Philadelphia Phillies vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 14, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1940 at Ebbets Field. 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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Philadelphia Phillies 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
May 3b 5 0 1 2
Schulte 2b 3 0 0 0
  Mazzera ph 1 0 0 0
  Monchak 2b 1 0 0 0
Marty cf 5 1 1 0
Rizzo rf 4 1 3 2
Warren c 4 1 1 0
Bragan ss 3 1 0 0
Mueller lf 2 1 0 0
Mahan 1b 4 0 3 1
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  Frye p 0 0 0 0
  Klein ph 1 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
  Atwood ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 3 3 2 0
Walker cf 4 0 1 3
Camilli 1b 3 1 1 2
Phelps c 4 0 1 0
Medwick lf 4 1 1 0
Vosmik rf 4 0 1 1
Lavagetto 3b 4 0 0 0
Coscarart 2b 2 0 1 0
Fitzsimmons p 3 1 1 0
  Casey p 0 0 0 0
  Carleton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
Philadelphia 000 100 301590
Brooklyn 101 021 10x690
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L(2-10) 5.0 8 5 5 2 0
  Frye   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Beck   2.0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
5
3
0
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzsimmons  W(12-2) 6.0 6 4 4 1 0
  Casey   2.0 3 1 1 3 1
  Carleton  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
2

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 2. Bragan-Schulte-Mahan, Frye-Bragan-Mahan.  PB–Phelps (4).  2B–Philadelphia Marty (11); Rizzo (13); Mahan 2 (15), Brooklyn Reese (8); Medwick (20).  3B–Brooklyn Reese (4); Walker (7).  HR–Philadelphia Rizzo (15,7th inning off Fitzsimmons 0 on), Brooklyn Camilli (14,1st inning off Si Johnson 0 on).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  U–Tom Dunn, Ziggy Sears, Lou Jorda.
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