St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 16, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1939 at Forbes Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Lary ss,3b 4 0 0 0
Brown 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 3 0 0 0
Mize 1b 4 0 1 0
Padgett c 4 0 1 0
  Owen c 0 0 0 0
Martin P. lf 4 2 1 0
Moore cf 4 2 3 4
Gutteridge 3b 2 0 1 0
  Martin S. 2b 2 0 1 0
Weiland p 2 0 0 0
  Bowman p 1 0 0 0
  Shoun p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bell cf 2 0 0 1
  Waner L. cf 0 0 0 0
  Tobin ph 1 0 0 0
Vaughan ss 4 0 0 0
Rizzo lf 4 0 1 0
Klein rf 3 0 0 0
Fletcher 1b 4 0 1 0
Brubaker 3b 4 0 0 0
Young 2b 4 3 4 0
Mueller c 2 0 2 2
Klinger p 3 0 0 0
  Waner P. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
St. Louis 000 000 202483
Pittsburgh 001 010 100381
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Weiland   7.1 7 3 1 2 1
  Bowman  W(8-4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Shoun  SV(6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
1
2
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Klinger  L(11-12) 9.0 8 4 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
1
4

  E–Brown (27), Padgett (3), P. Martin (5), Vaughan (25).  DP–St. Louis 1. Brown-S. Martin-Mize, Pittsburgh 1. Young-Vaughan-Fletcher.  2B–Pittsburgh Young 3 (12).  HR–St. Louis Moore 2 (7,7th inning off Klinger 1 on,9th inning off Klinger 1 on).  SH–Weiland (3); Bell (5); Klein (8); Mueller (8).  Team LOB–5.  Team–7.  SB–Moore (5).  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Babe Pinelli.
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