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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Cincinnati Reds

1937-06-15 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 1721 · 1:56

Cincinnati Reds defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 4–3. Cincinnati Reds put up 3 in the 4th. Johnny Vander Meer earned the win and Al Hollingsworth picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4
CIN	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1		4	9

W: Johnny Vander Meer L: Waite Hoyt SV: Al Hollingsworth

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gibby Brack	4	0	0	0	1	1
Jim Bucher	4	1	1	1	1	0
Cookie Lavagetto	3	0	1	1	1	0
Heinie Manush	3	0	0	0	2	1
Babe Phelps	4	0	1	1	0	1
Joe Stripp	2	0	0	0	2	0
Tom Winsett	4	0	0	0	0	1
Woody English	3	1	1	0	1	1
Waite Hoyt	1	0	0	0	2	0
Tony Malinosky	0	1	0	0	1	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ival Goodman	3	0	1	0	1	0
Phil Weintraub	4	1	1	0	0	1
Chick Hafey	4	1	2	1	0	0
Buck Jordan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	2	1	0	0
Lew Riggs	3	1	0	1	0	0
Alex Kampouris	3	0	2	0	0	0
Billy Myers	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Vander Meer	3	0	0	0	0	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Waite Hoyt	8.0	9	1	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	8.0	3	11	5
Al Hollingsworth	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gibby Brack: K
Jim Bucher: 43
Cookie Lavagetto: W
Heinie Manush: SB2
Heinie Manush: W
Babe Phelps: 6

Bot 1

Ival Goodman: S3
Phil Weintraub: 8
Chick Hafey: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Joe Stripp: 8
Tom Winsett: 4
Woody English: W
Waite Hoyt: W.1-2
Gibby Brack: SB3
Gibby Brack: 13

Bot 2

Buck Jordan: 4
Ernie Lombardi: 43
Lew Riggs: 63

Top 3

Jim Bucher: S9
Cookie Lavagetto: 13/SH.1-2
Heinie Manush: W
Babe Phelps: S8.2-H;1-2#
Joe Stripp: W.2-3;1-2
Tom Winsett: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Woody English: K

Bot 3

Alex Kampouris: S7
Billy Myers: 54(1)/FO
Johnny Vander Meer: K
Ival Goodman: 3

Top 4

Waite Hoyt: W
Gibby Brack: 2
Jim Bucher: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Phil Weintraub: K
Chick Hafey: S5
Buck Jordan: S/P89.1-2#
Ernie Lombardi: S9.2-H;1-3
Lew Riggs: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Alex Kampouris: S9.1-3
Billy Myers: SB2.3-H(E2/TH)(UR);1-2#
Billy Myers: 9

Top 5

Cookie Lavagetto: 43
Heinie Manush: 43
Babe Phelps: 31

Bot 5

Johnny Vander Meer: 5
Ival Goodman: W
Phil Weintraub: CS2(26)#
Phil Weintraub: 8

Top 6

Joe Stripp: W
Tom Winsett: 36(1)/FO
Woody English: 8
Waite Hoyt: 43

Bot 6

Chick Hafey: 8
Buck Jordan: 4
Ernie Lombardi: S8
Lew Riggs: 9

Top 7

Gibby Brack: 9
Jim Bucher: W
Cookie Lavagetto: 64(1)/FO
Heinie Manush: K

Bot 7

Alex Kampouris: 13
Billy Myers: 43
Johnny Vander Meer: 13

Top 8

Babe Phelps: K
Joe Stripp: 53
Tom Winsett: K

Bot 8

Ival Goodman: 9
Phil Weintraub: T/78
Chick Hafey: S7.3-H
Buck Jordan: 7
Ernie Lombardi: 23

Top 9

Woody English: D7/7L
Tony Malinosky: W
Gibby Brack: W.2-3;1-2
Jim Bucher: 3/G.3-H;2-3;1-2
Cookie Lavagetto: S1/G.3-H;2-3
Heinie Manush: 16(1)/FO
Babe Phelps: CSH(2)

Notes & reviews

Brack held third, but could have scored as Reds tried for DP

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