Higbe
Padgett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Higbe
Moore strikes out. Atwood drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Moore out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Lillard
Klein hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Lillard
May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Klein moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mueller vs. Lillard
Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Klein scores. May moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Atwood vs. Lillard
Atwood hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Higbe vs. Lillard
Higbe takes first base on ball four. May moves to third. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Marty vs. Lillard
Marty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martin fields it and throws to first for the out. May scores. Mueller moves to third. Higbe moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bragan vs. Lillard
Bragan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Orengo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mueller scores. Higbe moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mahan vs. Lillard
Mahan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Higbe scores. Bragan moves to third. Mahan moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Arnovich vs. Bowman
Bob Bowman now pitching.
Arnovich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bragan scores. Mahan scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Klein vs. Bowman
Klein strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orengo vs. Higbe
Orengo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bowman vs. Higbe
Bowman strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Higbe
Brown hits a popup towards short. Bragan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Higbe
Martin strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Bowman
May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Bowman
Mueller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Atwood vs. Bowman
Atwood hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Higbe
Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Arnovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Medwick vs. Higbe
Medwick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Atwood settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Higbe
Mize takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Padgett vs. Higbe
Padgett takes first base on ball four. Mize moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moore vs. Higbe
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mueller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higbe vs. Bowman
Higbe 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, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marty vs. Bowman
Marty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Orengo fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Orengo. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bragan vs. Bowman
Bragan hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mahan vs. Bowman
Mahan hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orengo vs. Higbe
Orengo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Higbe
Johnny Hopp pinch hits for Bob Bowman.
Hopp hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Higbe
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mahan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brown for the out. Hopp moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. Higbe
Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hopp scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Higbe
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Medwick vs. Higbe
Medwick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mize vs. Higbe
Mize hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Arnovich. Mize reaches second base with a double. Slaughter scores. There goes Medwick trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnovich vs. Russell
Jack Russell now pitching.
Arnovich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Russell
Klein takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Russell
May 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, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Padgett vs. Higbe
Padgett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mahan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Padgett for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Higbe
Moore hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mueller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orengo vs. Higbe
Orengo hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gutteridge vs. Higbe
Don Gutteridge pinch hits for Jack Russell.
Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground towards third. May fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. McGee
Bill McGee now pitching.
Mueller 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, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Atwood vs. McGee
Atwood hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higbe vs. McGee
Higbe strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Higbe
Brown hits a popup towards short. Bragan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Higbe
Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Marty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Higbe
Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Medwick vs. Higbe
Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards third. May fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marty vs. McGee
Marty hits a popup, foul, towards third. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bragan vs. McGee
Bragan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McGee fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mahan vs. McGee
Mahan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Arnovich vs. McGee
There goes Mahan. The throw from Padgett and he is out, Brown applying the tag. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Higbe
Mize hits a fly ball into center field. Marty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Padgett vs. Higbe
Padgett hits a fly ball into left field. Arnovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Higbe
Moore hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Marty. Moore reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Orengo vs. Higbe
Orengo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Higbe
Pepper Martin pinch hits for Bill McGee.
Martin strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnovich vs. Shoun
Clyde Shoun now pitching.
Arnovich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Orengo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Shoun
Klein hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Shoun
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Orengo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Higbe
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Higbe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Higbe
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Higbe
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mahan juggles the ball. That's an error on Mahan. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Medwick vs. Higbe
Medwick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Atwood settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/15/1940 -- St.Louis at Philadelphia (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Brown J, 2b 5 0 1 0 Marty J, cf 4 0 0 1
Martin S, 3b 5 0 1 1 Bragan B, ss 4 1 2 1
Slaughter E, rf 5 1 1 0 Mahan A, 1b 4 1 2 1
Medwick J, lf 5 0 1 0 Arnovich M, lf 4 0 1 2
Mize J, 1b 3 0 1 1 Klein C, rf 3 1 2 0
Padgett D, c 3 0 1 0 May P, 3b 4 1 1 0
Moore T, cf 4 0 1 0 Mueller H, 2b 3 1 1 1
Orengo J, ss 3 1 3 1 Atwood B, c 3 0 0 0
Lillard G, p 0 0 0 0 Higbe K, p 2 1 0 0
Bowman B, p 1 0 0 0
Hopp J, ph 1 1 1 0
Russell J, p 0 0 0 0
Gutteridge D, ph 1 0 0 0
McGee B, p 0 0 0 0
Martin P, ph 1 0 0 0
Shoun C, p 0 0 0 0
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37 3 11 3 31 6 9 6
St.Louis 000 030 000 -- 3
Philadelphia 060 000 00x -- 6
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Lillard G (L) 1.2 6 6 6 1 2
Bowman B 2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Russell J 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
McGee B 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Shoun C 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Higbe K (W) 9.0 11 3 3 3 4
E -- Padgett D, Orengo J, Mahan A
DP -- St.Louis 2, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- St.Louis 10, Philadelphia 3
2B -- Mize J, Moore T
HR -- Orengo J
SB -- Bragan B
CS -- Mahan A
T -- 2:03
A -- 2000
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