Paul Derringer wins 20th game

September 7, 1938

Cincinnati's Paul Derringer became the 1st pitcher in the Major Leagues to win 20 games this season with a complete game 1-0 shutout victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

BOXSCORE: 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1938 Cincinnati Reds            9/7/1938
 
  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Waner CF          4  0  1  0 .346     L.Frey 2B           4  0  1  0 .269  
  P.Waner RF          3  0  1  0 .273     W.Berger LF         3  0  1  0 .323  
  J.Rizzo LF          4  0  0  0 .280     I.Goodman RF        4  0  1  0 .300  
  G.Suhr 1B           4  0  1  0 .306     F.McCormick 1B      4  0  0  0 .299  
  P.Young 2B          4  0  1  0 .258     E.Lombardi C        2  1  1  0 .354  
  L.Handley 3B        3  0  1  0 .275     H.Craft CF          4  0  0  0 .238  
  T.Thevenow SS       4  0  1  0 .250     L.Riggs 3B          3  0  0  1 .262  
  A.Todd C            4  0  1  0 .268     N.Richardson SS     4  0  1  0 .306  
A-A.Vaughan PR        0  0  0  0 .302     P.Derringer P       1  0  0  0 .172  
  B.Klinger P         4  0  0  0 .071                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  0  7  0                 Totals      29  1  5  1
 
A-Pinch Ran For Todd In 9th Inning
 
Pirates......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  7  2
Reds............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1    -  1  5  0
 
Pirates (74-54)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Klinger LOSS(10-7)      8       5   1   1   4   2   0   2.76
Totals                    8       5   1   1   4   2   0
 
Reds (75-56)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Derringer WIN(20-8)     9       7   0   0   2   3   0   2.66
Totals                    9       7   0   0   2   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 24,052 DATE- Wednesday, September 7th 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:22
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 9  Reds:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0  Reds: 0
ERRORS- J.Rizzo, T.Thevenow
DOUBLES- E.Lombardi(23rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Riggs, P.Derringer
WALKS- P.Waner, L.Handley, W.Berger, E.Lombardi-2, P.Derringer
STRIKE OUTS- P.Young, B.Klinger-2, W.Berger, H.Craft
RLISP 2-out- E.Lombardi-2, P.Young, W.Berger-2, L.Riggs, A.Todd, I.Goodman,
             F.McCormick-2, G.Suhr, B.Klinger
 
Paul Derringer threw a complete game shutout at Crosley Field where the
Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates by the score of 1 to
0.
 
Derringer(20-8) looked very much in control throughout the day.  He gave up
just 7 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings.  Pittsburgh had a chance in the 9th but
they came up short.  
 
Bob Klinger(10-7) ended up with the loss.  'It's a disheartening loss, no
question about it' said Pie Traynor 'But we have to get over it and get ready
for the next game.'