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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1939-07-16 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:45

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 5th. Hugh Mulcahy earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Hugh Mulcahy L: Mace Brown SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Bick Campbell · 2B: (none) · 3B: Dolly Stark · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	2	1	0	0	1	0
Arky Vaughan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Fern Bell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Klein	4	0	1	1	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lee Handley	4	1	3	0	0	0
Bill Brubaker	4	0	1	1	0	1
Ray Berres	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mace Brown	2	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Waner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	1	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gus Suhr	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Bolling	3	1	1	0	1	0
Hersh Martin	4	1	1	0	0	0
Gibby Brack	3	0	1	1	1	0
Morrie Arnovich	3	1	1	0	1	0
Pinky May	2	0	0	1	0	1
Roy Hughes	4	0	2	1	0	0
George Scharein	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wally Millies	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hugh Mulcahy	3	0	1	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mace Brown	4.0	7	3	2
Rip Sewell	4.0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hugh Mulcahy	9.0	7	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: HP
Arky Vaughan: 3/G.1-2#
Fern Bell: 63
Chuck Klein: S8.2-H
Elbie Fletcher: 7

Bot 1

Jack Bolling: S8
Hersh Martin: 5/FL
Gibby Brack: W.1-2
Morrie Arnovich: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Pinky May: K

Top 2

Lee Handley: 4/L
Bill Brubaker: 9
Ray Berres: 53

Bot 2

Roy Hughes: S7
George Scharein: 6
Wally Millies: 6/L
Hugh Mulcahy: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Mace Brown: K
Lloyd Waner: 7
Arky Vaughan: 7

Bot 3

Jack Bolling: 6
Hersh Martin: 4/L
Gibby Brack: 9

Top 4

Fern Bell: 6/L
Chuck Klein: 43
Elbie Fletcher: 3/G

Bot 4

Morrie Arnovich: S8
Pinky May: 23/SH.1-2
Roy Hughes: D9.2-H
George Scharein: S5.2-3
Wally Millies: FC1.3XH(12);1-2;B-1
Hugh Mulcahy: K

Top 5

Lee Handley: D7
Bill Brubaker: S8.2-H
Ray Berres: 53/SH.1-2
Mace Brown: 63
Lloyd Waner: W
Arky Vaughan: 2/FL

Bot 5

Jack Bolling: W
Hersh Martin: S7.1-2
Gibby Brack: S8.2-H;1-3
Morrie Arnovich: W.1-2
Pinky May: 7/SF.3-H
Roy Hughes: 9
George Scharein: 8

Top 6

Fern Bell: 8
Chuck Klein: 43
Elbie Fletcher: S7
Lee Handley: S8.1-2
Bill Brubaker: K

Bot 6

Wally Millies: 8
Hugh Mulcahy: D8
Jack Bolling: FC6.2X3(65);B-1
Hersh Martin: SB2
Hersh Martin: 63

Top 7

Paul Waner: 6/L
Rip Sewell: K
Lloyd Waner: 43

Bot 7

Gibby Brack: 31
Morrie Arnovich: 9
Pinky May: 4

Top 8

Arky Vaughan: D8
Fern Bell: 13/SH.2-3
Chuck Klein: 3/G
Elbie Fletcher: 63

Bot 8

Roy Hughes: 63
George Scharein: 53
Wally Millies: 8

Top 9

Lee Handley: D9
Bill Brubaker: FC1.2X3(15);B-1
Joe Bowman: 46(1)/FO
Gus Suhr: 8