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Cubs 9 @ Giants 8
Polo Grounds
September 17, 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 17, 1940 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Cubs with a score of 9 to 8.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 17, 1940 
Visiting Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 9 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 9
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 8 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 8
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherKen Raffensberger  
Losing PitcherCliff Melton  
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Game Winning RBIJim Gleeson 

Game Info

DateSeptember 17, 1940 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago Cubs 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherVern Olsen  
Home Starting PitcherCarl Hubbell  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance1,993 
Time of Game2 hours 10 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Stewart
1B: George Magerkurth
2B: (none)
3B: Tom Dunn

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Stan Hack  Third Baseman 
Rabbit Warstler  Second Baseman 
Bill Nicholson  Right Fielder 
Hank Leiber  Center Fielder 
Jim Gleeson  Left Fielder 
Rip Russell  First Baseman 
Al Todd  Catcher 
Bobby Mattick  Shortstop 
Vern Olsen  Pitcher 
Gabby Hartnett  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Buster Maynard  Center Fielder 
Burgess Whitehead  Second Baseman 
Frank Demaree  Left Fielder 
Babe Young  First Baseman 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Tony Cuccinello  Third Baseman 
Mickey Witek  Shortstop 
Carl Hubbell  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

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Cubs 9 @ Giants 8
Polo Grounds
September 17, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/17/1940 -- Chicago at New York (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Hack S, 3b            4  1  2  0   Maynard B, cf         4  2  2  0   
Hartnett G, ph        1  0  1  2   Whitehead B, 2b       4  4  4  0   
Raffensberger K, p    0  0  0  0   Demaree F, lf         2  1  2  0   
Warstler R, 2b        5  2  2  2   Moore J, ph-lf        1  0  1  0   
Nicholson B, rf       5  2  2  0   Young B, 1b           5  0  2  5   
Leiber H, cf          5  2  2  3   Danning H, c          5  0  1  3   
Gleeson J, lf         5  1  3  2   Ott M, rf             4  0  0  0   
Russell R, 1b-3b      4  0  1  0   Cuccinello T, 3b      4  0  0  0   
Todd A, c             3  0  0  0   Witek M, ss           4  0  0  0   
Dallessandro D, ph    1  0  0  0   Seeds B, ph           1  0  0  0   
Collins B, c          1  0  0  0   Hubbell C, p          4  1  1  0   
Mattick B, ss         5  1  1  0   Lynn R, p             0  0  0  0   
Olsen V, p            1  0  0  0   Melton C, p           0  0  0  0   
McCullough C, ph      1  0  0  0   Dean P, p             0  0  0  0   
Bryant C, p           1  0  0  0                                      
Bonura Z, ph-1b       0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42  9 14  9                        38  8 13  8

Chicago          000 101 061 --  9
New York         210 202 010 --  8

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Olsen V               4.0  9  5  5  3  1
Bryant C              3.0  2  2  2  2  2
Raffensberger K (W)   2.0  2  1  1  0  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hubbell C*            7.0  9  6  6  0  3
Lynn R                0.2  2  2  2  1  1
Melton C (L)          0.2  3  1  0  0  0
Dean P                0.2  0  0  0  1  0
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 8th

E -- Warstler R, Cuccinello T, Witek M
DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- Chicago 8, New York 9
2B -- Leiber H, Hubbell C, Mattick B, Hartnett G
3B -- Maynard B, Young B
HR -- Warstler R, Leiber H
SB -- Whitehead B
SH -- Whitehead B
WP -- Hubbell C
PB -- Danning H
T -- 2:10
A -- 1993

    

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