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New York Giants @ Philadelphia Phillies

1940-04-23 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 5000 · 1:46

New York Giants defeated Philadelphia Phillies 1–0. Harry Gumbert earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Harry Gumbert L: Kirby Higbe SV: (none)

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Jurges	4	0	1	0	1	0
Frank Demaree	4	0	1	0	1	1
Mel Ott	2	0	0	1	3	1
Harry Danning	4	0	1	0	0	0
Babe Young	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	3	0	0	0	1	1
Burgess Whitehead	3	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Gumbert	4	1	0	0	0	3

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Ham Schulte	4	0	0	1
Hersh Martin	3	1	1	0
Chuck Klein	3	0	1	0
Morrie Arnovich	4	1	0	0
Gus Suhr	3	1	0	0
Bennie Warren	3	0	0	2
Pinky May	3	0	0	0
George Scharein	2	0	0	1
Kirby Higbe	2	1	0	0
Heinie Mueller	1	0	0	1
Stan Benjamin	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Gumbert	9.0	4	2	5

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	8.0	4	8	5
Lloyd Brown	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Rucker: W
Billy Jurges: 99/G.1-2
Frank Demaree: K
Mel Ott: 43

Bot 1

Ham Schulte: K
Hersh Martin: 99
Chuck Klein: 99

Top 2

Harry Danning: S6.B-2(E6/TH)
Babe Young: S.2-3
Mickey Witek: FC1.3XH(1252);1-2
Burgess Whitehead: 2/FL
Harry Gumbert: K

Bot 2

Morrie Arnovich: 99
Gus Suhr: S
Bennie Warren: K
Pinky May: 6

Top 3

Johnny Rucker: 99
Billy Jurges: 99
Frank Demaree: S
Mel Ott: WP.1-2
Mel Ott: W
Harry Danning: 99

Bot 3

George Scharein: K
Kirby Higbe: S/G
Ham Schulte: 99(1)/FO
Hersh Martin: W.1-2
Chuck Klein: 43

Top 4

Babe Young: S
Mickey Witek: K
Burgess Whitehead: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Morrie Arnovich: S
Gus Suhr: 99(1)/FO
Bennie Warren: 8
Pinky May: PO1(99)

Top 5

Harry Gumbert: K
Johnny Rucker: 99
Billy Jurges: 99

Bot 5

Pinky May: 99
George Scharein: 99
Kirby Higbe: 99

Top 6

Frank Demaree: W
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Harry Danning: 99/F.2-3
Babe Young: 4/F9S
Mickey Witek: 99(1)/FO

Bot 6

Ham Schulte: 99
Hersh Martin: T9
Chuck Klein: IW
Morrie Arnovich: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Burgess Whitehead: W
Harry Gumbert: FC3/BG.1-2(E3/TH)
Johnny Rucker: 23/SH.2-3;1-2
Billy Jurges: IW
Frank Demaree: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Mel Ott: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Harry Danning: 99/F

Bot 7

Gus Suhr: 99
Bennie Warren: K
Pinky May: 99

Top 8

Babe Young: 99
Mickey Witek: W
Burgess Whitehead: 99
Harry Gumbert: K

Bot 8

Heinie Mueller: K
Stan Benjamin: 99/G
Ham Schulte: 99

Top 9

Johnny Rucker: 99
Billy Jurges: S
Frank Demaree: 99/G.1-2
Mel Ott: K

Bot 9

Hersh Martin: 99
Chuck Klein: 99
Morrie Arnovich: 99