DET @ CIN

October 07, 1940

Final Score: DET 0 - CIN 4

Game Information

Ballpark
Crosley Field
Attendance
30,481
Game Duration
121 minutes
Day/Night
Day
Winning Pitcher
Bucky Walters
Losing Pitcher
Schoolboy Rowe

Umpires

Home Plate
Red Ormsby
First Base
Lee Ballanfant
Second Base
Steve Basil
Third Base
Bill Klem

Line Score

DET @ CIN — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
CIN 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 x 4 10 2

DET Batting

DET @ CIN — DET Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Earl Averill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dick Bartell 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .667
Bruce Campbell 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Frank Croucher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Charlie Gehringer 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Johnny Gorsica 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Hank Greenberg 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Pinky Higgins 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Fred Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Barney McCosky 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Schoolboy Rowe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Billy Sullivan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Birdie Tebbetts 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rudy York 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Team Totals 31 0 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 .161

CIN Batting

DET @ CIN — CIN Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Ival Goodman 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Eddie Joost 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Frank McCormick 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Mike McCormick 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Billy Myers 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Jimmy Ripple 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Bucky Walters 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250
Billy Werber 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400
Jimmie Wilson 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Team Totals 32 4 10 4 5 4 1 0 1 0 .312

DET Pitching

DET @ CIN — DET Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Johnny Gorsica - 6.2 5 1 1 4 3 0 1.35
Fred Hutchinson - 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.00
Schoolboy Rowe (L) L 0.1 4 2 2 0 0 0 54.00
Team Totals 8.0 10 4 4 5 4 1 4.50

CIN Pitching

DET @ CIN — CIN Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Bucky Walters (W) W 9.0 5 0 0 2 2 0 0.00
Team Totals 9.0 5 0 0 2 2 0 0.00

Detroit Tigers at Cincinnati Reds, October 7, 1940

This box score records a 4-0 win for the Cincinnati Reds over the Detroit Tigers at Crosley Field, October 7, 1940 in the World Series. Retrosheet records attendance of 30,481, a running time of 121 minutes, and a day start for this game. The Detroit Tigers did not score. The line score has the Cincinnati Reds crossing the plate in the first, sixth, and eighth; the first brought 2 runs. The Detroit Tigers had 5 hits and the Cincinnati Reds 10, with 0 and 2 errors. The win went to Bucky Walters, allowing 0 earned runs on 5 hits in 9.0 innings. Schoolboy Rowe took the loss after 0.1 innings and 2 runs. The Detroit Tigers' pitching table lists Johnny Gorsica, Fred Hutchinson, and Schoolboy Rowe. Dick Bartell led the Detroit Tigers at the plate: 2 for 3 and 1 double. For the Cincinnati Reds, Ival Goodman went 2 for 4 and 1 RBI. Bucky Walters drove in 2 for the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds got another home run from Bucky Walters. Behind the plate was umpire Red Ormsby.

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