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New York Giants @ Philadelphia Phillies

1939-04-25 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 3500 · 2:32

Philadelphia Phillies defeated New York Giants 8–1. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 6th. Claude Passeau earned the win and Jim Henry picked up the save. Gibby Brack went 4-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Claude Passeau L: Cliff Melton SV: Jim Henry

Umpires — HP: Bill Stewart · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	5	0	0	0	0	1
George Myatt	4	1	1	0	1	1
Harry Danning	4	0	1	1	0	0
Mel Ott	4	0	1	0	0	0
Zeke Bonura	2	0	2	0	2	0
Frank Demaree	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	0	0	0	1	0
Burgess Whitehead	2	0	0	0	2	0
Cliff Melton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Ripple	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ken O'Dea	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Heinie Mueller	5	1	1	0	0	0
Hersh Martin	3	3	2	1	1	0
Gibby Brack	4	2	4	4	0	0
Morrie Arnovich	3	0	1	0	1	1
Len Gabrielson	4	0	0	0	0	3
Pinky May	4	1	2	1	0	0
George Scharein	4	1	1	1	0	0
Spud Davis	4	0	0	0	0	1
Claude Passeau	4	0	1	1	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	4.2	8	2	4
Bill Lohrman	1.1	4	0	2
Jumbo Brown	2.0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Passeau	8.0	5	6	2
Jim Henry	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jo-Jo Moore: 13
George Myatt: W
Harry Danning: SB2
Harry Danning: S.2-H
Mel Ott: 8/L
Zeke Bonura: W.1-2
Frank Demaree: 8/L

Bot 1

Heinie Mueller: 63
Hersh Martin: 53
Gibby Brack: S
Morrie Arnovich: 7/L

Top 2

Billy Jurges: 3/G
Burgess Whitehead: W
Cliff Melton: 53/SH/DP.1X3(35)

Bot 2

Len Gabrielson: K
Pinky May: S
George Scharein: SB2
George Scharein: D.2-H
Spud Davis: 9/F.2-3
Claude Passeau: S5/BG.3-H
Heinie Mueller: 6/P

Top 3

Jo-Jo Moore: 8/L
George Myatt: D
Harry Danning: FC1/TH2.2-2
Mel Ott: 8/F
Zeke Bonura: W.2-3;1-2
Frank Demaree: 2/FL

Bot 3

Hersh Martin: D
Gibby Brack: S9.2-H;B-3(E9)
Morrie Arnovich: K
Len Gabrielson: K
Pinky May: 63

Top 4

Billy Jurges: 9/F
Burgess Whitehead: 13
Cliff Melton: 63

Bot 4

George Scharein: 9/F
Spud Davis: 9/L
Claude Passeau: 13

Top 5

Jo-Jo Moore: 43
George Myatt: K
Harry Danning: 43

Bot 5

Heinie Mueller: 7/L
Hersh Martin: W
Gibby Brack: D.1-H
Morrie Arnovich: IW
Len Gabrielson: K
Pinky May: S.2-H;1-3
George Scharein: 63

Top 6

Mel Ott: 31
Zeke Bonura: S
Frank Demaree: 6/P
Billy Jurges: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Spud Davis: K
Claude Passeau: K
Heinie Mueller: S
Hersh Martin: T/78.1-H
Gibby Brack: HR/7.3-H
Morrie Arnovich: S
Len Gabrielson: CS2(26)

Top 7

Burgess Whitehead: 9/F
Jimmy Ripple: 63
Jo-Jo Moore: K

Bot 7

Len Gabrielson: 63
Pinky May: 43
George Scharein: 43

Top 8

George Myatt: 31
Harry Danning: 43
Mel Ott: S
Zeke Bonura: S.1-2
Frank Demaree: 7

Bot 8

Spud Davis: 63
Claude Passeau: 13
Heinie Mueller: 9

Top 9

Billy Jurges: W
Burgess Whitehead: W.1-2
Ken O'Dea: K
Jo-Jo Moore: 9
George Myatt: 6