Boston Braves 8 – 15 Chicago Cubs
9 June 1940 · CHI11
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 15-13-5 runs-hits-errors line | Chicago Cubs | 1 in 221,502 games |
| 50 | final score 15–8 | 1 in 2,655 games | |
| 12 | 4 hits | Phil Cavarretta | 1 in 138 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Braves | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | – | 15 | 13 | 5 |
Box score
Boston Braves batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Hassett | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Moore | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bama Rowell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sibby Sisti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Max West | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3B |
| Chet Ross | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tony Cuccinello | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Lopez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Masi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Miller | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Al Javery | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rabbit Warstler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 38 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
Boston Braves pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Barnicle | 1.1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Al Javery | 4.2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Dick Coffman | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Strincevich | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Cubs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Hack | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2B |
| Phil Cavarretta | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gleeson | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Bill Nicholson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Billy Herman | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dom Dallessandro | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Al Todd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Augie Galan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mattick | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rip Russell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vance Page | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Root | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ken Raffensberger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Billy Rogell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 39 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 |
Chicago Cubs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Root | 3.2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Ken Raffensberger | 3.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vance Page | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |