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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1939-07-17 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5233 · 2:17

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 4–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Curt Davis earned the win and Clyde Shoun picked up the save. Jimmy Brown went 3-for-5 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	7

W: Curt Davis L: Hal Schumacher SV: Clyde Shoun

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jimmy Brown	5	1	3	1	0
Enos Slaughter	5	1	2	0	1
Don Padgett	4	1	3	1	0
Johnny Mize	4	0	0	0	2
Joe Medwick	1	0	0	1	0
Terry Moore	4	0	1	1	0
Don Gutteridge	4	1	1	0	0
Lynn Myers	3	0	1	0	0
Curt Davis	3	0	0	0	1
Lynn King	1	0	0	0	0
Clyde Shoun	1	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Chiozza	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken O'Dea	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	1	2	0	0	0
Zeke Bonura	4	1	2	0	0	0
Frank Demaree	4	1	2	1	0	0
Jimmy Ripple	3	0	0	0	1	1
Burgess Whitehead	3	0	0	0	0	0
George Myatt	1	0	0	0	0	1
Manny Salvo	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Seeds	1	0	1	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Davis	6.2	7	1	2
Clyde Shoun	2.1	0	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Hal Schumacher	3.0	7	0
Manny Salvo	4.0	4	3
Red Lynn	2.0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Brown: S7
Enos Slaughter: S9.1-3
Don Padgett: S8.3-H;1-3
Johnny Mize: 4/P
Joe Medwick: 9/SF.3-H
Terry Moore: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Jo-Jo Moore: 6/L
Lou Chiozza: 9/F
Ken O'Dea: 43

Top 2

Don Gutteridge: S8
Lynn Myers: 14/SH.1-2
Curt Davis: 4/P
Jimmy Brown: S7.2-H;B-2(TH)
Enos Slaughter: 43

Bot 2

Mel Ott: S9
Zeke Bonura: S7.1-2
Frank Demaree: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Jimmy Ripple: 8/F

Top 3

Don Padgett: S9
Johnny Mize: 8/F
Joe Medwick: 8/F
Terry Moore: D9/L.1-H
Don Gutteridge: 7/F

Bot 3

Burgess Whitehead: 63
George Myatt: K/C
Jo-Jo Moore: 8/F

Top 4

Lynn Myers: 3/FL
Curt Davis: K
Jimmy Brown: D7
Enos Slaughter: 6/P/78S

Bot 4

Lou Chiozza: 4/P
Ken O'Dea: 43
Mel Ott: 43

Top 5

Don Padgett: 7/F
Johnny Mize: K
Joe Medwick: HP
Terry Moore: CS2(24)

Bot 5

Zeke Bonura: E5
Frank Demaree: S9.1-2
Jimmy Ripple: 9/9D/L
Burgess Whitehead: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Terry Moore: 8/F
Don Gutteridge: 53
Lynn Myers: S/89
Curt Davis: 2/FL

Bot 6

Manny Salvo: K
Jo-Jo Moore: 143
Lou Chiozza: 43

Top 7

Jimmy Brown: 6/L
Enos Slaughter: S4/G
Don Padgett: S8/L.1-2
Johnny Mize: K
Lynn King: 46(1)/FO

Bot 7

Ken O'Dea: 3/G
Mel Ott: D9
Zeke Bonura: S5/G.2-2
Frank Demaree: S9.2-H;1-H(E4/TH3)(NR);B-2
Jimmy Ripple: W
Burgess Whitehead: 9/F
Bob Seeds: S7.2-H;1-3
Jo-Jo Moore: 8/F

Top 8

Terry Moore: 13
Don Gutteridge: 9/F
Lynn Myers: 53

Bot 8

Lou Chiozza: 2/FL
Ken O'Dea: 8/F
Mel Ott: 53

Top 9

Clyde Shoun: 6/P/7S
Jimmy Brown: 43
Enos Slaughter: K23

Bot 9

Zeke Bonura: E6/G
Frank Demaree: 36(1)3/GDP
Jimmy Ripple: K/C

Notes & reviews

Ripple appeared to hurt himself and Giants went to assist him. Ripple stayed in game.
Medwick hit on leg and had to leave game.
Chiozza and Moore collided on pop. Chiozza left field on stretcher and it was reported he had broken L arm and L leg.

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