St. Louis Browns vs Philadelphia Athletics
August 22, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1940 at Shibe Park. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 8, Philadelphia Athletics 4

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Heffner 2b 5 0 2 2
Grace rf 5 1 2 0
Radcliff lf 5 1 1 0
Judnich cf 5 1 1 1
Clift 3b 4 1 1 2
McQuinn 1b 4 1 3 0
Berardino ss 5 2 5 1
Susce c 4 1 2 1
Harris p 4 0 1 1
Totals 41 8 18 8
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Gantenbein 3b 5 1 2 0
Moses rf 4 1 0 0
Chapman S. cf 3 1 1 1
Miles lf 4 0 2 1
Siebert 1b 4 0 1 1
Hayes c 3 1 1 0
McCoy 2b 3 0 0 0
Brancato ss 3 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 1 1
  Chapman F. pr 0 0 0 0
Babich p 2 0 0 0
  Dean p 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
St. Louis 000 031 1038180
Philadelphia 100 002 001480
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  W(8-10) 9.0 8 4 4 3 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
1
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Babich  L(10-11) 5.2 11 4 4 2 1
  Dean   3.1 7 4 4 1 2
Totals
9.0
18
8
8
3
3

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. Heffner-Berardino-McQuinn.  2B–St. Louis Judnich (22); McQuinn 2 (30), Philadelphia Gantenbein (3); S. Chapman (20); D. Miles (5); Siebert (27); Hayes (16).  3B–St. Louis Heffner (2), Philadelphia D. Miles (4).  SH–Heffner (2); McQuinn (7); Susce (3).  Team LOB–12.  Team–6.  SB–Clift (8).  U–Red Ormsby, John Quinn, Harry Geisel.  T–2:32.  A–8,154.
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