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Indians
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 6, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 6, 1940 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 6, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 6, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Johnny Allen |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bill Dietrich |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 12,843 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 11 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Eddie Rommel 1B: George Moriarty 2B: (none) 3B: Cal Hubbard |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ben Chapman | Right Fielder |
| Roy Weatherly | Center Fielder |
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Rusty Peters | Second Baseman |
| Frankie Pytlak | Catcher |
| Johnny Allen | Pitcher |
| Ossie Vitt | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Skeeter Webb | Second Baseman |
| Mike Kreevich | Center Fielder |
| Joe Kuhel | First Baseman |
| Luke Appling | Shortstop |
| Taffy Wright | Right Fielder |
| Larry Rosenthal | Left Fielder |
| Tom Turner | Catcher |
| Bob Kennedy | Third Baseman |
| Bill Dietrich | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 6, 1940
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Dietrich
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Webb scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Dietrich
Weatherly hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wright. Weatherly reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boudreau vs. Dietrich
Boudreau hits a line drive to right field. Wright throws towards the plate. Turner fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Turner. Weatherly scores. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Trosky vs. Dietrich
Trosky hits a fly ball into left field. Rosenthal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Dietrich
Heath hits a fly ball into left field. Rosenthal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webb vs. Allen
Webb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Webb for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kreevich vs. Allen
Kreevich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuhel vs. Allen
Kuhel hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Appling vs. Allen
Appling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Dietrich
Keltner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Dietrich
Peters hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Turner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Dietrich
Pytlak is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Allen
Wright hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosenthal vs. Allen
Rosenthal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Allen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Turner vs. Allen
Turner is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Dietrich
Allen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kreevich. Allen reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chapman vs. Dietrich
Chapman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kuhel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Weatherly vs. Dietrich
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Allen moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boudreau vs. Dietrich
Boudreau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Allen scores. Weatherly moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Trosky vs. Dietrich
Trosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Weatherly scores. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Dietrich
Heath is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keltner vs. Dietrich
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Webb fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Allen
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dietrich vs. Allen
Dietrich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webb vs. Allen
Webb takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kreevich vs. Allen
Kreevich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Webb moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kuhel vs. Allen
Kuhel hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Dietrich
Peters hits a fly ball into right field. Wright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Dietrich
Pytlak hits a fly ball into left field. Rosenthal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Dietrich
Allen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Dietrich
Chapman takes first base on ball four. Allen moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Weatherly vs. Dietrich
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Appling vs. Allen
Appling hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Allen
Wright hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops it up and throws to first, with Allen covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosenthal vs. Allen
Rosenthal hits a popup towards short. Boudreau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Dietrich
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Dietrich
Trosky hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Turner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Dietrich
Heath hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Dietrich
Keltner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Heath moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Peters vs. Dietrich
Peters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Turner vs. Allen
Turner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Allen
Kennedy hits a popup towards first. Trosky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dietrich vs. Allen
Dietrich takes first base on ball four. Turner moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Webb vs. Allen
Webb hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Boudreau fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Turner moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kreevich vs. Allen
Kreevich strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Dietrich
Pytlak hits a fly ball into right field. Wright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Dietrich
Allen bunts in front of the plate. Turner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Dietrich
Chapman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weatherly vs. Dietrich
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Allen
Kuhel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Appling vs. Allen
Appling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kuhel moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wright vs. Allen
Wright hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rosenthal vs. Allen
Rosenthal strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Dietrich
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling misplays the ball. That's an error on Appling. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Dietrich
Trosky hits a fly ball into right field. Wright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Dietrich
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Webb scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keltner vs. Dietrich
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Turner vs. Allen
Turner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Allen
Kennedy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Silvestri vs. Allen
Ken Silvestri pinch hits for Bill Dietrich.
Silvestri hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Brown
Clint Brown now pitching.
Peters hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kuhel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Brown
Pytlak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Brown
Allen is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webb vs. Allen
Webb strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kreevich vs. Allen
Kreevich hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Allen
Kuhel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Appling vs. Allen
Appling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Brown
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Brown
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Brown
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Allen
Wright hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosenthal vs. Allen
Rosenthal strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Turner vs. Allen
Turner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wright moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kennedy vs. Allen
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. Wright moves to third. Turner moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Solters vs. Feller
Bob Feller now pitching. Moose Solters pinch hits for Clint Brown.
Solters hits a fly ball towards left. Heath settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Heath. Wright scores. Turner scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Indians, 3 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Webb vs. Feller
Johnny Rigney pinch runs for Moose Solters.
Webb hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Peters settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/6/1940, game 2 -- Cleveland at Chicago
Cleveland AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Chapman B, rf 4 0 1 0 Webb S, 2b 4 0 0 0
Weatherly R, cf 5 2 2 0 Kreevich M, cf 4 0 2 0
Boudreau L, ss 5 0 2 2 Kuhel J, 1b 4 0 2 0
Trosky H, 1b 4 0 1 1 Appling L, ss 4 0 0 0
Heath J, lf 4 0 1 0 Wright T, rf 4 1 1 0
Keltner K, 3b 4 0 1 0 Rosenthal L, lf 4 0 0 0
Peters R, 2b 4 0 0 0 Turner T, c 3 1 1 0
Pytlak F, c 4 0 0 0 Kennedy B, 3b 4 0 1 0
Allen J, p 4 1 2 0 Dietrich B, p 1 0 0 0
Feller B, p 0 0 0 0 Silvestri K, ph 1 0 0 0
Brown C, p 0 0 0 0
Solters M, ph 1 0 0 0
Rigney J, pr 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 3 10 3 34 2 7 0
Cleveland 102 000 000 -- 3
Chicago 000 000 002 -- 2
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Allen J (W) 8.2 7 2 0 3 5
Feller B (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Dietrich B (L) 7.0 10 3 3 1 2
Brown C 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
E -- Turner T, Appling L, Heath J
DP -- Cleveland 1
LOB -- Cleveland 9, Chicago 8
2B -- Weatherly R, Allen J
T -- 2:11
A -- 12843
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