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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-07-19 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 3000 · 1:52

St. Louis Browns defeated Philadelphia Athletics 9–7. St. Louis Browns put up 4 in the 2nd. Vern Kennedy earned the win. Bob Johnson went 2-for-5 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	9	16
PHA	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	7	12

W: Vern Kennedy L: Buck Ross SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Summers · 1B: Lou Kolls · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Grieve · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Grace	4	2	1	1	1	0
George McQuinn	5	1	1	1	0	0
Wally Judnich	5	1	3	2	0	0
Rip Radcliff	5	1	2	1	0	0
Johnny Berardino	5	1	1	2	0	1
Harlond Clift	4	0	0	0	1	0
Don Heffner	5	1	2	0	0	0
Bob Swift	5	1	4	0	0	0
Vern Kennedy	5	1	2	1	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Gantenbein	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Miles	5	1	3	1	0	0
Sam Chapman	5	2	3	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	5	2	2	4	0	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	3	1	0	0	1	0
Benny McCoy	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Brancato	3	0	1	0	1	0
Chubby Dean	4	0	1	1	0	0
Wally Moses	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Rubeling	1	1	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	9.0	12	2	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	2.0	7	0	0
Chubby Dean	7.0	9	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Grace: 7
George McQuinn: T9
Wally Judnich: 6/P
Rip Radcliff: S9.3-H
Johnny Berardino: 7

Bot 1

Joe Gantenbein: 13
Dee Miles: T.BXH(842)
Sam Chapman: S7
Bob Johnson: HR/7.1-H
Dick Siebert: 43

Top 2

Harlond Clift: 8
Don Heffner: S7/G
Bob Swift: S9.1-2
Vern Kennedy: S8.2-H;1-3
Joe Grace: D9.3-H;1-3
George McQuinn: 8.3-H
Wally Judnich: D9.2-H
Rip Radcliff: WP.2-3
Rip Radcliff: 8

Bot 2

Frankie Hayes: 43
Benny McCoy: S9
Al Brancato: 43.1-2
Chubby Dean: 13

Top 3

Johnny Berardino: 7
Harlond Clift: 8
Don Heffner: S8/F
Bob Swift: S8.1-3
Vern Kennedy: 46(1)/FO

Bot 3

Joe Gantenbein: 43
Dee Miles: S7/G
Sam Chapman: K
Bob Johnson: 7

Top 4

Joe Grace: 7/L
George McQuinn: 43
Wally Judnich: S9
Rip Radcliff: S8.1-H(E8/TH)(UR)(NR);B-3
Johnny Berardino: 8

Bot 4

Dick Siebert: 8
Frankie Hayes: W
Benny McCoy: 8
Al Brancato: S8.1-3
Chubby Dean: S7.3-H;1-3
Joe Gantenbein: 3/G

Top 5

Harlond Clift: W
Don Heffner: 8
Bob Swift: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Dee Miles: 8
Sam Chapman: 8
Bob Johnson: 7

Top 6

Vern Kennedy: D7
Joe Grace: W
George McQuinn: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Wally Judnich: D9.2-H;1-3
Rip Radcliff: 43
Johnny Berardino: K

Bot 6

Dick Siebert: 8/L
Frankie Hayes: 63
Benny McCoy: 43

Top 7

Harlond Clift: 31
Don Heffner: 7
Bob Swift: D7
Vern Kennedy: 13

Bot 7

Al Brancato: W
Chubby Dean: 54(1)/FO
Wally Moses: 64(1)/FO
Dee Miles: 5/P

Top 8

Joe Grace: 63
George McQuinn: 53
Wally Judnich: 43

Bot 8

Sam Chapman: S8
Bob Johnson: HR/8.1-H
Dick Siebert: 2/FL
Frankie Hayes: 63
Benny McCoy: 3/P

Top 9

Rip Radcliff: E3
Johnny Berardino: HR/7.1-H(UR)
Harlond Clift: 8/L
Don Heffner: 8
Bob Swift: S7
Vern Kennedy: K

Bot 9

Al Brancato: 43
Chubby Dean: 5/FL
Al Rubeling: D7
Dee Miles: S8.2-H
Sam Chapman: D9.1-3
Bob Johnson: WP.3-H;2-3
Bob Johnson: 8