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New York Giants @ Boston Braves

1937-08-17 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 3653 · 1:59

New York Giants defeated Boston Bees 4–1. New York Giants put up 3 in the 2nd. Cliff Melton earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	12
BSN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5

W: Cliff Melton L: Guy Bush SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Barr · 1B: Dolly Stark · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	5	0	2	1	0	0
Dick Bartell	5	0	2	0	0	0
Jimmy Ripple	5	1	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	0	2	1	1	0
Hank Leiber	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Leslie	4	1	1	0	0	0
Burgess Whitehead	4	1	1	0	0	1
Harry Danning	4	1	2	1	0	0
Cliff Melton	4	0	0	1	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rabbit Warstler	3	0	0	0	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Johnson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Cuccinello	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Moore	4	1	2	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	3	0	0	0	0	2
Gil English	3	0	1	1	0	0
Al Lopez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Guy Bush	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Reis	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	9.0	5	1	5

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Guy Bush	8.0	11	1	1
Ira Hutchinson	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jo-Jo Moore: 3/G
Dick Bartell: 8/F
Jimmy Ripple: S8
Mel Ott: 6/L

Bot 1

Rabbit Warstler: 3/P
Elbie Fletcher: 23
Roy Johnson: 7/F

Top 2

Hank Leiber: 7/F
Sam Leslie: S8
Burgess Whitehead: S9.1-2
Harry Danning: S/78D.1-3;2-H
Cliff Melton: 7/F.3-H
Jo-Jo Moore: T9.1-H
Dick Bartell: 63

Bot 2

Tony Cuccinello: 63
Gene Moore: 43
Vince DiMaggio: K

Top 3

Jimmy Ripple: 13
Mel Ott: S8
Hank Leiber: 8/8D/L
Sam Leslie: 13

Bot 3

Gil English: 4/L
Al Lopez: 9/F
Guy Bush: 63

Top 4

Burgess Whitehead: 13
Harry Danning: 3/P
Cliff Melton: 43

Bot 4

Rabbit Warstler: 53
Elbie Fletcher: 23
Roy Johnson: K

Top 5

Jo-Jo Moore: 13
Dick Bartell: S8
Jimmy Ripple: 46(1)/FO
Mel Ott: SB2
Mel Ott: S9.2-H;B-2(TH)
Hank Leiber: 9/F

Bot 5

Tony Cuccinello: 9/F
Gene Moore: D9
Vince DiMaggio: 53.2-2
Gil English: S8.2-H
Al Lopez: 4(1)/FO

Top 6

Sam Leslie: 4/P
Burgess Whitehead: 63
Harry Danning: 43

Bot 6

Guy Bush: K
Rabbit Warstler: W
Elbie Fletcher: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Cliff Melton: 9/F
Jo-Jo Moore: S1
Dick Bartell: S7.1-2
Jimmy Ripple: 8/8D.2-3;1-2
Mel Ott: IW
Hank Leiber: 5/L

Bot 7

Roy Johnson: S6/G
Tony Cuccinello: 36(1)/FO
Gene Moore: D7.1-3
Vince DiMaggio: K/C
Gil English: 7/F

Top 8

Sam Leslie: 43
Burgess Whitehead: K
Harry Danning: T
Cliff Melton: 3/G

Bot 8

Al Lopez: K
Bobby Reis: S8
Rabbit Warstler: 4(1)/FO
Elbie Fletcher: 46(1)/FO

Top 9

Jo-Jo Moore: 63
Dick Bartell: 7/F
Jimmy Ripple: S
Mel Ott: 8/F

Bot 9

Roy Johnson: 6/P
Tony Cuccinello: 6/L
Gene Moore: 3/G

Notes & reviews

Harry Danning fell as he rounded 1B

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