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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1944-07-16 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 40920 · 2:03

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago Cubs 1–0. Max Butcher earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Max Butcher L: Claude Passeau SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: George Barr · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ziggy Sears · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	0	1	1	0	2
Jim Russell	4	0	1	0	0	2
Johnny Barrett	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bob Elliott	3	0	0	0	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	0	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Lopez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Zak	2	0	0	0	0	0
Max Butcher	3	1	1	0	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	0	0	1
Roy Hughes	4	1	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	2	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	3	0	0	0
Dom Dallessandro	3	0	0	0
Andy Pafko	2	0	1	1
Don Johnson	3	1	0	0
Dewey Williams	3	0	0	0
Claude Passeau	2	0	0	0
Ival Goodman	1	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Butcher	9.0	2	1	3

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Passeau	9.0	4	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: K
Jim Russell: D
Johnny Barrett: 9
Bob Elliott: 9

Bot 1

Stan Hack: K23#
Roy Hughes: 99
Phil Cavarretta: 99

Top 2

Babe Dahlgren: 99
Vince DiMaggio: E6/TH.B-2
Al Lopez: 8(B)5(2)/DP

Bot 2

Bill Nicholson: 99
Dom Dallessandro: 99
Andy Pafko: W
Don Johnson: 4/P

Top 3

Frankie Zak: 99
Max Butcher: 99
Pete Coscarart: K

Bot 3

Dewey Williams: 99
Claude Passeau: 99
Stan Hack: 99

Top 4

Jim Russell: K
Johnny Barrett: K
Bob Elliott: 99

Bot 4

Roy Hughes: 99
Phil Cavarretta: 99
Bill Nicholson: 99

Top 5

Babe Dahlgren: 99
Vince DiMaggio: S8
Al Lopez: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Dom Dallessandro: 99
Andy Pafko: K
Don Johnson: S7
Dewey Williams: CS2(24)

Top 6

Frankie Zak: E6
Max Butcher: 99
Pete Coscarart: 99
Jim Russell: 99

Bot 6

Dewey Williams: 99
Claude Passeau: 99
Stan Hack: 99

Top 7

Johnny Barrett: W
Bob Elliott: W.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: WP.2-3;1-2
Babe Dahlgren: 7(B)2(3)/DP
Vince DiMaggio: E6
Al Lopez: 99

Bot 7

Roy Hughes: S
Phil Cavarretta: 99/SH.1-2
Bill Nicholson: 99/F
Dom Dallessandro: 3/G

Top 8

Tommy O'Brien: 13
Max Butcher: D7
Pete Coscarart: S7.2-H;B-3(E2)
Jim Russell: K
Johnny Barrett: 3/G

Bot 8

Andy Pafko: 99
Don Johnson: 99
Dewey Williams: 99

Top 9

Bob Elliott: 99
Babe Dahlgren: 99
Vince DiMaggio: 99

Bot 9

Ival Goodman: K
Stan Hack: 99
Roy Hughes: 99