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Reds
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
September 4, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds, played on September 4, 1939 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 4, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 4, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Whitey Moore |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bill McGee |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 53 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dolly Stark 1B: Lee Ballanfant 2B: Tom Dunn 3B: Bill Klem |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Werber | Third Baseman |
| Eddie Joost | Second Baseman |
| Ival Goodman | Right Fielder |
| Frank McCormick | First Baseman |
| Al Simmons | Left Fielder |
| Ernie Lombardi | Catcher |
| Harry Craft | Center Fielder |
| Billy Myers | Shortstop |
| Whitey Moore | Pitcher |
| Bill McKechnie | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Brown | Shortstop |
| Stu Martin | Second Baseman |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Joe Medwick | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Terry Moore | Center Fielder |
| Don Gutteridge | Third Baseman |
| Mickey Owen | Catcher |
| Bill McGee | Pitcher |
| Ray Blades | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
September 4, 1939
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. McGee
Werber hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. McGee
Joost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. McGee
Goodman hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Moore
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Moore
Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Slaughter vs. Moore
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Slaughter for the out. Brown scores. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Medwick vs. Moore
Medwick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Martin scores. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Moore
Mize hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Shoffner
Milt Shoffner now pitching.
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutteridge vs. Shoffner
Gutteridge hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Owen vs. Shoffner
Owen hits a line drive to left field. Simmons throws towards Joost. Joost fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Joost. Gutteridge moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McGee vs. Shoffner
McGee hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. McGee
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. McGee
Simmons takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lombardi vs. McGee
Lombardi hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Craft vs. McGee
Craft hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gutteridge settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Shoffner
Brown hits a popup towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Shoffner
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shoffner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Shoffner
Slaughter strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. McGee
Myers strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shoffner vs. McGee
Shoffner strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. McGee
Werber hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Medwick vs. Shoffner
Medwick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Shoffner
Mize takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Shoffner
Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gutteridge vs. Shoffner
Gutteridge hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mize moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Owen vs. Shoffner
Owen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. McGee
Joost hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Joost for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. McGee
Goodman hits a popup towards short. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. McGee
McCormick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. McGee
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McCormick moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lombardi vs. McGee
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGee vs. Shoffner
McGee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Shoffner
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Shoffner
Martin strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Shoffner
Slaughter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Craft throws the ball in to Myers who tags Slaughter trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Brown moves to third. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craft vs. McGee
Craft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. McGee
Myers is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shoffner vs. McGee
Shoffner hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Medwick vs. Shoffner
Medwick hits a popup towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Shoffner
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Shoffner
Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. McGee
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McGee fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. McGee
Joost hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. McGee
Goodman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. McGee
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutteridge vs. Shoffner
Gutteridge hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Shoffner
Owen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McGee vs. Shoffner
McGee bunts towards the mound. Shoffner fields it and throws to first for the out. Owen moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Shoffner
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. McGee
Simmons takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lombardi vs. McGee
Lombardi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simmons moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Craft vs. McGee
Craft hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Myers vs. McGee
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Shoffner
Martin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Shoffner
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Medwick vs. Shoffner
Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mize vs. Shoffner
Mize strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bongiovanni vs. McGee
Nino Bongiovanni pinch hits for Milt Shoffner.
Bongiovanni hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. McGee
Werber hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. McGee
Joost hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. McGee
Goodman hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Johnson
Hank Johnson now pitching.
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutteridge vs. Johnson
Gutteridge hits a popup towards short. Myers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Johnson
Owen strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. McGee
McCormick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. McGee
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McGee fields it and throws to first for the out. McCormick moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lombardi vs. McGee
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Craft vs. McGee
Craft hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/4/1939, game 1 -- Cincinnati at St.Louis (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Werber B, 3b 4 0 0 0 Brown J, ss 3 1 1 0
Joost E, 2b 4 0 1 0 Martin S, 2b 4 1 2 0
Goodman I, rf 4 0 1 0 Slaughter E, rf 4 0 1 1
McCormick F, 1b 4 0 2 0 Medwick J, lf 4 1 1 1
Simmons A, lf 2 0 1 0 Mize J, 1b 3 1 1 2
Lombardi E, c 4 0 1 0 Moore T, cf 4 0 0 0
Craft H, cf 4 0 0 0 Gutteridge D, 3b 4 0 2 0
Myers B, ss 3 0 0 0 Owen M, c 4 0 2 0
Moore W, p 0 0 0 0 McGee B, p 2 0 0 0
Shoffner M, p 2 0 0 0
Bongiovanni N, ph 1 0 0 0
Johnson H, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 0 6 0 32 4 10 4
Cincinnati 000 000 000 -- 0
St.Louis 400 000 00x -- 4
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Moore W (L) 0.1 3 4 4 1 0
Shoffner M 6.2 7 0 0 1 3
Johnson H 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
McGee B (W) 9.0 6 0 0 2 3
E -- Joost E
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 7, St.Louis 7
HR -- Mize J
SH -- McGee B
T -- 1:53
A -- 0
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