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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1939-07-15 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 6814 · 1:51

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–2. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 4 in the 8th. Freddie Fitzsimmons earned the win. Arky Vaughan went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Freddie Fitzsimmons L: Jim Tobin SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	4	2	2	1	0	0
Fern Bell	4	0	2	0	0	1
Chuck Klein	4	0	2	1	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lee Handley	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Brubaker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Berres	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Swift	2	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Waner	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gus Suhr	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tuck Stainback	5	0	1	1	0	1
Cookie Lavagetto	4	0	0	0	1	0
Art Parks	3	1	1	0	1	0
Dolph Camilli	4	1	1	0	0	1
Babe Phelps	4	1	3	2	0	0
Gene Moore	2	0	1	1	2	0
Pete Coscarart	4	0	0	0	0	2
Leo Durocher	4	2	2	1	0	0
Freddie Fitzsimmons	2	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Swift	6.0	3	4	3
Jim Tobin	1.0	3	1	0
Joe Bowman	1.0	3	0	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Freddie Fitzsimmons	9.0	7	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: 43
Arky Vaughan: 13
Fern Bell: T9/9D
Chuck Klein: 43

Bot 1

Tuck Stainback: 9/F
Cookie Lavagetto: W
Art Parks: 8/L
Dolph Camilli: K

Top 2

Elbie Fletcher: 43
Lee Handley: 63
Bill Brubaker: 63

Bot 2

Babe Phelps: 8/F
Gene Moore: 6/P
Pete Coscarart: 6/P

Top 3

Ray Berres: 13
Bill Swift: 43
Lloyd Waner: 43

Bot 3

Leo Durocher: 8/L
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 2/FL
Tuck Stainback: K

Top 4

Arky Vaughan: 43
Fern Bell: S7
Chuck Klein: S8.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: 5/FL
Lee Handley: 4/P

Bot 4

Cookie Lavagetto: 7/F
Art Parks: W
Dolph Camilli: 7/F
Babe Phelps: D9/9D/L.1-H
Gene Moore: IW
Pete Coscarart: K

Top 5

Bill Brubaker: 2/FL
Ray Berres: 63
Bill Swift: K/C

Bot 5

Leo Durocher: S/78
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 34/SH.1-2
Tuck Stainback: 53
Cookie Lavagetto: E6/G.2-H(NR)(UR)
Art Parks: 8/F

Top 6

Lloyd Waner: 63
Arky Vaughan: HR/9
Fern Bell: 63
Chuck Klein: 43

Bot 6

Dolph Camilli: 43
Babe Phelps: D9/9D
Gene Moore: IW
Pete Coscarart: 8/F.2-3
Leo Durocher: 13

Top 7

Elbie Fletcher: S8
Lee Handley: 34/SH.1-2
Bill Brubaker: 4/P
Paul Waner: IW
Gus Suhr: 43

Bot 7

Freddie Fitzsimmons: W
Tuck Stainback: 56(1)/FO
Cookie Lavagetto: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Lloyd Waner: 63
Arky Vaughan: S9
Fern Bell: SB2
Fern Bell: K
Chuck Klein: D8/89/F.2-H
Elbie Fletcher: 3/G

Bot 8

Art Parks: S3/L
Dolph Camilli: S9.1-3
Babe Phelps: S9.3-H;1-3
Gene Moore: S8/L/89.3-H;1-3
Pete Coscarart: K
Leo Durocher: S9.3-H;1-3
Freddie Fitzsimmons: FC5.3XH(52);1-2
Tuck Stainback: S/78S.2-H;1-3
Cookie Lavagetto: 13

Top 9

Lee Handley: 63
Bill Brubaker: 5/FL
Ray Mueller: 53

Notes & reviews

s/s had Klein lead off second but 2 outs in first 4 in sec.
Parks slid into 1B on close play when 3 fetched ball for 31 try. Parks hurt ankle and left on stretcher.

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