Cincinnati Reds vs Detroit Tigers - October 6,1940

Visiting Team

Cincinnati Reds

Home Team

Detroit Tigers

Game Date

October 6,1940

Year

1940

Game Type

Playoffs: Major League Baseball World Series (Game 5)

Innings Played

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

55,189

Time of Game

2:26

Umpires

[HP]: Bill Klem [1B]: Red Ormsby [2B]: Lee Ballanfant [3B]: Steve Basil

4th inning: D7/7LD.2-H **into the left field corner**
4th inning: S.3-H;2-H;1-3 **beyond second**
5th inning: **Debut game for Johnny Vander Meer**
8th inning: **Debut game for Johnny Hutchings**
8th inning: 7/F7LD **fantastic running one-handed catch**
9th inning: 5/P **Higgins held the ball after colliding with Bartell**

Cincinnati Reds - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Billy Werber	3b	32.108	R	4	0	1	0	0	1	.444	5	11
2	Mike McCormick	cf	23.153	R	4	0	1	0	0	0	.273	5	14
3	Ival Goodman	rf	32.075	L	4	0	0	0	0	1	.286	5	11
4	Frank McCormick	1b	29.119	R	4	0	1	0	0	1	.200	5	14
5	Jimmy Ripple	lf	30.358	L	2	0	0	0	1	0	.250	5	17
6	Jimmie Wilson	c	40.075	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	4	20
	Bill Baker	ph-c	29.227	R	2	0	0	0	0	1	.250	3	3
7	Eddie Joost	2b	24.123	R	3	0	0	0	0	1	.250	5	7
8	Billy Myers	ss	30.053	R	2	0	0	0	1	0	.125	5	11
9	Junior Thompson	p	23.121	R	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	1	2
	Lonny Frey	ph	30.044	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2	8
	Lew Riggs	ph	30.167	L	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	3	6
Totals

GDP: Mike McCormick (1)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Dick Bartell	ss	32.319	R	4	1	2	1	1	0	.263	5	18
2	Barney McCosky	cf	23.178	L	3	2	2	0	2	0	.438	5	7
3	Charlie Gehringer	2b	37.148	L	4	2	2	0	1	0	.200	5	20
4	Hank Greenberg	lf	29.279	R	5	2	3	4	0	0	.381	5	23
5	Rudy York	1b	27.050	R	4	0	0	0	1	1	.222	5	21
6	Bruce Campbell	rf	30.352	L	4	0	3	2	1	1	.474	5	7
7	Pinky Higgins	3b	31.132	R	2	0	0	0	3	1	.353	5	14
8	Billy Sullivan	c	29.349	L	4	1	1	0	1	1	.111	3	5
9	Bobo Newsom	p	33.056	R	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2	4
Totals

2B: Dick Bartell (1)

HR: Hank Greenberg (1)

RBI: Dick Bartell (3), Hank Greenberg 4 (6), Bruce Campbell 2 (5)

SH: Bobo Newsom (1)

CS: Bruce Campbell (1)

Cincinnati Reds - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Junior Thompson	R	L 0-1	3.1	8	6	6	4	2	1	18.00	4.00	1	2
2	Whitey Moore	R		0.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.38	1.75	3	4
3	Johnny Vander Meer	L		3.0	2	0	0	3	2	0	0.00	1.67	1	1
4	Johnny Hutchings	R		1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	9.00	3.00	1	1
Totals				0.0

WP: Johnny Hutchings (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Junior Thompson (0-0-0), Whitey Moore (0-0-0), Johnny Vander Meer (0-0-0), Johnny Hutchings (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Bobo Newsom	R	W 2-0	9.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	1.00	0.78	2	2
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bobo Newsom (0-0-0)

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Cincinnati Reds	CIN		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	3	0		Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET		0	0	3		4	0	0		0	1	x		8	13	0		Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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