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Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
April 15, 1941
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on April 15, 1941 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
Date | April 15, 1941 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 15, 1941 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Klinger |
Home Starting Pitcher | Claude Passeau |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 17,008 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 9 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Beans Reardon 1B: Larry Goetz 2B: (none) 3B: Jocko Conlan |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Frankie Gustine | Second Baseman |
Debs Garms | Third Baseman |
Arky Vaughan | Shortstop |
Maurice Van Robays | Left Fielder |
Bob Elliott | Right Fielder |
Elbie Fletcher | First Baseman |
Vince DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
Al Lopez | Catcher |
Bob Klinger | Pitcher |
Frankie Frisch | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Stan Hack | Third Baseman |
Eddie Waitkus | First Baseman |
Dom Dallessandro | Center Fielder |
Bill Nicholson | Right Fielder |
Lou Novikoff | Left Fielder |
Billy Herman | Second Baseman |
Lou Stringer | Shortstop |
Clyde McCullough | Catcher |
Claude Passeau | Pitcher |
Jimmie Wilson | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
April 15, 1941
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Passeau
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Passeau fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Passeau
Garms hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Passeau
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stringer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Stringer. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Van Robays vs. Passeau
Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Klinger
Hack 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 -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Klinger
Waitkus hits a popup towards third. Garms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dallessandro vs. Klinger
Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Passeau
Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Passeau
Fletcher hits a line drive into center field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Passeau
DiMaggio hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Passeau
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stringer misplays the ball. That's an error on Stringer. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Klinger vs. Passeau
Klinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Klinger
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Klinger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Novikoff vs. Klinger
Novikoff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Klinger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Klinger
Herman hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Passeau
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Passeau
Garms hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Garms reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughan vs. Passeau
Vaughan hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Dallessandro, who is chasing the ball. Vaughan reaches third base with a triple. Garms scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Van Robays vs. Passeau
Van Robays strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Elliott vs. Passeau
Elliott strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stringer vs. Klinger
Stringer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Van Robays. Stringer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCullough vs. Klinger
McCullough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stringer scores. McCullough moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Passeau vs. Klinger
Passeau bunts towards third. Garms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McCullough moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hack vs. Klinger
Hack hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McCullough scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waitkus vs. Klinger
Waitkus hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dallessandro vs. Klinger
Dallessandro takes first base on ball four. Passeau moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nicholson vs. Klinger
Nicholson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Novikoff vs. Klinger
Novikoff strikes out. Lopez drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Novikoff out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Passeau
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fletcher for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Passeau
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Passeau
Lopez bunts towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. Passeau
Stu Martin pinch hits for Bob Klinger.
Martin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Heintzelman
Ken Heintzelman now pitching.
Herman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stringer vs. Heintzelman
Heintzelman fires to first and picks off Herman. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stringer vs. Heintzelman
Stringer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCullough vs. Heintzelman
McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Passeau vs. Heintzelman
Passeau hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Passeau
Gustine hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garms vs. Passeau
Garms bunts towards first. Waitkus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garms for the out. Gustine moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughan vs. Passeau
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gustine moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Van Robays vs. Passeau
Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Passeau fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Heintzelman
Hack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hack for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Heintzelman
Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dallessandro vs. Heintzelman
Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heintzelman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nicholson vs. Heintzelman
Nicholson strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Passeau
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Passeau
Fletcher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Passeau
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Passeau
Lopez hits a popup towards short. Stringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bowman vs. Passeau
Joe Bowman pinch hits for Ken Heintzelman.
Bowman hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Novikoff vs. Bowman
Joe Bowman now pitching.
Novikoff hits a line drive towards third. Garms reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Bowman
Herman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stringer vs. Bowman
There goes Herman. The throw from Lopez and he is out, Gustine applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stringer vs. Bowman
Stringer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCullough vs. Bowman
McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Stringer moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Passeau vs. Bowman
Passeau hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stringer scores. McCullough moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hack vs. Bowman
Hack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCullough scores. Passeau moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Waitkus vs. Bowman
Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bowman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Passeau
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Passeau
Garms hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Passeau
Vaughan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Novikoff who is chasing the ball. Vaughan reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Van Robays vs. Passeau
Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Passeau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Vaughan scores. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Passeau
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stringer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dallessandro vs. Bowman
Dallessandro hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Bowman
Nicholson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Novikoff vs. Bowman
Novikoff hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Passeau
Fletcher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Passeau
DiMaggio strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Passeau
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Passeau fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Bowman
Herman hits a line drive into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stringer vs. Bowman
Stringer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bowman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCullough vs. Bowman
McCullough 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, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowman vs. Passeau
Bowman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gustine vs. Passeau
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stringer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Stringer. Bowman moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garms vs. Passeau
Garms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bowman scores. Gustine moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vaughan vs. Passeau
Vaughan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Van Robays vs. Passeau
Van Robays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gustine scores. Garms moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Elliott vs. Passeau
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stringer misplays the ball. That's an error on Stringer. Garms moves to third. Van Robays moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fletcher vs. Passeau
Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
DiMaggio vs. Passeau
DiMaggio strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/15/1941 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (D) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Gustine F, 2b 5 1 1 0 Hack S, 3b 4 0 1 2 Garms D, 3b 4 1 2 1 Waitkus E, 1b 4 0 1 0 Vaughan A, ss 5 1 2 1 Dallessandro D, cf 3 1 0 0 Van Robays M, lf 5 0 2 2 Nicholson B, rf 4 1 1 3 Elliott B, rf 5 0 0 0 Novikoff L, lf 4 0 0 0 Fletcher E, 1b 5 0 1 0 Herman B, 2b 4 0 2 0 DiMaggio V, cf 5 0 3 0 Stringer L, ss 3 2 2 0 Lopez A, c 3 0 0 0 McCullough C, c 4 2 2 1 Klinger B, p 1 0 0 0 Passeau C, p 3 1 2 1 Martin S, ph 1 0 0 0 Heintzelman K, p 0 0 0 0 Bowman J, ph-p 2 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41 4 12 4 33 7 11 7 Pittsburgh 001 000 102 -- 4 Chicago 005 002 00x -- 7 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Klinger B (L) 3.0 4 5 5 1 1 Heintzelman K 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 Bowman J 3.0 4 2 2 1 0 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Passeau C (W) 9.0 12 4 3 0 4 E -- Stringer L 4 LOB -- Pittsburgh 12, Chicago 4 2B -- Garms D, Stringer L 3B -- Vaughan A 2 HR -- Nicholson B CS -- Herman B SH -- Lopez A, Garms D T -- 2:09 A -- 17008
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