| Pittsburgh Pirates at Brooklyn Dodgers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 14, 1939 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Ebbets Field Attendance: 19444 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Brooklyn DodgersBKN | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | BKN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Ralph Kercheval 27 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | George Platukis 29 pass from Ernie Wheeler (Armand Niccolai kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Ace Parker 10 run (Bruiser Kinard kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Safety, Ernie Wheeler tackled in end zone by Harold Hill | 7 | 12 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
| 42 | LE | Sam Boyd |
| 23 | LT | Lou Midler |
| 18 | LG | Byron Gentry |
| 64 | C | Johnny Tosi |
| 39 | RG | John Perko |
| 17 | RT | Armand Niccolai |
| 24 | RE | Bernie Scherer |
| 25 | TB | Hugh McCullough |
| 55 | BB | Rink Bond |
| 10 | WB | Dick Nardi |
| 50 | FB | Sam Francis |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
| 99 | LE | Perry Schwartz |
| 15 | LT | Carl Kaplanoff |
| 26 | LG | Gust Zarnas |
| 21 | C | Joe Ratica |
| 17 | RG | John Golemgeske |
| 25 | RT | Bruiser Kinard |
| 14 | RE | Harold Hill |
| 7 | TB | Ace Parker |
| 9 | BB | Pug Manders |
| 1 | WB | Ralph Kercheval |
| 11 | FB | Ace Gutowsky |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Bob Masters | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Davidson | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Carl Littlefield | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Sam Francis | 11 | 11 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Wheeler | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Hugh McCullough | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Nardi | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Karl Schuelke | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Len Janiak | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Ace Parker | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| Ace Gutowsky | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Kercheval | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Beattie Feathers | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||
| Ernie Wheeler | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 57 | 9.5 | 29t | 1 | 69.4 | ||
| Hugh McCullough | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 42 | 10.5 | 42 | 0 | 31.2 | ||
| Dick Nardi | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 95.8 | ||
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||||
| Ace Parker | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 0 | 90 | 7.5 | 0 | 68.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Sam Boyd | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 42 | 0 |
| George Platukis | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Bob Masters | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Perry Schwartz | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Harold Hill | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Ernie Wheeler | 3 | 132 | 44.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Ralph Kercheval | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
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