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Chicago Cubs @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1940-08-03 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 9720 · 1:55

Chicago Cubs defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 2–1. Ken Raffensberger earned the win. Bill Nicholson went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	10
BRO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5

W: Ken Raffensberger L: Curt Davis SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	5	0	1	0	0	2
Billy Herman	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jim Gleeson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	3	1	1	1	1	0
Hank Leiber	4	0	0	0	0	2
Zeke Bonura	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Todd	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rabbit Warstler	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ken Raffensberger	3	0	2	0	0	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Pee Wee Reese	4	1	1	1	2
Dixie Walker	4	0	0	0	0
Joe Vosmik	4	0	2	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	0	0	0
Dolph Camilli	3	0	1	0	0
Cookie Lavagetto	3	0	1	0	0
Gus Mancuso	3	0	0	0	1
Pete Coscarart	2	0	0	0	1
Curt Davis	2	0	0	0	1
Johnny Hudson	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Gallagher	1	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Raffensberger	9.0	5	0	5

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Davis	9.0	10	1	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: K
Billy Herman: 8
Jim Gleeson: D
Bill Nicholson: W
Hank Leiber: K

Bot 1

Pee Wee Reese: K/C
Dixie Walker: 6
Joe Vosmik: S
Joe Medwick: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Zeke Bonura: 3
Al Todd: 2/FL
Rabbit Warstler: 43

Bot 2

Dolph Camilli: S
Cookie Lavagetto: 23.1-2
Gus Mancuso: K+CS3(25)/DP

Top 3

Ken Raffensberger: K
Stan Hack: 8
Billy Herman: 2/FL

Bot 3

Pete Coscarart: 3
Curt Davis: K
Pee Wee Reese: 63

Top 4

Jim Gleeson: S
Bill Nicholson: 8
Hank Leiber: 54(1)/FO
Zeke Bonura: K/C

Bot 4

Dixie Walker: 7
Joe Vosmik: E6
Joe Medwick: 8
Dolph Camilli: 43

Top 5

Al Todd: 3
Rabbit Warstler: S
Ken Raffensberger: 23/SH.1-2
Stan Hack: S.2-3
Billy Herman: S.3-H;1-2
Jim Gleeson: 43

Bot 5

Cookie Lavagetto: S
Gus Mancuso: CS2(26)
Gus Mancuso: 6
Pete Coscarart: K

Top 6

Bill Nicholson: HR
Hank Leiber: K/C
Zeke Bonura: 53
Al Todd: 8

Bot 6

Curt Davis: 53
Pee Wee Reese: K
Dixie Walker: 9

Top 7

Rabbit Warstler: 8
Ken Raffensberger: S
Stan Hack: 3/G.1-2
Billy Herman: S.2XH(92)

Bot 7

Joe Vosmik: 63
Joe Medwick: 4
Dolph Camilli: 31

Top 8

Jim Gleeson: 43
Bill Nicholson: 43
Hank Leiber: 6/L

Bot 8

Cookie Lavagetto: 63
Gus Mancuso: 63
Johnny Hudson: 7

Top 9

Zeke Bonura: 7
Al Todd: S
Rabbit Warstler: 4
Ken Raffensberger: S.1-3
Stan Hack: K

Bot 9

Joe Gallagher: 63
Pee Wee Reese: HR
Dixie Walker: 4
Joe Vosmik: T
Joe Medwick: 53