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Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 10, 1917
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 10, 1917 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 10, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 10, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill James |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Babe Ruth |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Moriarty 1B: Billy Evans 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Donie Bush | Shortstop |
| Ossie Vitt | Third Baseman |
| Ty Cobb | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Veach | Left Fielder |
| Harry Heilmann | Right Fielder |
| George Burns | First Baseman |
| Ralph Young | Second Baseman |
| Tubby Spencer | Catcher |
| Bill James | Pitcher |
| Hughie Jennings | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Walsh | Center Fielder |
| Jack Barry | Second Baseman |
| Dick Hoblitzell | First Baseman |
| Larry Gardner | Third Baseman |
| Harry Hooper | Right Fielder |
| Duffy Lewis | Left Fielder |
| Everett Scott | Shortstop |
| Pinch Thomas | Catcher |
| Babe Ruth | Pitcher |
| Jack Barry | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 10, 1917
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Ruth
Bush hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitt vs. Ruth
Vitt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bush moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cobb vs. Ruth
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bush moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Veach vs. Ruth
Veach is hit by the pitch. Cobb moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Heilmann vs. Ruth
Heilmann takes first base on ball four. Bush scores. Cobb moves to third. Veach moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Burns vs. Ruth
Burns hits a fly ball for a double play. Cobb tags and scores. Veach scores. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walsh vs. James
Walsh takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barry vs. James
Barry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoblitzell vs. James
Hoblitzell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardner vs. James
Gardner hits a popup towards short. Bush settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ruth
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruth fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Ruth
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruth fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Ruth
James strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. James
Hooper hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. James
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. James fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. James
Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. James
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Ruth
Bush takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitt vs. Ruth
Vitt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bush moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cobb vs. Ruth
Cobb hits a fly ball into right field. Hooper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Veach vs. Ruth
Veach takes first base on ball four. Bush moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heilmann vs. Ruth
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heilmann vs. Ruth
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruth fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. James
Ruth hits a popup towards third. Vitt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walsh vs. James
Walsh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barry vs. James
Barry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoblitzell vs. James
Hoblitzell takes first base on ball four. Barry moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gardner vs. James
Gardner strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Ruth
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ruth
Young is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Ruth
Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Walsh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. James
Hooper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lewis vs. James
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. James
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Ruth
James strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Ruth
Bush hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitt vs. Ruth
Vitt hits a fly ball into left field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Ruth
There goes Bush. The throw from Thomas and he is out, Scott applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. James
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. James
Ruth hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walsh vs. James
Walsh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barry vs. James
Barry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoblitzell vs. James
Hoblitzell takes first base on ball four. Barry moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gardner vs. James
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Ruth
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruth fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Ruth
Veach hits a fly ball into left field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Ruth
Heilmann takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Ruth
Burns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Heilmann moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Ruth
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. James
Hooper hits a popup towards short. Bush settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. James
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. James
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. James fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Ruth
Spencer strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Ruth
James takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bush vs. Ruth
Bush hits a fly ball into left field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitt vs. Ruth
Vitt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott misplays the ball. That's an error on Scott. James moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cobb vs. Ruth
Ruth spins and fires to second, with Scott covering, and James is picked off. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. James
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. James
Ruth hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walsh vs. James
Walsh takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barry vs. James
Barry takes first base on ball four. Walsh moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hoblitzell vs. James
There goes Walsh. The throw from Spencer and he is safe. Walsh steals third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hoblitzell vs. James
Hoblitzell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Burns scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hoblitzell for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Ruth
Cobb hits a fly ball into center field. Walsh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Ruth
Veach is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Ruth
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruth fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. James
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hooper vs. James
Hooper takes first base on ball four. Gardner moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lewis vs. Boland
Bernie Boland now pitching.
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. Hooper moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shorten vs. Boland
Chick Shorten pinch hits for Everett Scott.
Shorten hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Ruth
Hal Janvrin now playing shortstop.
Burns hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ruth
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Ruth
Spencer hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Boland
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ruth vs. Boland
Mike McNally pinch runs for Pinch Thomas.
Ruth takes first base on ball four. McNally moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walsh vs. Boland
Walsh takes first base on ball four. McNally moves to third. Ruth moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Barry vs. Boland
Barry strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hoblitzell vs. Boland
Hoblitzell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Heilmann who is chasing the ball. Hoblitzell reaches third base with a triple. McNally scores. Ruth scores. Walsh goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gardner vs. Boland
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Burns scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gardner for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hooper vs. Boland
Hooper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hoblitzell scores. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/10/1917, game 1 -- DET at BOS (D)
DET AB R H RBI BOS AB R H RBI
Donie Bush, ss 3 2 2 0 Jimmy Walsh, cf 2 1 0 0
Ossie Vitt, 3b 4 0 0 0 Jack Barry, 2b 2 0 0 0
Ty Cobb, cf 4 1 1 0 Dick Hoblitzell, 1b 2 1 1 3
Bobby Veach, lf 2 1 0 0 Larry Gardner, 3b 5 0 1 0
Harry Heilmann, rf 2 0 0 1 Harry Hooper, rf 3 0 1 1
George Burns, 1b 3 0 1 1 Duffy Lewis, lf 4 0 0 0
Ralph Young, 2b 4 0 0 0 Everett Scott, ss 3 0 1 0
Tubby Spencer, c 4 0 0 0 Chick Shorten, ph 1 0 0 0
Bill James, p 2 0 0 0 Hal Janvrin, ss 0 0 0 0
Bernie Boland, p 0 0 0 0 Pinch Thomas, c 3 0 0 0
Mike McNally, pr 0 1 0 0
Babe Ruth, p 3 2 1 1
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28 4 4 2 28 5 5 5
DET 301 000 000 -- 4
BOS 000 010 004 -- 5
2 outs when winning run was scored.
DET IP H R ER BB SO
Bill James* 7.0 3 1 1 10 1
Bernie Boland (L) 1.2 2 4 4 3 1
BOS IP H R ER BB SO
Babe Ruth (W) 9.0 4 4 2 5 5
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Larry Gardner, Everett Scott
DP -- DET 3
LOB -- DET 4, BOS 10
3B -- Dick Hoblitzell
HR -- Babe Ruth
SB -- Bobby Veach, Donie Bush, Jimmy Walsh
CS -- Donie Bush
SF -- George Burns
HBP -- by Babe Ruth (Bobby Veach)
PB -- Pinch Thomas
T -- 2:05
A -- 0
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