New York Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 23, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1940 at Shibe Park. The New York Giants 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Giants 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rucker cf 3 0 0 0
Jurges ss 4 0 1 0
Demaree lf 4 0 1 0
Ott rf 2 0 0 1
Danning c 4 0 1 0
Young 1b 4 0 2 0
Witek 2b 3 0 0 0
Whitehead 3b 3 0 0 0
Gumbert p 4 1 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Schulte 2b 4 0 0 0
Martin cf 3 0 1 0
Klein rf 3 0 0 0
Arnovich lf 4 0 1 0
Suhr 1b 3 0 1 0
Warren c 3 0 0 0
May 3b 3 0 0 0
Scharein ss 2 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 0 0
  Bragan ss 0 0 0 0
Higbe p 2 0 1 0
  Benjamin ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
New York 000 000 100–150
Philadelphia 000 000 000–042
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gumbert  W(1-0) 9.0 4 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Higbe  L(1-1) 8.0 4 1 0 8 5
  Brown   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
8
6
  E–Suhr (2), Scharein (1).  DP–New York 1, Philadelphia 1.  3B–Philadelphia Martin (1).  SH–Rucker (1).  Team LOB–12.  Team–4.  U–Lee Ballanfant, Bick Campbell, Bill Klem.  T–1:46.  A–5,000.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook

Copyright © 2000-2013. All Rights Reserved by Baseball-Almanac. Privacy Policy.Design by Geisler Young. Web hosting by Hosting 4 Less.
Part of the Baseball Almanac family: 755 Home Runs | Baseball Box Scores | Baseball Fever | Football Almanac | Pigskin Fever | Today in Baseball History.