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Browns
@ Indians
League Park
May 10, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the St. Louis Browns, played on May 10, 1940 at League Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 10, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Browns
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 10, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Browns |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Vern Kennedy |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Al Milnar |
| Ballpark | League Park |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 6,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 19 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cal Hubbard 1B: Eddie Rommel 2B: (none) 3B: George Moriarty |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Alan Strange | Shortstop |
| Wally Judnich | Center Fielder |
| George McQuinn | First Baseman |
| Rip Radcliff | Right Fielder |
| Harlond Clift | Third Baseman |
| Chet Laabs | Left Fielder |
| Don Heffner | Second Baseman |
| Bob Swift | Catcher |
| Vern Kennedy | Pitcher |
| Fred Haney | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Beau Bell | Right Fielder |
| Ben Chapman | Center Fielder |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
| Ray Mack | Second Baseman |
| Al Milnar | Pitcher |
| Ossie Vitt | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Browns
@ Indians
League Park
May 10, 1940
Top 1
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Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strange vs. Milnar
Strange hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Judnich vs. Milnar
Judnich hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuinn vs. Milnar
McQuinn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. McQuinn reaches second base with a double. Strange moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Radcliff vs. Milnar
Radcliff takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Clift vs. Milnar
Clift strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Laabs vs. Milnar
Laabs takes first base on ball four. Strange scores. McQuinn moves to third. Radcliff moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Heffner vs. Milnar
Heffner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Milnar fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Kennedy
Boudreau hits a line drive into right field. Radcliff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Kennedy
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Kennedy
Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Laabs throws the ball in to Strange who relays the ball to Heffner who tags Chapman trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Bell moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Trosky vs. Kennedy
Trosky hits a popup, foul, towards first. McQuinn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swift vs. Milnar
Swift takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Milnar
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Milnar fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strange vs. Milnar
Strange hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Judnich vs. Milnar
Hemsley fires to first and picks off Kennedy. View Play
Bottom 2
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Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Kennedy
Heath takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Kennedy
Keltner hits a fly ball into left field. Laabs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. Kennedy
There's a wild pitch. Heath moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hemsley vs. Kennedy
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Heath moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mack vs. Kennedy
Mack hits a fly ball into right field. Radcliff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Judnich vs. Milnar
Judnich hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Milnar
McQuinn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Milnar
Radcliff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clift vs. Milnar
Clift strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milnar vs. Kennedy
Milnar hits a fly ball into center field. Judnich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Kennedy
Boudreau is called out on strikes. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Kennedy
Bell is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Laabs vs. Milnar
Laabs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heffner vs. Milnar
Heffner hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swift vs. Milnar
Swift takes first base on ball four. Laabs moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kennedy vs. Milnar
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack fields it and throws to second for the out. Laabs moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Strange vs. Milnar
Strange hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Laabs scores. Kennedy moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Judnich vs. Milnar
Judnich strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Kennedy
Chapman hits a fly ball into center field. Judnich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Kennedy
Trosky hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Judnich. Trosky reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Kennedy
Heath hits a popup, foul, towards third. Clift settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keltner vs. Kennedy
Keltner is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Milnar
McQuinn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McQuinn for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Milnar
Radcliff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau misplays the ball. That's an error on Boudreau. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clift vs. Milnar
Clift hits a popup, foul, towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Laabs vs. Milnar
Laabs hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heffner vs. Milnar
Heffner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swift vs. Milnar
Swift hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Kennedy
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strange misplays the ball. That's an error on Strange. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mack vs. Kennedy
Mack hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Judnich. Mack reaches second base with a double. Hemsley moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Campbell vs. Kennedy
Soup Campbell pinch hits for Al Milnar.
Campbell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boudreau vs. Kennedy
Boudreau hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Radcliff. Boudreau reaches second base with a double. Hemsley scores. Mack scores. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Kennedy
There's a wild pitch. Boudreau moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bell vs. Kennedy
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boudreau scores. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Kennedy
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trosky vs. Kennedy
Trosky hits a fly ball into right field. Radcliff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Kennedy
Heath hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Radcliff. Heath reaches second base with a double. Bell scores. Chapman goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keltner vs. Kennedy
Keltner hits a line drive into left field. Laabs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Zuber
Bill Zuber now pitching.
Kennedy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strange vs. Zuber
Strange bunts towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. Kennedy moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Judnich vs. Zuber
Judnich takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McQuinn vs. Eisenstat
Harry Eisenstat now pitching.
McQuinn strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Radcliff vs. Eisenstat
Radcliff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Kennedy
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Kennedy
Mack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strange scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Eisenstat vs. Kennedy
Eisenstat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Eisenstat
Clift hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Laabs vs. Eisenstat
Laabs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heffner vs. Eisenstat
Heffner hits a popup towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swift vs. Eisenstat
Swift hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Kennedy
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Kennedy
Bell hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Heffner reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Kennedy
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strange scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Eisenstat
Joe Gallagher pinch hits for Vern Kennedy.
Gallagher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strange vs. Eisenstat
Strange hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Judnich vs. Eisenstat
Judnich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Mills
Lefty Mills now pitching.
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards first. McQuinn fields the ball and throws to Mills covering. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Mills
Heath hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Trosky moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keltner vs. Mills
Keltner hits a fly ball into left field. Laabs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hemsley vs. Mills
Hemsley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Trosky scores. Heath moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mack vs. Mills
Mack hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Radcliff. Mack reaches second base with a double. Heath scores. Hemsley goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Eisenstat vs. Lawson
Roxie Lawson now pitching.
Eisenstat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mack moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boudreau vs. Lawson
Boudreau hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mack scores. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Lawson
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Judnich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Browns, 4 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Eisenstat
McQuinn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Eisenstat
Radcliff hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clift vs. Eisenstat
Clift hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Laabs vs. Eisenstat
Laabs strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/10/1940 -- St.Louis at Cleveland
St.Louis AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Strange A, ss 4 1 2 1 Boudreau L, ss 5 1 2 3
Judnich W, cf 4 0 0 0 Bell B, rf 4 1 1 1
McQuinn G, 1b 5 0 1 0 Chapman B, cf 4 1 2 0
Radcliff R, rf 4 1 2 0 Trosky H, 1b 4 1 2 0
Clift H, 3b 5 0 0 0 Heath J, lf 3 1 2 2
Laabs C, lf 3 2 2 3 Keltner K, 3b 4 0 0 0
Heffner D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Hemsley R, c 4 2 1 1
Swift B, c 2 0 0 0 Mack R, 2b 4 2 2 2
Kennedy V, p 3 0 1 0 Milnar A, p 1 0 0 0
Gallagher J, ph 1 0 1 0 Campbell S, ph 1 0 0 0
Mills L, p 0 0 0 0 Zuber B, p 0 0 0 0
Lawson R, p 0 0 0 0 Eisenstat H, p 2 0 0 0
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35 4 10 4 36 9 12 9
St.Louis 100 120 000 -- 4
Cleveland 000 050 04x -- 9
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy V (L) 7.0 7 5 2 2 4
Mills L 0.1 4 4 4 0 0
Lawson R 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Milnar A (W) 5.0 7 4 2 4 3
Zuber B 0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Eisenstat H (S) 3.2 2 0 0 1 2
E -- Boudreau L, Strange A
DP -- Cleveland 1
LOB -- St.Louis 11, Cleveland 5
2B -- McQuinn G, Trosky H, Mack R 2, Boudreau L, Heath J
HR -- Laabs C
SH -- Strange A
WP -- Kennedy V 2
T -- 2:19
A -- 6000
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