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Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies

1944-05-24 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 9945 · 2:03

Chicago Cubs defeated Philadelphia Blue Jays 2–0. Paul Erickson earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Paul Erickson L: Ken Raffensberger SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Dunn · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Magerkurth · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Schuster	4	1	1	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	2	1	0	0	1	0
Ed Sauer	3	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Nicholson	4	0	1	0	0	2
Andy Pafko	4	0	2	1	0	0
Roy Hughes	3	0	0	0	1	1
Don Johnson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Billy Holm	3	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Erickson	3	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Moon Mullen	5	0	0	1
Buster Adams	5	0	0	2
Jimmy Wasdell	1	0	3	0
Ron Northey	3	1	1	0
Tony Lupien	3	0	1	0
Charlie Letchas	4	2	0	0
Bob Finley	3	1	0	2
Ray Hamrick	2	1	1	0
Ken Raffensberger	3	0	0	2
Andy Seminick	1	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Erickson	9.0	5	6	8

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Raffensberger	9.0	7	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Schuster: 8
Phil Cavarretta: 8
Ed Sauer: S
Bill Nicholson: K

Bot 1

Moon Mullen: 63
Buster Adams: 7/P
Jimmy Wasdell: W
Ron Northey: 5/P

Top 2

Andy Pafko: S
Roy Hughes: 9
Don Johnson: S.1-3;BX2(86)
Billy Holm: K

Bot 2

Tony Lupien: W
Charlie Letchas: S.1-2
Bob Finley: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Ray Hamrick: W
Ken Raffensberger: K
Moon Mullen: K

Top 3

Paul Erickson: K
Bill Schuster: 7
Phil Cavarretta: 8

Bot 3

Buster Adams: 6
Jimmy Wasdell: 43
Ron Northey: S
Tony Lupien: 4(1)/FO

Top 4

Ed Sauer: 63
Bill Nicholson: S
Andy Pafko: 64(1)/FO
Roy Hughes: K

Bot 4

Charlie Letchas: S
Bob Finley: K
Ray Hamrick: S.1-3
Ken Raffensberger: 3/P
Moon Mullen: 2/FL

Top 5

Don Johnson: 3
Billy Holm: 7
Paul Erickson: K

Bot 5

Buster Adams: K
Jimmy Wasdell: W
Ron Northey: W.1-2
Tony Lupien: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Charlie Letchas: 7

Top 6

Bill Schuster: D
Phil Cavarretta: 34/SH.2-3
Ed Sauer: 9.3-H
Bill Nicholson: 7

Bot 6

Bob Finley: D
Ray Hamrick: 13/SH.2-3
Ken Raffensberger: K
Moon Mullen: 8

Top 7

Andy Pafko: 3
Roy Hughes: 8
Don Johnson: S
Billy Holm: PO1(136)

Bot 7

Buster Adams: K
Jimmy Wasdell: W
Ron Northey: 7
Tony Lupien: 3/P

Top 8

Billy Holm: 7
Paul Erickson: 53
Bill Schuster: 63

Bot 8

Charlie Letchas: 6/P
Bob Finley: K
Ray Hamrick: 7

Top 9

Phil Cavarretta: W
Ed Sauer: FC/SH.1-2
Bill Nicholson: K
Andy Pafko: D.2-H;1XH(8612)
Roy Hughes: W
Don Johnson: 9

Bot 9

Andy Seminick: K
Moon Mullen: 43
Buster Adams: 13