Boston Bees vs New York Giants
April 23, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1939 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants defeated the Boston Bees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Bees 2, New York Giants 4

Boston Bees ab   r   h rbi
Garms 3b 4 0 0 0
Fletcher 1b 3 1 1 0
Hassett rf 4 0 1 0
Simmons lf 4 1 1 0
Cuccinello 2b 4 0 2 1
West cf 4 0 1 1
Miller ss 4 0 0 0
Lopez c 3 0 0 0
  Masi c 0 0 0 0
Turner p 2 0 1 0
  Hodgin ph 1 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Moore lf 5 0 0 0
Myatt 3b 4 2 2 0
Danning c 4 0 3 0
Ott rf 4 1 2 1
Bonura 1b 3 1 2 1
Demaree cf 4 0 0 1
Jurges ss 4 0 2 1
Whitehead 2b 3 0 1 0
Gumbert p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 12 4
Boston 000 000 002272
New York 021 000 10x4121
  Boston Bees IP H R ER BB SO
Turner  L(0-1) 7.0 11 4 3 1 3
  Sullivan   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
4
3
1
3
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gumbert  W(2-0) 9.0 7 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
2

  E–Cuccinello (1), Miller (4), Moore (1).  2B–New York Danning (3).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Whitehead (1).  Team–9.  U–Bill Stewart, Babe Pinelli.  T–2:02.  A–33,211.
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