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Phillies
@ Braves
Braves Field
August 16, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on August 16, 1939 at Braves Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 16, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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| Home Team |
Boston Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 16, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Home Team | Boston Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Syl Johnson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bill Posedel |
| Ballpark | Braves Field |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 3,270 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 54 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bick Campbell 1B: Charlie Moran 2B: (none) 3B: Ziggy Sears |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Scharein | Shortstop |
| Heinie Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Joe Marty | Center Fielder |
| Morrie Arnovich | Left Fielder |
| Gus Suhr | First Baseman |
| Pinky May | Third Baseman |
| Roy Hughes | Second Baseman |
| Spud Davis | Catcher |
| Syl Johnson | Pitcher |
| Doc Prothro | Manager |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Cooney | Center Fielder |
| Debs Garms | Right Fielder |
| Buddy Hassett | First Baseman |
| Tony Cuccinello | Second Baseman |
| Max West | Left Fielder |
| Hank Majeski | Third Baseman |
| Rabbit Warstler | Shortstop |
| Al Lopez | Catcher |
| Bill Posedel | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Phillies
@ Braves
Braves Field
August 16, 1939
Top 1
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scharein vs. Posedel
Scharein hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Posedel
Mueller hits a popup towards third. Majeski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marty vs. Posedel
Marty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Majeski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Johnson
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Johnson
Garms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hassett vs. Johnson
Hassett hits a fly ball into left field. Arnovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cuccinello vs. Johnson
Cuccinello hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Garms moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
West vs. Johnson
West strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnovich vs. Posedel
Arnovich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suhr vs. Posedel
Suhr takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Posedel
May is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hughes vs. Posedel
Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hassett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hughes for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Majeski vs. Johnson
Majeski hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Johnson
Warstler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Johnson
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. May fields it and throws to first for the out. Warstler moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Posedel vs. Johnson
Posedel hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Posedel reaches second base with a double. Warstler moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cooney vs. Johnson
Cooney hits a popup towards short. Scharein settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Garms vs. Johnson
Garms takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hassett vs. Johnson
Hassett hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Marty, who is chasing the ball. Hassett reaches third base with a triple. Warstler scores. Posedel scores. Garms goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cuccinello vs. Johnson
Cuccinello hits a fly ball into left field. Arnovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Posedel
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Posedel
Johnson 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 -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scharein vs. Posedel
Scharein hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Garms. Scharein reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Posedel
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hassett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mueller for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Johnson
West strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Majeski vs. Johnson
Majeski hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Johnson
Warstler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hughes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marty vs. Posedel
Marty hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnovich vs. Posedel
Arnovich hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cuccinello settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suhr vs. Posedel
Suhr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Posedel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Posedel
May takes first base on ball four. Suhr moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hughes vs. Posedel
Hughes 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
Bottom 4
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Johnson
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scharein scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Posedel vs. Johnson
Posedel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Johnson
Cooney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garms vs. Johnson
Garms hits a line drive into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Posedel
Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Posedel
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cuccinello fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scharein vs. Posedel
Scharein is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassett vs. Johnson
Hassett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Suhr scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hassett for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuccinello vs. Johnson
Cuccinello hits a fly ball into center field. Marty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Johnson
West hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Posedel
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Garms settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marty vs. Posedel
Marty hits a fly ball into right field. Garms settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnovich vs. Posedel
Arnovich takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Suhr vs. Posedel
Suhr takes first base on ball four. Arnovich moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
May vs. Posedel
May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Majeski fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Majeski vs. Johnson
Majeski hits a fly ball into left field. Arnovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Johnson
Warstler hits a line drive into center field. Marty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Johnson
Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Posedel vs. Johnson
Posedel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scharein scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Posedel
Hughes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Posedel
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Majeski fields it and throws to first for the out. Hughes moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brack vs. Posedel
Gibby Brack pinch hits for Syl Johnson.
Brack hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Garms. Brack reaches second base with a double. Hughes moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Martin vs. Posedel
Hersh Martin pinch hits for George Scharein.
Martin hits a popup towards short. Warstler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mueller vs. Posedel
Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hughes scores. Brack scores. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marty vs. Posedel
Marty strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Hoffman
Del Young now playing shortstop. Bill Hoffman now pitching.
Cooney hits a popup towards short. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Hoffman
Garms takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hassett vs. Hoffman
Hassett hits a popup, foul, towards third. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cuccinello vs. Hoffman
Cuccinello hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Garms moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
West vs. Hoffman
West is hit by the pitch. Cuccinello moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Majeski vs. Hoffman
Majeski hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Marty. Majeski reaches second base with a double. Garms scores. Cuccinello scores. West goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Warstler vs. Hoffman
Warstler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Hoffman
Lopez takes first base on ball four. Majeski moves to third. Warstler moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Posedel vs. Hoffman
Posedel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Majeski scores. Warstler scores. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cooney vs. Hoffman
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards third. May fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnovich vs. Posedel
Arnovich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Posedel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suhr vs. Posedel
Suhr hits a fly ball into left field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Posedel
May hits a popup towards first. Hassett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Hoffman
Garms takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hassett vs. Hoffman
Hassett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Garms moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cuccinello vs. Hoffman
Cuccinello hits a popup towards first. Suhr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
West vs. Hoffman
West hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Posedel
Sibby Sisti now playing second base.
Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Posedel
Davis hits a popup towards first. Hassett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Posedel
Bud Hafey pinch hits for Bill Hoffman.
Hafey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Majeski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/16/1939, game 1 -- Philadelphia at Boston (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Scharein G, ss 3 0 1 0 Cooney J, cf 5 0 1 0
Martin H, ph 1 0 0 0 Garms D, rf 2 2 1 0
Young D, ss 0 0 0 0 Hassett B, 1b 5 0 1 3
Mueller H, rf 4 0 1 2 Cuccinello T, 2b 5 1 2 0
Marty J, cf 4 0 0 0 Sisti S, 2b 0 0 0 0
Arnovich M, lf 3 0 0 0 West M, lf 4 1 0 0
Suhr G, 1b 2 0 1 0 Majeski H, 3b 4 2 2 4
May P, 3b 3 0 0 0 Warstler R, ss 3 2 1 0
Hughes R, 2b 4 1 1 0 Lopez A, c 3 0 1 0
Davis S, c 4 0 1 0 Posedel B, p 4 1 2 2
Johnson S, p 2 0 0 0
Brack G, ph 1 1 1 0
Hoffman B, p 0 0 0 0
Hafey B, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 2 6 2 35 9 11 9
Philadelphia 000 000 200 -- 2
Boston 040 000 50x -- 9
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson S (L) 6.0 8 4 4 1 2
Hoffman B 2.0 3 5 5 4 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Posedel B (W) 9.0 6 2 2 4 4
DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 7, Boston 8
2B -- Posedel B, Scharein G, Brack G, Majeski H
3B -- Hassett B
HR -- Majeski H
HBP -- by Hoffman B (West M)
T -- 1:54
A -- 3270
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