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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Boston Braves

1940-08-09 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 2648 · 1:48

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Boston Bees 1–0. Whit Wyatt earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Whit Wyatt L: Dick Errickson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou Jorda · 1B: Tom Dunn · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ziggy Sears · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pee Wee Reese	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dixie Walker	4	0	2	0	0	0
Dolph Camilli	3	0	0	0	1	0
Babe Phelps	4	0	1	1	0	0
Pete Reiser	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cookie Lavagetto	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	1	0	0	1
Pete Coscarart	4	0	2	0	0	0
Whit Wyatt	4	1	1	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Sibby Sisti	4	1	0	0
Johnny Cooney	3	0	0	0
Bama Rowell	4	1	0	0
Max West	3	0	1	0
Chet Ross	3	0	0	3
Eddie Miller	3	0	0	2
Buddy Hassett	3	1	0	0
Ray Berres	2	1	0	0
Dick Errickson	2	0	0	1
Gene Moore	1	0	0	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Whit Wyatt	9.0	4	1	7

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Errickson	9.0	8	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pee Wee Reese: W
Dixie Walker: S.1-2
Dolph Camilli: 2/FL
Babe Phelps: 9
Pete Reiser: 6

Bot 1

Sibby Sisti: 7
Johnny Cooney: 9
Bama Rowell: S
Max West: 4/L

Top 2

Cookie Lavagetto: 63
Joe Medwick: 4/L
Pete Coscarart: 53

Bot 2

Chet Ross: K
Eddie Miller: K/C
Buddy Hassett: 8

Top 3

Whit Wyatt: 8
Pee Wee Reese: 8
Dixie Walker: 4/L

Bot 3

Ray Berres: S
Dick Errickson: 14/SH.1-2
Sibby Sisti: 53
Johnny Cooney: 53

Top 4

Dolph Camilli: W
Babe Phelps: CS2(26)
Babe Phelps: E4
Pete Reiser: S.1-2
Cookie Lavagetto: PO1(23)
Cookie Lavagetto: 63

Bot 4

Bama Rowell: 6
Max West: W
Chet Ross: CS2(24)
Chet Ross: K

Top 5

Joe Medwick: S
Pete Coscarart: S.1-2
Whit Wyatt: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Pee Wee Reese: 2/FL
Dixie Walker: 7

Bot 5

Eddie Miller: 5/L
Buddy Hassett: 8
Ray Berres: 6

Top 6

Dolph Camilli: 9
Babe Phelps: E3
Pete Reiser: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Dick Errickson: 43
Sibby Sisti: 13
Johnny Cooney: 7

Top 7

Cookie Lavagetto: 43
Joe Medwick: K/C
Pete Coscarart: 53

Bot 7

Bama Rowell: 3/L
Max West: 63
Chet Ross: K

Top 8

Whit Wyatt: S
Pee Wee Reese: 8
Dixie Walker: S.1-2
Dolph Camilli: 4
Babe Phelps: S.2-H;1-3(E9);B-2
Pete Reiser: 8

Bot 8

Eddie Miller: K/C
Buddy Hassett: S
Gene Moore: K
Dick Errickson: K

Top 9

Cookie Lavagetto: 63
Joe Medwick: 8
Pete Coscarart: S
Whit Wyatt: 63

Bot 9

Sibby Sisti: S
Johnny Cooney: 34/SH.1-2
Bama Rowell: 3/G
Max West: 8