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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-08-31 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 4000 · 2:10

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 10–6. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 1st. Jim Bagby earned the win and Emerson Dickman picked up the save. 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
BOS	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	15
PHA	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	13

W: Jim Bagby L: George Caster SV: Emerson Dickman

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Moriarty · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	2	3	1	0	0
Doc Cramer	5	2	2	1	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	5	1	1	2	0	1
Ted Williams	5	1	0	1	0	0
Joe Cronin	5	0	1	0	0	3
Bobby Doerr	5	2	2	1	0	1
Lou Finney	5	0	3	1	0	0
Charlie Gelbert	4	1	2	1	1	0
Jim Bagby	3	1	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Rubeling	5	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Moses	4	1	2	1	1	0
Sam Chapman	5	1	3	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	5	2	2	4	0	0
Dick Siebert	5	0	2	0	0	0
Hal Wagner	3	0	1	0	2	1
Benny McCoy	4	0	1	0	1	0
Al Brancato	3	1	0	0	1	0
George Caster	1	0	0	0	0	1
Chubby Dean	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dee Miles	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Bagby	8.0	13	5	2
Emerson Dickman	1.0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Caster	2.1	11	1	3
Chubby Dean	6.2	4	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: S5
Doc Cramer: S8.1-3
Jimmie Foxx: S7.3-H;1-3
Ted Williams: E4/TH.3-H(RBI);1-3
Joe Cronin: K
Bobby Doerr: K/C
Lou Finney: S8.3-H(UR);1-3
Charlie Gelbert: S9.3-H(UR);1-2
Jim Bagby: 13

Bot 1

Al Rubeling: 13
Wally Moses: 8
Sam Chapman: 3/P

Top 2

Dom DiMaggio: S8
Doc Cramer: T/9.1-H
Jimmie Foxx: 9/L.3-H
Ted Williams: 43
Joe Cronin: K/C

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: 53
Dick Siebert: S
Hal Wagner: W.1-2
Benny McCoy: 4(1)/FO.2-3
Al Brancato: W.1-2
George Caster: K/C

Top 3

Bobby Doerr: D9
Lou Finney: S9.2-3;BX2(96)
Charlie Gelbert: W
Jim Bagby: S9.3-H;1-2
Dom DiMaggio: S7.2-H;1-H(E7)(NR)(UR);B-3
Doc Cramer: 53
Jimmie Foxx: 5/P

Bot 3

Al Rubeling: 8
Wally Moses: W
Sam Chapman: D7.1-3
Bob Johnson: HR/7.3-H;2-H
Dick Siebert: 63
Hal Wagner: S
Benny McCoy: 46(1)/FO

Top 4

Ted Williams: 9
Joe Cronin: 4/P
Bobby Doerr: 2/P

Bot 4

Al Brancato: 3/P
Chubby Dean: S
Al Rubeling: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Lou Finney: S5
Charlie Gelbert: S9.1-2
Jim Bagby: 99/SH.2-3;1-2#
Dom DiMaggio: 99/P#
Doc Cramer: 99/P#

Bot 5

Wally Moses: S
Sam Chapman: S.1-2#
Bob Johnson: 99#
Dick Siebert: 99#
Hal Wagner: K#

Top 6

Jimmie Foxx: K23#
Ted Williams: 99#
Joe Cronin: D9
Bobby Doerr: E6/TH.2-3
Lou Finney: 99/L#

Bot 6

Benny McCoy: S2/BG
Al Brancato: 46(1)/FO.BX1(6E3)
Chubby Dean: S8.1-2
Al Rubeling: 9.2-3
Wally Moses: S8.3-H(UR);1-2
Sam Chapman: S8.2-H(UR);1-2#
Bob Johnson: 99#

Top 7

Charlie Gelbert: 99#
Jim Bagby: 99#
Dom DiMaggio: 99#

Bot 7

Dick Siebert: 99#
Hal Wagner: 99#
Benny McCoy: W
Al Brancato: 99/F#

Top 8

Doc Cramer: 99#
Jimmie Foxx: 99#
Ted Williams: 99#

Bot 8

Chubby Dean: E4/TH
Al Rubeling: 99/F
Wally Moses: 99/F
Sam Chapman: 99/F#

Top 9

Joe Cronin: K
Bobby Doerr: HR/7
Lou Finney: 99/F#
Charlie Gelbert: 99/F#

Bot 9

Bob Johnson: HR/78
Dick Siebert: S7
Hal Wagner: W.1-2
Benny McCoy: 9
Dee Miles: 7
Chubby Dean: 4(1)/FO