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New York Giants @ Chicago Cubs

1940-05-04 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 7741 · 1:51

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Giants 3–2. Larry French earned the win. Hank Leiber went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Larry French L: Carl Hubbell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bick Campbell · 1B: Bill Klem · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lee Ballanfant · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Burgess Whitehead	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jo-Jo Moore	4	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Demaree	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	0	1	0	1	0
Harry Danning	4	0	1	1	0	1
Babe Young	3	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	3	1	1	0	1	0
Carl Hubbell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Seeds	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Herman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Augie Galan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Leiber	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bill Nicholson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Cavarretta	2	1	0	0	1	1
Al Todd	3	1	2	1	0	0
Bobby Mattick	3	0	1	1	0	0
Larry French	3	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Hubbell	8.0	6	3	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry French	9.0	8	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Burgess Whitehead: 63
Jo-Jo Moore: D
Frank Demaree: S1.2-3
Mel Ott: 4/P
Harry Danning: S.3-H;1-2
Babe Young: 3/G

Bot 1

Stan Hack: 6/P
Billy Herman: W
Augie Galan: 54(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH)
Hank Leiber: 63

Top 2

Billy Jurges: S.BX1(243)
Mickey Witek: W
Carl Hubbell: 34/SH.1-2
Burgess Whitehead: S.2-H
Jo-Jo Moore: 3/G

Bot 2

Bill Nicholson: 43
Phil Cavarretta: K/C
Al Todd: HR
Bobby Mattick: S
Larry French: S.1-2
Stan Hack: 13

Top 3

Frank Demaree: 13
Mel Ott: W
Harry Danning: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Billy Herman: 6/P
Augie Galan: 63
Hank Leiber: 8

Top 4

Babe Young: 8/F
Billy Jurges: 8/F
Mickey Witek: 8/F

Bot 4

Bill Nicholson: 43
Phil Cavarretta: W
Al Todd: S.1-3
Bobby Mattick: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Larry French: 5/P

Top 5

Carl Hubbell: 5/L
Burgess Whitehead: 63
Jo-Jo Moore: 5/FL

Bot 5

Stan Hack: 13
Billy Herman: 7/F
Augie Galan: 6/P

Top 6

Frank Demaree: 7/F
Mel Ott: S
Harry Danning: K+CS2(26)/DP

Bot 6

Hank Leiber: HR
Bill Nicholson: 43
Phil Cavarretta: 7
Al Todd: 63

Top 7

Babe Young: 13
Billy Jurges: 4/P
Mickey Witek: S
Carl Hubbell: 3/G

Bot 7

Bobby Mattick: 43
Larry French: 63
Stan Hack: W
Billy Herman: 54(1)/FO

Top 8

Burgess Whitehead: 63
Jo-Jo Moore: 7/L
Frank Demaree: S
Mel Ott: 2/FL

Bot 8

Augie Galan: 7/F
Hank Leiber: S
Bill Nicholson: K+CS2(26)/DP

Top 9

Harry Danning: E6
Bob Seeds: K/C
Billy Jurges: 9/F
Mickey Witek: 4/P