Brooklyn Dodgers vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 23, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1939 at Shibe Park. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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)
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Brooklyn Dodgers 22, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Coscarart 2b 7 2 2 2
Lavagetto 3b 6 4 6 0
Walker cf 7 2 3 3
Camilli 1b 6 2 3 2
Ripple lf 6 4 3 2
Moore rf 5 4 2 3
Todd c 3 2 3 2
  Hartje c 1 0 1 2
Hudson ss 5 1 2 3
Pressnell p 6 1 2 2
Totals 52 22 27 21
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Letchas 2b 5 0 0 0
Bates cf 5 0 1 0
Benjamin lf 5 0 1 0
Marty rf 4 2 1 0
Suhr 1b 1 0 0 0
  Bolling 1b 3 1 1 1
May 3b 1 0 0 0
  Shilling 3b 3 0 2 2
Scharein ss 1 0 0 0
  Young ss 3 1 1 0
Warren c 4 0 3 1
Higbe p 0 0 0 0
  Kerksieck p 0 0 0 0
  Pearson p 3 0 1 0
  Kracher ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 39 4 12 4
Brooklyn 514 302 43022270
Philadelphia 000 200 1104122
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Pressnell  W(9-6) 9.0 12 4 4 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
0
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Higbe  L(11-14) 0.0 4 4 4 0 0
  Kerksieck   2.2 7 6 6 2 1
  Pearson   6.1 16 12 11 4 3
Totals
9.0
27
22
21
6
4

  E–Letchas (1), Young (16).  DP–Philadelphia 3. Warren-Scharein, Letchas-Scharein-Bolling, Bolling-Young-Bolling.  PB–Warren (1).  2B–Brooklyn Lavagetto (25); Ripple 3 (8), Philadelphia Bolling (10); Young (9).  3B–Brooklyn Lavagetto (3); Walker (4); Camilli (12), Philadelphia Shilling 2 (2).  HR–Brooklyn Coscarart (4,3rd inning off Kerksieck 1 on); Moore (2,8th inning off Pearson 2 on); Hudson (1,4th inning off Pearson 2 on).  HBP–Hudson (2).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  U–George Magerkurth, Bill Stewart, Ziggy Sears.
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