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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

1931-09-07 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 17000 · 1:38

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 1–0. Paul Derringer earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Paul Derringer L: Bob Smith SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cy Pfirman · 1B: Cy Rigler · 2B: (none) · 3B: Charles Donnelly · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Sparky Adams	5	1	1	0	0
George Watkins	4	0	1	1	0
Frankie Frisch	3	0	1	1	0
Jim Bottomley	4	0	0	0	2
Chick Hafey	3	0	1	1	1
Pepper Martin	4	0	1	0	0
Gus Mancuso	3	0	2	0	0
Charlie Gelbert	3	0	0	1	0
Paul Derringer	4	0	1	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Mike Kreevich	4	2	0	2
Billy Herman	4	1	0	1
Kiki Cuyler	4	1	0	1
Woody English	3	1	1	1
Danny Taylor	4	2	0	1
Charlie Grimm	2	0	0	0
Jimmy Adair	3	1	0	0
Gabby Hartnett	3	0	0	2
Bob Smith	3	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Derringer	9.0	8	1	8

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Smith	9.0	8	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sparky Adams: 13
George Watkins: 3/FL
Frankie Frisch: S8#
Jim Bottomley: K

Bot 1

Mike Kreevich: S9/F/9S
Billy Herman: K
Kiki Cuyler: K
Woody English: SB2
Woody English: S5/G.2XH(325)

Top 2

Chick Hafey: S6/G
Pepper Martin: S3/BG.1-2
Gus Mancuso: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Charlie Gelbert: IW
Paul Derringer: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Danny Taylor: S9
Charlie Grimm: 46(1)3/GDP
Jimmy Adair: 13

Top 3

Sparky Adams: 8/F
George Watkins: S9
Frankie Frisch: W.1-2
Jim Bottomley: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Chick Hafey: W.1-2
Pepper Martin: 7/L

Bot 3

Gabby Hartnett: K
Bob Smith: 63
Mike Kreevich: K

Top 4

Gus Mancuso: S7
Charlie Gelbert: 53.1-2
Paul Derringer: 13
Sparky Adams: 53

Bot 4

Billy Herman: 13/BG
Kiki Cuyler: 43
Woody English: 9/F

Top 5

George Watkins: 43
Frankie Frisch: 4/P/8S
Jim Bottomley: 63

Bot 5

Danny Taylor: S1
Charlie Grimm: 13/SH.1-2
Jimmy Adair: S7/7S/F.2-3
Gabby Hartnett: K
Bob Smith: 6/P

Top 6

Chick Hafey: K
Pepper Martin: 7/F
Gus Mancuso: S8
Charlie Gelbert: 8/8D/F

Bot 6

Mike Kreevich: K
Billy Herman: S9
Kiki Cuyler: S9/9S/F.1-2
Woody English: K
Danny Taylor: K23

Top 7

Paul Derringer: 63
Sparky Adams: S6/G
George Watkins: SB2
George Watkins: W
Frankie Frisch: 6(1)/FO.2-H(E6/TH1)(NR)(UR);B-2
Jim Bottomley: K

Bot 7

Charlie Grimm: 7/F
Jimmy Adair: 8/F/8S
Gabby Hartnett: 63

Top 8

Chick Hafey: 7/F
Pepper Martin: 63
Gus Mancuso: 6/P/7S

Bot 8

Bob Smith: 3/P
Mike Kreevich: S5/BG
Billy Herman: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Charlie Gelbert: 43/4M
Paul Derringer: S9
Sparky Adams: 4(1)/FO
George Watkins: 43

Bot 9

Kiki Cuyler: 9/L
Woody English: W
Danny Taylor: 4/LDP.1X1(43)

Notes & reviews

Mike Kreevich rounded 3B too far

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