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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 19, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on September 19, 1940 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
Date | September 19, 1940 |
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Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Home Team |
New York Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 19, 1940 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
Home Team | New York Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Claude Passeau |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bill Lohrman |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 1,685 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 7 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Tom Dunn 1B: Bill Stewart 2B: (none) 3B: George Magerkurth |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Stan Hack | Third Baseman |
Rabbit Warstler | Second Baseman |
Bill Nicholson | Right Fielder |
Hank Leiber | Center Fielder |
Jim Gleeson | Left Fielder |
Rip Russell | First Baseman |
Clyde McCullough | Catcher |
Bobby Mattick | Shortstop |
Claude Passeau | Pitcher |
Gabby Hartnett | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Johnny Rucker | Center Fielder |
Burgess Whitehead | Second Baseman |
Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
Babe Young | First Baseman |
Mel Ott | Third Baseman |
Ken O'Dea | Catcher |
Frank Demaree | Right Fielder |
Mickey Witek | Shortstop |
Bill Lohrman | Pitcher |
Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 19, 1940
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Lohrman
Hack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Warstler vs. Lohrman
Warstler hits a line drive towards first. Young catches it and steps on first to double up Hack. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Lohrman
Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Passeau
Rucker hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Passeau
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Passeau, and towards Mattick, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Passeau
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leiber vs. Lohrman
Leiber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gleeson vs. Lohrman
Gleeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Russell vs. Lohrman
Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCullough vs. Lohrman
McCullough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Russell moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mattick vs. Lohrman
Mattick hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Passeau
Young is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Passeau
Ott hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dea vs. Passeau
O'Dea hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demaree vs. Passeau
Demaree hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. O'Dea moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Witek vs. Passeau
Witek hits a fly ball into left field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Passeau vs. Lohrman
Passeau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lohrman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hack vs. Lohrman
Hack hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Warstler vs. Lohrman
Warstler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Passeau moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Nicholson vs. Lohrman
Nicholson hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leiber vs. Lohrman
Leiber hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gleeson vs. Lohrman
Gleeson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Dea settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lohrman vs. Passeau
Lohrman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Passeau fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Passeau
Rucker hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Leiber. Rucker reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitehead vs. Passeau
Whitehead is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Passeau
Moore hits a popup towards short. Mattick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Lohrman
Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCullough vs. Lohrman
McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lohrman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mattick vs. Lohrman
Mattick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young juggles the ball. That's an error on Young. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Passeau vs. Lohrman
There's a wild pitch. Mattick moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Passeau vs. Lohrman
Passeau strikes out. O'Dea drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Passeau out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Passeau
Young strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Passeau
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Russell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ott for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dea vs. Passeau
O'Dea takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demaree vs. Passeau
Demaree hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. O'Dea moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Witek vs. Passeau
Witek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Lohrman
Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Lohrman
Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Ott. Warstler moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nicholson vs. Lohrman
Nicholson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Warstler moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leiber vs. Lohrman
Leiber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek fields it and throws to second for the out. Warstler scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gleeson vs. Lohrman
Gleeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lohrman vs. Passeau
Lohrman strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Passeau
Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Passeau
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Passeau fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Lohrman
Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCullough vs. Lohrman
McCullough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mattick vs. Lohrman
Mattick hits a fly ball into right field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Passeau vs. Lohrman
Passeau hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moore. Passeau reaches second base with a double. McCullough goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hack vs. Lohrman
Hack hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Passeau
Moore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Passeau
Young hits a popup towards short. Mattick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Passeau
There goes Moore. The throw from McCullough and he is out, Mattick applying the tag. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Passeau
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Dea vs. Passeau
O'Dea strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Lohrman
Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Lohrman
Nicholson hits a line drive into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leiber vs. Lohrman
Leiber hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moore who is chasing the ball. Leiber reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gleeson vs. Lohrman
Gleeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gleeson for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Passeau
Demaree hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Witek vs. Passeau
Witek hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Passeau
Johnny McCarthy pinch hits for Bill Lohrman.
McCarthy hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Dean
Paul Dean now pitching.
Russell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCullough vs. Dean
McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mattick vs. Dean
Mattick hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Passeau
Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Warstler misplays the ball. That's an error on Warstler. Rucker moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitehead vs. Passeau
Whitehead hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Warstler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Passeau
Moore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rucker scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Passeau
Young hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moore moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ott vs. Passeau
Ott hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
O'Dea vs. Passeau
O'Dea hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moore scores. Young moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Demaree vs. Passeau
Demaree hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Passeau vs. Dean
Passeau takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hack vs. Dean
Hack hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Dean
Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Dean
Nicholson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rucker who is chasing the ball. Nicholson reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Leiber vs. Dean
Leiber strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gleeson vs. Dean
Gleeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nicholson scores. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Russell vs. Dean
Russell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Witek vs. Passeau
Jim Gleeson now playing center field. Dom Dallessandro now playing left field.
Witek hits a fly ball into center field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Passeau
Harry Danning pinch hits for Paul Dean.
Danning hits a line drive towards first. Russell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Passeau
Rucker strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/19/1940 -- Chicago at New York (D) Chicago AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Hack S, 3b 5 1 2 2 Rucker J, cf 5 1 1 0 Warstler R, 2b 5 2 1 0 Whitehead B, 2b 4 0 0 0 Nicholson B, rf 5 1 2 0 Moore J, lf 4 1 2 1 Leiber H, cf 5 1 3 4 Young B, 1b 4 0 1 0 Dallessandro D, lf 0 0 0 0 Ott M, 3b 3 0 0 0 Gleeson J, lf-cf 5 0 1 1 O'Dea K, c 3 0 2 1 Russell R, 1b 5 0 1 0 Demaree F, rf 4 0 2 0 McCullough C, c 4 1 2 0 Witek M, ss 4 0 0 0 Mattick B, ss 4 0 0 0 Lohrman B, p 2 0 0 0 Passeau C, p 3 2 2 1 McCarthy J, ph 1 0 0 0 Dean P, p 0 0 0 0 Danning H, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41 8 14 8 35 2 8 2 Chicago 003 011 003 -- 8 New York 000 000 020 -- 2 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Passeau C (W) 9.0 8 2 0 2 6 New York IP H R ER BB SO Lohrman B (L) 7.0 10 5 4 0 1 Dean P 2.0 4 3 3 1 2 E -- Young B, Ott M, Warstler R DP -- New York 2 LOB -- Chicago 7, New York 8 2B -- Rucker J, Passeau C 3B -- Leiber H, Nicholson B HR -- Leiber H, Hack S CS -- Moore J WP -- Lohrman B T -- 2:07 A -- 1685
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