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Pirates
@ Braves
Braves Field
July 23, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on July 23, 1939 at Braves Field.
Game Summary
| Date | July 23, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
Boston Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 23, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | Boston Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mace Brown |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Milt Shoffner |
| Ballpark | Braves Field |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ziggy Sears 1B: Lee Ballanfant 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Fern Bell | Center Fielder |
| Arky Vaughan | Shortstop |
| Johnny Rizzo | Left Fielder |
| Chuck Klein | Right Fielder |
| Elbie Fletcher | First Baseman |
| Lee Handley | Third Baseman |
| Pep Young | Second Baseman |
| Ray Berres | Catcher |
| Mace Brown | Pitcher |
| Pie Traynor | Manager |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Outlaw | Left Fielder |
| Debs Garms | Right Fielder |
| Buddy Hassett | First Baseman |
| Max West | Center Fielder |
| Tony Cuccinello | Second Baseman |
| Rabbit Warstler | Shortstop |
| Al Lopez | Catcher |
| Sibby Sisti | Third Baseman |
| Milt Shoffner | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Braves
Braves Field
July 23, 1939
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Shoffner
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Shoffner
Vaughan hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Garms settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Shoffner
Rizzo is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Outlaw vs. Brown
Outlaw hits a line drive into right field. Klein picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Klein. Outlaw moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garms vs. Brown
Garms bunts towards the mound. Brown fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Outlaw moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hassett vs. Brown
Hassett hits a fly ball towards left. Rizzo catches it and throws to home to double up Outlaw. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
West vs. Brown
West hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garms moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cuccinello vs. Brown
Cuccinello hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Shoffner
Klein bunts towards the mound. Shoffner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Shoffner
Fletcher strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Shoffner
Handley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of West who is chasing the ball. Handley reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Young vs. Shoffner
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sisti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Brown
Warstler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Brown
Lopez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sisti vs. Brown
Sisti hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Warstler moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shoffner vs. Brown
Shoffner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. Warstler moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Outlaw vs. Brown
Berres fires to first and picks off Shoffner. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berres vs. Shoffner
Berres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sisti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Shoffner
Brown hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Lopez scoops up the ball and tags Brown for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Shoffner
Bell hits a popup in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Outlaw vs. Brown
Outlaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan misplays the ball. That's an error on Vaughan. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garms vs. Brown
Garms hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hassett vs. Brown
Hassett hits a line drive towards short. Vaughan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
West vs. Brown
West hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Shoffner
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cuccinello scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Shoffner
Rizzo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sisti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Shoffner
Klein hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hassett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuccinello vs. Brown
Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Brown
Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Brown
Lopez hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Bell. Lopez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sisti vs. Brown
Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Shoffner
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shoffner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Shoffner
Handley bunts towards first. Hassett fields the ball and throws to Shoffner covering. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Shoffner
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Handley moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berres vs. Shoffner
Berres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sisti fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Young moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Shoffner
Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Garms settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shoffner vs. Brown
Shoffner is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Outlaw vs. Brown
Outlaw hits a fly ball into right field. Klein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Brown
Garms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Shoffner
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Warstler. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughan vs. Shoffner
Vaughan hits a popup towards short. Warstler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rizzo vs. Shoffner
Rizzo hits a line drive towards short. Warstler reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Klein vs. Shoffner
Klein hits a popup towards short. Warstler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassett vs. Brown
Hassett hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Brown
West hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuccinello vs. Brown
Cuccinello hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Warstler vs. Brown
Warstler hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Bell. Warstler reaches second base with a double. Cuccinello goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopez vs. Brown
Lopez strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Shoffner
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cuccinello scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Shoffner
Handley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Shoffner
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brubaker vs. Shoffner
Bill Brubaker pinch hits for Ray Berres.
Brubaker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sisti fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Sisti. Young moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tobin vs. Shoffner
Jim Tobin pinch hits for Mace Brown.
Tobin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Young scores. Brubaker moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Shoffner
Gus Suhr pinch runs for Jim Tobin.
Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brubaker scores. Suhr moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Vaughan vs. Shoffner
Vaughan takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rizzo vs. Shoffner
Rizzo is hit by the pitch. Suhr scores. Bell moves to third. Vaughan moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Klein vs. Shoffner
Klein hits a popup in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisti vs. Sewell
Ray Mueller now catching. Rip Sewell now pitching.
Sisti hits a fly ball into right field. Klein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shoffner vs. Sewell
Shoffner strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Outlaw vs. Sewell
Outlaw takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garms vs. Sewell
Garms takes first base on ball four. Outlaw moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hassett vs. Sewell
Hassett hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Young fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Shoffner
Fletcher is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Shoffner
Handley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Shoffner
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Handley moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mueller vs. Shoffner
Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Outlaw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sewell vs. Shoffner
Sewell hits a fly ball into left field. Outlaw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Sewell
West strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuccinello vs. Sewell
Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sewell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Sewell
Warstler hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Shoffner
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sisti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Shoffner
Vaughan hits a popup towards first. Hassett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Shoffner
Rizzo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shoffner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Klein vs. Shoffner
Klein hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Sewell
Lloyd Waner now playing center field.
Lopez hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisti vs. Sewell
Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Sewell
Al Simmons pinch hits for Milt Shoffner.
Simmons hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mueller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Outlaw vs. Sewell
Outlaw hits a fly ball into left field. Rizzo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/23/1939, game 1 -- Pittsburgh at Boston (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Bell F, cf 5 0 2 1 Outlaw J, lf 4 0 1 0
Waner L, cf 0 0 0 0 Garms D, rf 3 0 1 0
Vaughan A, ss 4 0 0 0 Hassett B, 1b 4 0 0 0
Rizzo J, lf 4 0 1 1 West M, cf 4 0 1 0
Klein C, rf 5 0 0 0 Cuccinello T, 2b 4 1 1 0
Fletcher E, 1b 4 0 0 0 Warstler R, ss 4 0 2 1
Handley L, 3b 3 0 3 0 Lopez A, c 4 1 2 1
Young P, 2b 4 1 2 0 Sisti S, 3b 4 0 1 0
Berres R, c 2 0 0 0 Shoffner M, p 3 0 0 0
Brubaker B, ph 1 1 0 0 Simmons A, ph 1 0 0 0
Mueller R, c 1 0 0 0
Brown M, p 2 0 0 0
Tobin J, ph 1 0 1 1
Suhr G, pr 0 1 0 0
Sewell R, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 3 9 3 35 2 9 2
Pittsburgh 000 000 300 -- 3
Boston 000 001 001 -- 2
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Brown M (W) 6.0 8 1 1 0 2
Sewell R (S) 3.0 1 1 1 2 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Shoffner M (L) 9.0 9 3 0 2 3
E -- Klein C, Vaughan A, Warstler R, Sisti S
DP -- Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 10, Boston 8
2B -- Lopez A, Warstler R
3B -- Handley L
HR -- Lopez A
HBP -- by Shoffner M (Rizzo J)
T -- 2:05
A -- 0
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