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Reds
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
September 21, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds, played on September 21, 1940 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 21, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 21, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bucky Walters |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Max Butcher |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Beans Reardon 2B: (none) 3B: Larry Goetz |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Joost | Third Baseman |
| Mike McCormick | Center Fielder |
| Ival Goodman | Right Fielder |
| Frank McCormick | First Baseman |
| Jimmy Ripple | Left Fielder |
| Dick West | Catcher |
| Lonny Frey | Second Baseman |
| Billy Myers | Shortstop |
| Bucky Walters | Pitcher |
| Bill McKechnie | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frankie Gustine | Second Baseman |
| Debs Garms | Third Baseman |
| Bob Elliott | Right Fielder |
| Arky Vaughan | Shortstop |
| Maurice Van Robays | Left Fielder |
| Elbie Fletcher | First Baseman |
| Vince DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Spud Davis | Catcher |
| Max Butcher | Pitcher |
| Frankie Frisch | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
September 21, 1940
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Butcher
Joost hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Butcher
McCormick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Joost moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Goodman vs. Butcher
Goodman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Van Robays. Goodman reaches second base with a double. Joost scores. McCormick goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCormick vs. Brown
Mace Brown now pitching.
McCormick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Goodman scores. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ripple vs. Brown
Ripple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCormick moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
West vs. Brown
West hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Frey vs. Brown
Frey takes first base on ball four. McCormick moves to third. Ripple moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Myers vs. Brown
Myers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Walters vs. Brown
Walters takes first base on ball four. McCormick scores. Ripple moves to third. Frey moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Joost vs. Brown
Joost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Walters
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Walters
Garms is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Walters
Elliott strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Brown
McCormick hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Brown
Goodman 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 -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Brown
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Walters
Vaughan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Van Robays vs. Walters
Van Robays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vaughan moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fletcher vs. Walters
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Vaughan moves to third. Van Robays moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
DiMaggio vs. Walters
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Vaughan scores. Van Robays moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Davis vs. Walters
Davis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Waner vs. Walters
Paul Waner pinch hits for Mace Brown.
Waner strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnovich vs. Lanahan
Dick Lanahan now pitching. Morrie Arnovich pinch hits for Jimmy Ripple.
Arnovich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lanahan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Lanahan
West hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Lanahan
Frey strikes out. Davis drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Frey out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Walters
Morrie Arnovich now playing left field.
Gustine hits a fly ball into center field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Walters
Garms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Walters
Elliott hits a popup towards short. Myers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Lanahan
Myers hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walters vs. Lanahan
Walters hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Joost vs. Lanahan
Joost hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Lanahan
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Walters
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vaughan for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Van Robays vs. Walters
Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Walters
Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Walters
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Lanahan
Goodman hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Lanahan
McCormick hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnovich vs. Lanahan
Arnovich hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Walters
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Joost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanahan vs. Walters
Lanahan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gustine vs. Walters
Gustine is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garms vs. Walters
Garms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Lanahan
West hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frey vs. Lanahan
Frey bunts towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out. West moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Myers vs. Lanahan
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Walters vs. Lanahan
Walters hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Walters
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Joost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Walters
Vaughan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Van Robays vs. Walters
Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Walters
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Lanahan
Joost takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Lanahan
McCormick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Joost moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Goodman vs. Lanahan
Goodman takes first base on ball four. McCormick moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McCormick vs. Lanahan
McCormick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Arnovich vs. Lanahan
Arnovich hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Van Robays. Arnovich reaches second base with a double. Joost scores. McCormick scores. Goodman moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
West vs. Lanahan
West hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. West reaches second base with a double. Goodman scores. Arnovich scores. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frey vs. Rambert
Pep Rambert now pitching.
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. West moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Myers vs. Rambert
Myers is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Walters vs. Rambert
Walters hits a popup towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Walters
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Arnovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Walters
Davis hits a fly ball into center field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rambert vs. Walters
Rambert hits a popup towards third. Joost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Rambert
Joost hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Rambert
McCormick hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Rambert
Goodman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Joost moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McCormick vs. Rambert
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Walters
Gustine hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCormick. Gustine reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garms vs. Walters
Garms hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walters fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Elliott vs. Walters
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Joost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughan vs. Walters
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vaughan for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnovich vs. Rambert
Joe Schultz now catching.
Arnovich hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Rambert
West hits a popup towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Rambert
Frey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Myers vs. Rambert
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Van Robays vs. Walters
Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Joost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Walters
Fletcher hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. West settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Walters
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Joost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/21/1940, game 1 -- Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Joost E, 3b 4 2 2 0 Gustine F, 2b 4 0 1 0
McCormick M, cf 5 2 2 0 Garms D, 3b 4 0 0 0
Goodman I, rf 4 2 2 2 Elliott B, rf 4 0 0 0
McCormick F, 1b 5 1 1 1 Vaughan A, ss 3 1 0 0
Ripple J, lf 1 0 1 0 Van Robays M, lf 4 0 3 0
Arnovich M, ph-lf 4 1 1 2 Fletcher E, 1b 4 0 0 0
West D, c 5 0 2 2 DiMaggio V, cf 4 0 0 0
Frey L, 2b 2 0 0 0 Davis S, c 2 0 0 0
Myers B, ss 4 0 0 0 Schultz J, c 0 0 0 0
Walters B, p 3 0 1 1 Butcher M, p 0 0 0 0
Brown M, p 0 0 0 0
Waner P, ph 1 0 0 0
Lanahan D, p 1 0 1 0
Rambert P, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 8 12 8 32 1 5 0
Cincinnati 400 000 400 -- 8
Pittsburgh 010 000 000 -- 1
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Walters B (W) 9.0 5 1 1 2 4
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Butcher M (L)* 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
Brown M 2.0 2 1 1 2 0
Lanahan D 4.1 5 4 4 2 1
Rambert P 2.2 2 0 0 1 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 1st
DP -- Cincinnati 1, Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh 6
2B -- Goodman I, Arnovich M, West D, Gustine F
SH -- Frey L
HBP -- by Rambert P (Myers B)
T -- 1:50
A -- 0
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