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St. Louis Cardinals @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1938-05-17 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 7560 · 1:48

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 2–1. Bill McGee earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Bill McGee L: Luke Hamlin SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Larry Goetz · 2B: (none) · 3B: Beans Reardon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Stu Martin	4	0	1	1	0
Joe Stripp	4	0	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	0	1	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	2	0	0
Johnny Mize	4	0	1	0	0
Don Padgett	4	1	1	0	0
Don Gutteridge	3	0	0	0	0
Mickey Owen	3	0	0	0	0
Bill McGee	3	1	2	1	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Goody Rosen	4	1	1	0	1
Johnny Hudson	4	0	0	0	2
Cookie Lavagetto	3	0	0	0	1
Dolph Camilli	3	0	0	0	1
Ernie Koy	3	0	0	0	2
Babe Phelps	3	0	0	0	1
Buddy Hassett	2	0	0	1	0
Leo Durocher	3	0	0	0	0
Luke Hamlin	1	0	0	0	0
Gibby Brack	1	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill McGee	9.0	1	1	9

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luke Hamlin	9.0	8	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stu Martin: 43
Joe Stripp: 4/P
Enos Slaughter: S8
Joe Medwick: SB2
Joe Medwick: 43

Bot 1

Goody Rosen: K
Johnny Hudson: K
Cookie Lavagetto: 8/8D/F

Top 2

Johnny Mize: 5/P
Don Padgett: 43
Don Gutteridge: 13

Bot 2

Dolph Camilli: 2/FL
Ernie Koy: K
Babe Phelps: 163

Top 3

Mickey Owen: 5/P
Bill McGee: S8
Stu Martin: D9.1-H
Joe Stripp: 63
Enos Slaughter: 8/F

Bot 3

Buddy Hassett: W
Leo Durocher: 7/L
Luke Hamlin: 13/SH.1-2
Goody Rosen: 43

Top 4

Joe Medwick: S8
Johnny Mize: S9.1-2
Don Padgett: 8/FDP.2X3(85)
Don Gutteridge: 9/F/9S

Bot 4

Johnny Hudson: K
Cookie Lavagetto: K
Dolph Camilli: K

Top 5

Mickey Owen: 63
Bill McGee: K
Stu Martin: 7/F

Bot 5

Ernie Koy: 8/F
Babe Phelps: K
Buddy Hassett: 7/L

Top 6

Joe Stripp: 9/F
Enos Slaughter: 3/FL
Joe Medwick: D9/9D
Johnny Mize: 43

Bot 6

Leo Durocher: 3/FL
Luke Hamlin: 53
Goody Rosen: S7.B-H(E7)(UR)(NR)
Johnny Hudson: 6/P

Top 7

Don Padgett: S8
Don Gutteridge: 13/SH.1-2
Mickey Owen: 53
Bill McGee: S9.2-H
Stu Martin: 7/F

Bot 7

Cookie Lavagetto: 4/P
Dolph Camilli: 6/P
Ernie Koy: K

Top 8

Joe Stripp: 3/FL
Enos Slaughter: 43
Joe Medwick: 43

Bot 8

Babe Phelps: 7/F
Buddy Hassett: 6/L
Leo Durocher: 63

Top 9

Johnny Mize: 7/F
Don Padgett: 43
Don Gutteridge: 43

Bot 9

Gibby Brack: K/C
Goody Rosen: 6/P
Johnny Hudson: 43