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Brooklyn Dodgers @ New York Giants

1939-07-01 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 16478 · 1:55

New York Giants defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 5–2. New York Giants put up 2 in the 2nd. Harry Gumbert earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
NY1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0		5	8

W: Harry Gumbert L: Hugh Casey SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Beans Reardon · 2B: (none) · 3B: Tom Dunn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mel Almada	4	0	0	0	0	1
Cookie Lavagetto	4	0	1	0	0	0
Art Parks	3	1	1	0	1	0
Dolph Camilli	4	0	1	0	0	0
Babe Phelps	4	1	1	0	0	0
Gene Moore	3	0	0	0	1	1
Johnny Hudson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Coscarart	3	0	2	2	0	0
Hugh Casey	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Koy	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Chiozza	4	0	1	0	1	1
Billy Jurges	4	0	1	2	0	0
Harry Danning	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mel Ott	3	0	1	0	1	0
Zeke Bonura	3	1	1	1	0	0
Frank Demaree	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jo-Jo Moore	2	1	1	0	2	0
Alex Kampouris	4	0	0	1	0	1
Harry Gumbert	4	1	1	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hugh Casey	6.0	5	4	1
Van Mungo	2.0	3	1	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Gumbert	9.0	6	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mel Almada: 43
Cookie Lavagetto: S7
Art Parks: 16(1)/FO
Dolph Camilli: 8

Bot 1

Lou Chiozza: 63
Billy Jurges: 53
Harry Danning: K/C

Top 2

Babe Phelps: S8
Gene Moore: K/C
Johnny Hudson: 8
Pete Coscarart: 43

Bot 2

Mel Ott: 99
Zeke Bonura: HP
Frank Demaree: S9.1-3(E9);B-2
Jo-Jo Moore: IW
Alex Kampouris: 46(1)/FO.3-H(RBI);2-H(E6/TH)(NR)(UR);B-2
Harry Gumbert: 99

Top 3

Hugh Casey: 99
Mel Almada: K
Cookie Lavagetto: 99

Bot 3

Lou Chiozza: S5/BG
Billy Jurges: 99/SH.1-2
Harry Danning: 99/G.2-3
Mel Ott: W
Zeke Bonura: 7

Top 4

Art Parks: W
Dolph Camilli: S8.1-2
Babe Phelps: 99(1)/FO.2-3
Gene Moore: W.1-2
Johnny Hudson: K
Pete Coscarart: S7.3-H;2-H;1XH(99)

Bot 4

Frank Demaree: 99
Jo-Jo Moore: S
Alex Kampouris: 99
Harry Gumbert: S7.1-2
Lou Chiozza: WP.2-3;1-2
Lou Chiozza: IW
Billy Jurges: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Harry Danning: 75(2)/FO/AP

Top 5

Hugh Casey: 99
Mel Almada: 99
Cookie Lavagetto: 63

Bot 5

Mel Ott: 99
Zeke Bonura: 99
Frank Demaree: W
Jo-Jo Moore: 99

Top 6

Art Parks: D
Dolph Camilli: 99
Babe Phelps: 99
Gene Moore: 99

Bot 6

Alex Kampouris: 53/BG
Harry Gumbert: 99
Lou Chiozza: 99

Top 7

Johnny Hudson: 99
Pete Coscarart: S
Ernie Koy: 99(1)/FO
Mel Almada: 99

Bot 7

Billy Jurges: 99/P
Harry Danning: S7
Mel Ott: S9.1-2
Zeke Bonura: D7.2-H;1-3
Frank Demaree: 63
Jo-Jo Moore: W
Alex Kampouris: K

Top 8

Cookie Lavagetto: 99
Art Parks: 99
Dolph Camilli: 99

Bot 8

Harry Gumbert: 99
Lou Chiozza: K
Billy Jurges: 99

Top 9

Babe Phelps: 99
Gene Moore: 99
Johnny Hudson: 99

Notes & reviews

Coscarart rounded first and was caught in rundown during which Moore tried to score and was thrown out
Danning hit apparent run-scoring single to left, but Chiozza missed third base and was out on appeal

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