NYA @ BRO

October 08, 1949

Final Score: NYA 6 - BRO 4

Game Information

Ballpark
Ebbets Field
Attendance
33,934
Game Duration
162 minutes
Day/Night
Day
Winning Pitcher
Eddie Lopat
Losing Pitcher
Don Newcombe
Save
Allie Reynolds

Umpires

Home Plate
Lou Jorda
First Base
Cal Hubbard
Second Base
Beans Reardon
Third Base
Art Passarella

Weather & Field Conditions

Temperature
75°F
Sky
Overcast

Line Score

NYA @ BRO — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NYA 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 10 0
BRO 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 9 1

NYA Batting

NYA @ BRO — NYA Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Hank Bauer 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Yogi Berra 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Bobby Brown 3 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 .667
Jerry Coleman 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Joe DiMaggio 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Tommy Henrich 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750
Eddie Lopat 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Cliff Mapes 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500
Allie Reynolds 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Phil Rizzuto 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Gene Woodling 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 34 6 10 6 6 1 3 1 0 0 .294

BRO Batting

NYA @ BRO — BRO Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Jack Banta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Tommy Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Roy Campanella 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Billy Cox 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Carl Erskine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Joe Hatten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gene Hermanski 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500
Gil Hodges 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Spider Jorgensen 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Eddie Miksis 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Don Newcombe 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Luis Olmo 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Pee Wee Reese 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500
Jackie Robinson 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Duke Snider 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Dick Whitman 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 35 4 9 4 1 9 1 0 0 0 .257

NYA Pitching

NYA @ BRO — NYA Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Eddie Lopat (W) W 5.2 9 4 4 1 4 0 6.35
Allie Reynolds (SV) SV 3.1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.00
Team Totals 9.0 9 4 4 1 9 0 4.00

BRO Pitching

NYA @ BRO — BRO Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Jack Banta - 3.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Carl Erskine - 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Joe Hatten - 1.1 3 3 3 2 0 0 20.25
Don Newcombe (L) L 3.2 5 3 3 3 0 0 7.36
Team Totals 9.0 10 6 6 6 1 0 6.00

New York Yankees at Brooklyn Dodgers, October 8, 1949

The New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-4 at Ebbets Field on October 8, 1949, a World Series game. Retrosheet records a crowd of 33,934, a running time of 162 minutes, and a day start for this game. The weather notes give 75 degrees and overcast skies. The New York Yankees' runs came in the fourth and fifth innings, 3 of them in the fourth. All of the Brooklyn Dodgers scoring came in one inning, 4 runs in the sixth. The New York Yankees had 10 hits and the Brooklyn Dodgers 9, with 0 and 1 errors. Eddie Lopat was the winning pitcher, allowing 4 earned runs on 9 hits in 5.2 innings. The loss was charged to Don Newcombe after 3.2 innings and 3 runs. The save went to Allie Reynolds. Allie Reynolds led all pitchers with 5 strikeouts. The Brooklyn Dodgers used Jack Banta, Carl Erskine, Joe Hatten, and Don Newcombe on the mound. For the New York Yankees, Tommy Henrich went 3 for 4. Bobby Brown drove in 3 for the New York Yankees. For the Brooklyn Dodgers, Gene Hermanski went 2 for 4 and 1 RBI. The home-plate umpire was Lou Jorda.

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