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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1940-09-19 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 1685 · 2:07

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Giants 8–2. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 3rd. Claude Passeau earned the win. Hank Leiber went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	8	14
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	8

W: Claude Passeau L: Bill Lohrman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Dunn · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Magerkurth · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	5	1	2	2	0	0
Rabbit Warstler	5	2	1	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	5	1	2	0	0	0
Hank Leiber	5	1	3	4	0	1
Jim Gleeson	5	0	1	1	0	0
Rip Russell	5	0	1	0	0	1
Clyde McCullough	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bobby Mattick	4	0	0	0	0	0
Claude Passeau	3	2	2	1	1	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	1	1	0	0	1
Burgess Whitehead	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jo-Jo Moore	4	1	2	1	0	0
Babe Young	4	0	1	0	0	2
Mel Ott	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ken O'Dea	3	0	2	1	1	1
Frank Demaree	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Lohrman	2	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny McCarthy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Danning	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Passeau	9.0	8	2	6

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lohrman	7.0	10	0	1
Paul Dean	2.0	4	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: S8
Rabbit Warstler: 3(B)3(1)/LDP
Bill Nicholson: 9/F

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 5/FL
Burgess Whitehead: 163
Jo-Jo Moore: 43

Top 2

Hank Leiber: S7
Jim Gleeson: 36(1)/FO
Rip Russell: 54(1)/FO
Clyde McCullough: S8.1-2
Bobby Mattick: 3/P

Bot 2

Babe Young: K/C
Mel Ott: 5/FL
Ken O'Dea: S8
Frank Demaree: S7.1-2
Mickey Witek: 7/F

Top 3

Claude Passeau: S1
Stan Hack: 7/F
Rabbit Warstler: S9.1-3
Bill Nicholson: 7/F
Hank Leiber: HR/7.3-H;1-H
Jim Gleeson: 2/FL

Bot 3

Bill Lohrman: 13
Johnny Rucker: D8/F
Burgess Whitehead: K/C
Jo-Jo Moore: 6/P

Top 4

Rip Russell: 63
Clyde McCullough: 13
Bobby Mattick: E3/G
Claude Passeau: WP.1-3
Claude Passeau: K23

Bot 4

Babe Young: K
Mel Ott: 3/G
Ken O'Dea: W
Frank Demaree: S8.1-2
Mickey Witek: 43

Top 5

Stan Hack: 43
Rabbit Warstler: E5/TH.B-2
Bill Nicholson: S7.2-3
Hank Leiber: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Jim Gleeson: 43

Bot 5

Bill Lohrman: K
Johnny Rucker: 43
Burgess Whitehead: 13

Top 6

Rip Russell: 53
Clyde McCullough: S7
Bobby Mattick: 9/F
Claude Passeau: D78.1-H
Stan Hack: 7/F

Bot 6

Jo-Jo Moore: S8
Babe Young: 6/P
Mel Ott: CS2(26)
Mel Ott: W
Ken O'Dea: K

Top 7

Rabbit Warstler: 43
Bill Nicholson: 7/L
Hank Leiber: T78
Jim Gleeson: 3/G

Bot 7

Frank Demaree: 9/F
Mickey Witek: 9/F
Johnny McCarthy: 8/F

Top 8

Rip Russell: S9
Clyde McCullough: 6(1)3/GDP
Bobby Mattick: 4/P

Bot 8

Johnny Rucker: E4.B-2
Burgess Whitehead: 4/P
Jo-Jo Moore: S8.2-H(UR)
Babe Young: S9.1-2
Mel Ott: 9/F
Ken O'Dea: S9.2-H(UR);1-2
Frank Demaree: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Claude Passeau: W
Stan Hack: HR.1-H
Rabbit Warstler: 43
Bill Nicholson: T89
Hank Leiber: K
Jim Gleeson: S9.3-H
Rip Russell: K

Bot 9

Mickey Witek: 8/F
Harry Danning: 3/L
Johnny Rucker: K