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Cardinals
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
September 17, 1962
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on September 17, 1962 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
Date | September 17, 1962 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 17, 1962 |
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Day of Week | Mon |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ray Washburn |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dick Ellsworth |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 1,603 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 23 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Chris Pelekoudas 1B: Ken Burkhart 2B: Frank Walsh 3B: Jocko Conlan |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
Bill White | First Baseman |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Charlie James | Right Fielder |
Gene Oliver | Catcher |
Mike Shannon | Left Fielder |
Julio Gotay | Shortstop |
Ray Washburn | Pitcher |
Johnny Keane | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Billy Ott | Right Fielder |
Ken Hubbs | Second Baseman |
Danny Murphy | Left Fielder |
Ernie Banks | First Baseman |
Nelson Mathews | Center Fielder |
Ron Santo | Third Baseman |
Andre Rodgers | Shortstop |
Moe Thacker | Catcher |
Dick Ellsworth | Pitcher |
Charlie Metro | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
September 17, 1962
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Ellsworth
Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Ellsworth
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Ellsworth
White is hit by the pitch. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Ellsworth
Boyer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Ellsworth
James hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Ellsworth
Oliver strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shannon vs. Ellsworth
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Washburn
Ott strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hubbs vs. Washburn
Hubbs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Washburn
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Banks vs. Washburn
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gotay fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gotay vs. Ellsworth
Gotay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washburn vs. Ellsworth
Washburn hits a fly ball into center field. Mathews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Ellsworth
Javier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Ellsworth
There goes Javier. The throw from Thacker and he is out, Hubbs applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Washburn
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Washburn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Washburn
Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gotay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodgers vs. Washburn
Rodgers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thacker vs. Washburn
Thacker strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Ellsworth
Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Mathews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Ellsworth
White is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Ellsworth
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
James vs. Ellsworth
James strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellsworth vs. Washburn
Ellsworth strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Washburn
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hubbs vs. Washburn
Hubbs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Washburn
Murphy hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood. Murphy reaches second base with a double. Ott scores. Hubbs moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Banks vs. Washburn
Banks takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mathews vs. Washburn
Mathews hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Santo vs. Washburn
Santo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hubbs scores. Murphy scores. Banks moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rodgers vs. Washburn
Rodgers hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Gotay fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Ellsworth
Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shannon vs. Ellsworth
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gotay vs. Ellsworth
Gotay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thacker vs. Washburn
Thacker strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellsworth vs. Washburn
Ellsworth takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Washburn
Ott hits a fly ball into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hubbs vs. Washburn
Hubbs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washburn vs. Ellsworth
Washburn strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Ellsworth
Javier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Ellsworth
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. Javier moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Ellsworth
White hits a popup towards short. Rodgers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Washburn
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Washburn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Washburn
Banks strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Washburn
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mathews for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Ellsworth
Boyer strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Ellsworth
James hits a fly ball into center field. Mathews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Ellsworth
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Washburn
Santo is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodgers vs. Washburn
Rodgers hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thacker vs. Washburn
Thacker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ellsworth vs. Washburn
Ellsworth is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Ellsworth
Shannon strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gotay vs. Ellsworth
Gotay hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washburn vs. Ellsworth
Washburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Ellsworth
Javier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Ellsworth
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbs scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Washburn
Ott hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hubbs vs. Washburn
Hubbs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Washburn
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. White juggles the ball. That's an error on White. Hubbs moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Banks vs. Washburn
Banks hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. McDaniel
Lindy McDaniel now pitching.
Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santo vs. McDaniel
Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodgers vs. McDaniel
Rodgers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thacker vs. McDaniel
Thacker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rodgers moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ellsworth vs. McDaniel
Ellsworth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rodgers scores. Thacker moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ott vs. Simmons
Curt Simmons now pitching.
Ott hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Ellsworth
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Ellsworth
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Ellsworth
James hits a fly ball into center field. Mathews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hubbs vs. Simmons
Hubbs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Simmons
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Banks vs. Simmons
Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Shannon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Simmons
There goes Hubbs. The throw from Oliver and he is out, Gotay applying the tag. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Ellsworth
Oliver hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Murphy. Oliver reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shannon vs. Ellsworth
Shannon hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hubbs reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gotay vs. Ellsworth
Gotay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Ellsworth
Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Curt Simmons.
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/17/1962 -- St.Louis at Chicago (D) St.Louis AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Javier J, 2b 3 0 3 0 Ott B, rf 4 2 1 1 Flood C, cf 4 1 0 0 Hubbs K, 2b 5 2 4 0 White B, 1b 3 1 0 0 Murphy D, lf 5 2 1 1 Boyer K, 3b 4 1 2 3 Banks E, 1b 4 1 1 3 James C, rf 4 0 1 0 Mathews N, cf 4 0 0 0 Oliver G, c 4 0 2 0 Santo R, 3b 4 0 1 2 Shannon M, lf 4 0 0 0 Rodgers A, ss 3 1 1 0 Gotay J, ss 4 1 1 1 Thacker M, c 3 0 1 0 Washburn R, p 3 0 0 0 Ellsworth D, p 3 0 1 1 McDaniel L, p 0 0 0 0 Simmons C, p 0 0 0 0 Schoendienst R, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 4 9 4 35 8 11 8 St.Louis 300 000 100 -- 4 Chicago 003 000 50x -- 8 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Washburn R (L)* 6.0 8 7 6 4 8 McDaniel L 0.2 2 1 0 1 0 Simmons C 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Ellsworth D (W) 9.0 9 4 4 1 6 * Pitched to 4 batters in 7th E -- White B DP -- Chicago 1 LOB -- St.Louis 5, Chicago 8 2B -- Murphy D, Oliver G HR -- Boyer K, Gotay J, Ott B, Banks E CS -- Javier J, Hubbs K HBP -- by Ellsworth D (White B) T -- 2:23 A -- 1603
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