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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1941-06-12 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 2775 · 1:33

New York Giants defeated Chicago Cubs 2–0. Carl Hubbell earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Carl Hubbell L: Bill Lee SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou Jorda · 1B: George Barr · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ziggy Sears · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	1	0	1
Bobby Sturgeon	4	0	0	0
Dom Dallessandro	4	1	0	0
Bill Nicholson	4	1	0	0
Hank Leiber	4	2	0	1
Phil Cavarretta	4	1	0	1
Clyde McCullough	3	1	1	0
Lou Stringer	3	1	0	0
Bill Lee	3	0	0	0
Lou Novikoff	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Bartell	4	1	2	0	0	0
Babe Young	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	2	1	2	0	2	0
Harry Danning	4	0	0	1	0	0
Jo-Jo Moore	4	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	0	0	0	0	0
Burgess Whitehead	3	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Hubbell	3	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	8.0	6	2	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Hubbell	9.0	8	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 43/G
Bobby Sturgeon: 13/G
Dom Dallessandro: S
Bill Nicholson: S.1-2#
Hank Leiber: 2/P/FL

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: K
Dick Bartell: S
Babe Young: S.1-2#
Mel Ott: W.2-3;1-2
Harry Danning: 9/F.3-H;2-3
Jo-Jo Moore: 64(1)/G/FO

Top 2

Phil Cavarretta: K
Clyde McCullough: S7.B-2(E7)
Lou Stringer: S6.2-3(E6/TH)
Bill Lee: 6/L
Stan Hack: 7/F

Bot 2

Billy Jurges: 3/P
Burgess Whitehead: 53/G
Carl Hubbell: 13/G

Top 3

Bobby Sturgeon: 3/P/FL
Dom Dallessandro: 53/G
Bill Nicholson: 43/G

Bot 3

Johnny Rucker: 13/G
Dick Bartell: 3/P
Babe Young: 8/F

Top 4

Hank Leiber: S
Phil Cavarretta: 9/F
Clyde McCullough: 2/P/FL
Lou Stringer: 64(1)/G/FO

Bot 4

Mel Ott: W
Harry Danning: E5.1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: 16(1)/G/FO.2-3
Billy Jurges: E1/TH2.3-H(NR)(UR);1X2(636);B-1
Burgess Whitehead: CS2(26)

Top 5

Bill Lee: 53/G
Stan Hack: K
Bobby Sturgeon: 63/G

Bot 5

Burgess Whitehead: E9/F
Carl Hubbell: 16(1)/BG/FO
Johnny Rucker: 8/L
Dick Bartell: D.1-3
Babe Young: 9/F

Top 6

Dom Dallessandro: 7/F
Bill Nicholson: 7/F
Hank Leiber: S
Phil Cavarretta: S.1-2#
Clyde McCullough: W.2-3;1-2
Lou Stringer: 13/G

Bot 6

Mel Ott: S
Harry Danning: 4/P
Jo-Jo Moore: S.1-2
Billy Jurges: 2/P/FL
Burgess Whitehead: 4(1)/G/FO

Top 7

Bill Lee: 53/G
Stan Hack: S
Bobby Sturgeon: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Carl Hubbell: 53/G
Johnny Rucker: 3/P
Dick Bartell: 53/G

Top 8

Dom Dallessandro: 43/G
Bill Nicholson: 43/G
Hank Leiber: K

Bot 8

Babe Young: 8/F
Mel Ott: S
Harry Danning: 9/F
Jo-Jo Moore: 6/P

Top 9

Phil Cavarretta: 43/G
Clyde McCullough: 4/P
Lou Novikoff: 53/G

Notes & reviews

On Jurges' bouncer, pitcher Lee threw high to 2B for an error, and Moore was safe at second and Jurges at first. Moore overslid and was tagged out, Sturgeon to Cavaretta to Sturgeon, with Ott scoring from third.

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