Philadelphia Phillies vs Cincinnati Reds
September 19, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1939 at Crosley Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Phillies 13, Cincinnati Reds 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Hughes 2b 3 3 3 1
Bates cf 6 2 1 0
Marty rf 6 1 3 3
Arnovich lf 5 3 1 1
Suhr 1b 3 1 2 4
May 3b 4 1 0 0
Scharein ss 5 1 1 1
Warren c 5 1 2 1
Higbe p 3 0 0 0
Totals 40 13 13 11
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 3 0 1 0
Frey 2b 3 0 1 0
Goodman rf 4 0 0 0
McCormick 1b 4 0 1 0
Lombardi c 1 0 0 0
  Galatzer pr 0 0 0 0
  Hershberger c 2 0 0 0
Craft cf 2 0 0 0
  DiMaggio cf 2 0 0 0
Berger lf 2 0 0 0
  Gamble lf 1 1 1 0
Myers ss 1 0 0 0
  Joost ss 1 0 0 1
Vander Meer p 0 0 0 0
  Niggeling p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 2 0 2 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
Philadelphia 510 040 012–13130
Cincinnati 000 000 010–165
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Higbe  W(11-13) 9.0 6 1 1 2 7
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Vander Meer  L(5-9) 0.0 1 4 3 2 0
  Niggeling   4.1 5 5 3 1 3
  Johnson   4.2 7 4 3 3 1
Totals
9.0
13
13
9
6
4
  E–Werber (30), Myers 3 (37), Niggeling (2).  DP–Philadelphia 3. Scharein-Hughes-Suhr, May-Hughes-Suhr, May-Hughes-Suhr.  2B–Philadelphia Suhr 2 (21); Scharein (16).  3B–Philadelphia Hughes (1); Marty (6), Cincinnati Gamble (2).  SH–May (24); Higbe 2 (7); Joost (9).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Lombardi (2).  Team–5.  U–Larry Goetz, Babe Pinelli, Beans Reardon.  T–1:56.  A–3,044.
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