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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1939-08-11 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 7296 · 1:55

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. Bill Lee earned the win. Paul Waner went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6
CHN	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0		3	12

W: Bill Lee L: Rip Sewell SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	3	1	0	0	1	0
Paul Waner	4	0	3	1	0	0
Arky Vaughan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chuck Klein	4	0	0	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lee Handley	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pep Young	2	1	1	0	2	0
Ray Mueller	2	0	0	0	0	1
Max Butcher	2	0	0	0	0	1
Rip Sewell	1	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	5	1	2	0	0	0
Billy Herman	3	1	2	0	2	0
Augie Galan	5	0	2	1	0	0
Hank Leiber	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bill Nicholson	3	1	1	1	0	0
Rip Russell	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bobby Mattick	4	0	2	1	0	0
Gabby Hartnett	3	0	2	0	1	0
Bill Lee	4	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Butcher	5.0	11	1	2
Rip Sewell	3.0	1	4	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	9.0	6	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: W
Paul Waner: 46(1)3/GDP
Arky Vaughan: 7/F

Bot 1

Stan Hack: D9
Billy Herman: W
Augie Galan: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Hank Leiber: 63

Top 2

Chuck Klein: 53
Elbie Fletcher: 3/G
Lee Handley: S5
Pep Young: S7.1-2
Ray Mueller: K

Bot 2

Bill Nicholson: 9/F
Rip Russell: K/C
Bobby Mattick: 7/F

Top 3

Max Butcher: 7/F
Lloyd Waner: 13
Paul Waner: D8
Arky Vaughan: K

Bot 3

Gabby Hartnett: 5/P
Bill Lee: 8/F
Stan Hack: S9
Billy Herman: S8.1-2
Augie Galan: S9.2-H;1-3
Hank Leiber: 7/F

Top 4

Chuck Klein: 7/L
Elbie Fletcher: 8/F
Lee Handley: 43

Bot 4

Bill Nicholson: S9
Rip Russell: 9/F
Bobby Mattick: 4/P
Gabby Hartnett: S8.1-3
Bill Lee: K

Top 5

Pep Young: W
Ray Mueller: E1/SH.1-2
Max Butcher: K/BF
Lloyd Waner: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Paul Waner: PB.3-H(UR);1-2
Paul Waner: D/78.2-H(UR)
Arky Vaughan: 63

Bot 5

Stan Hack: 7/L
Billy Herman: S8
Augie Galan: S8.1-3;B-2(TH)
Hank Leiber: S3.3-3;2-2
Bill Nicholson: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
Rip Russell: 164(1)/FO

Top 6

Chuck Klein: 13/BG
Elbie Fletcher: 8/F
Lee Handley: 23/BG

Bot 6

Bobby Mattick: S/78
Gabby Hartnett: S7.1-2
Bill Lee: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Stan Hack: 31.2-3;1-2
Billy Herman: W
Augie Galan: 31

Top 7

Pep Young: 13/BG
Ray Mueller: 8/F
Rip Sewell: K

Bot 7

Hank Leiber: W
Bill Nicholson: 16(1)/FO
Rip Russell: W.1-2
Bobby Mattick: D9.2-H;1-3;BX3(926)
Gabby Hartnett: IW
Bill Lee: 53

Top 8

Lloyd Waner: 43
Paul Waner: S5
Arky Vaughan: 8/F
Chuck Klein: 9/F

Bot 8

Stan Hack: 3/G
Billy Herman: 9/L
Augie Galan: 9/F

Top 9

Elbie Fletcher: S6
Lee Handley: 3/LDP.1X1(3)
Pep Young: W
Joe Bowman: 43