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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1940-05-17 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5119 · 2:05

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Giants 4–0. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 7th. Claude Passeau earned the win. Billy Herman went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Claude Passeau L: Hal Schumacher SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Ballanfant · 1B: Bick Campbell · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Klem · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	0	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Herman	4	1	2	1	0	0
Jim Gleeson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hank Leiber	4	0	0	0	0	1
Augie Galan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Russell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Al Todd	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bobby Mattick	4	1	1	1	0	1
Claude Passeau	4	0	1	2	0	0
Billy Rogell	3	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Burgess Whitehead	4	0	0	0
Jo-Jo Moore	3	2	1	0
Frank Demaree	4	0	0	1
Mel Ott	4	0	0	0
Harry Danning	4	0	0	0
Babe Young	4	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	0	1	0
Al Glossop	3	0	0	1
Hal Schumacher	2	0	0	0
Johnny Rucker	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Passeau	9.0	2	2	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Schumacher	8.0	7	1	3
Jumbo Brown	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: W
Billy Herman: 63.1-2
Jim Gleeson: 43.2-3
Hank Leiber: K

Bot 1

Burgess Whitehead: 13
Jo-Jo Moore: 43
Frank Demaree: K

Top 2

Augie Galan: 6/P
Rip Russell: 13
Al Todd: K

Bot 2

Mel Ott: 43
Harry Danning: 63
Babe Young: E5/G
Billy Jurges: CS2(26)

Top 3

Bobby Mattick: 43
Claude Passeau: 43
Billy Rogell: 8/F

Bot 3

Billy Jurges: 53
Al Glossop: K
Hal Schumacher: 63

Top 4

Billy Herman: HR/7
Jim Gleeson: S8
Hank Leiber: 7
Augie Galan: 16(1)/FO
Rip Russell: S9.1-2
Al Todd: 6/P

Bot 4

Burgess Whitehead: 8
Jo-Jo Moore: W
Frank Demaree: 16(1)/FO
Mel Ott: 2/FL

Top 5

Bobby Mattick: 9/L
Claude Passeau: 53
Billy Rogell: 43

Bot 5

Harry Danning: 63
Babe Young: 3E1
Billy Jurges: W.1-2
Al Glossop: 8/F
Hal Schumacher: 9/F

Top 6

Billy Herman: S8
Jim Gleeson: 46(1)/FO
Hank Leiber: 54(1)/FO
Augie Galan: 4/P

Bot 6

Burgess Whitehead: E4
Jo-Jo Moore: S3.1-2
Frank Demaree: 4/P
Mel Ott: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Harry Danning: 3/FL

Top 7

Rip Russell: E5/TH
Al Todd: S7.1-2
Bobby Mattick: S7.2-H(UR);1-3;B-2(TH)
Claude Passeau: D7/G.3-H;2-H
Billy Rogell: PO2(E6).2-3
Billy Rogell: 43
Billy Herman: 8
Jim Gleeson: K

Bot 7

Babe Young: 43
Billy Jurges: 4/P
Al Glossop: 8

Top 8

Hank Leiber: 6/FL
Augie Galan: 43
Rip Russell: 53

Bot 8

Johnny Rucker: 13
Burgess Whitehead: 63
Jo-Jo Moore: S7
Frank Demaree: E6/G.1-2
Mel Ott: 53

Top 9

Al Todd: 8
Bobby Mattick: K
Claude Passeau: 43

Bot 9

Harry Danning: 9
Babe Young: 7
Billy Jurges: 4/L

Notes & reviews

Hack hit by foul liner, had to leave game

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