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Brooklyn Dodgers @ St. Louis Cardinals

1939-09-21 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 2494 · 1:51

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 6–5. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Curt Davis earned the win. Enos Slaughter went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	7
SLN	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	14

W: Curt Davis L: Luke Hamlin SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Bick Campbell · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	0	0	0	0	0
Cookie Lavagetto	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	4	0	2	1	0	1
Dolph Camilli	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Ripple	2	1	0	0	2	1
Gene Moore	2	1	1	1	1	0
Al Todd	4	0	1	2	0	1
Johnny Hudson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Luke Hamlin	4	1	1	1	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Brown	5	0	2	0	0	0
Don Gutteridge	4	1	2	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	5	1	2	2	0	0
Joe Medwick	5	1	2	1	0	0
Johnny Mize	4	0	1	1	0	0
Don Padgett	4	1	2	0	0	0
Terry Moore	4	0	1	0	0	2
Stu Martin	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bill McGee	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	1	0	1	2	0	0
Lynn King	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pepper Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luke Hamlin	8.2	14	1	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill McGee	4.0	5	2	1
Bob Weiland	2.0	0	0	3
Curt Davis	3.0	2	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: 9
Cookie Lavagetto: S8
Dixie Walker: D8.1-H
Dolph Camilli: FC6/GDP.2X3(656);BX2(64)

Bot 1

Jimmy Brown: 2/FL
Don Gutteridge: 7/FL
Enos Slaughter: HR/9
Joe Medwick: D9
Johnny Mize: S9.2-H
Don Padgett: 8/L

Top 2

Jimmy Ripple: 3/G
Gene Moore: 8
Al Todd: K

Bot 2

Terry Moore: K
Stu Martin: 2/FL
Bill McGee: 8

Top 3

Johnny Hudson: 99
Luke Hamlin: HR/9
Pete Coscarart: 99
Cookie Lavagetto: 99

Bot 3

Jimmy Brown: 99
Don Gutteridge: S
Enos Slaughter: 99
Joe Medwick: 99

Top 4

Dixie Walker: 99
Dolph Camilli: D9
Jimmy Ripple: W
Gene Moore: W.2-3;1-2
Al Todd: S7.3-H;2-H;1X3(75)
Johnny Hudson: 99/G

Bot 4

Johnny Mize: 99
Don Padgett: S
Terry Moore: K
Stu Martin: D9.1-3
Johnny Hopp: S8/78.3-H;2-H
Jimmy Brown: 99

Top 5

Luke Hamlin: K23#
Pete Coscarart: 99
Cookie Lavagetto: 99

Bot 5

Don Gutteridge: 99
Enos Slaughter: 99
Joe Medwick: 99

Top 6

Dixie Walker: K
Dolph Camilli: 99
Jimmy Ripple: K

Bot 6

Johnny Mize: 99
Don Padgett: S8
Terry Moore: D.1-3
Stu Martin: IW
Lynn King: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Gene Moore: HR/9
Al Todd: 99
Johnny Hudson: 99
Luke Hamlin: 99

Bot 7

Jimmy Brown: S
Don Gutteridge: 99/SH.1-2
Enos Slaughter: 99/G.2-3
Joe Medwick: 63

Top 8

Pete Coscarart: 99
Cookie Lavagetto: 99
Dixie Walker: S
Dolph Camilli: 99

Bot 8

Johnny Mize: 99
Don Padgett: 99
Terry Moore: 99

Top 9

Jimmy Ripple: W
Gene Moore: 99/SH.1-2
Al Todd: 99/G
Johnny Hudson: IW
Luke Hamlin: 63

Bot 9

Stu Martin: 99
Pepper Martin: 99/G
Jimmy Brown: S9
Don Gutteridge: S8/89.1-3
Enos Slaughter: S3.3-H;1-2
Joe Medwick: D7.2-H;1-3

Notes & reviews

This was the only home run of Luke Hamlin's career. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat game story suggests that it was the only home run of Luke Hamlin's professional career.

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