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Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
June 23, 1937
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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 June 23, 1937 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | June 23, 1937 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 23, 1937 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Roxie Lawson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jack Wilson |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 7,200 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 4 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Harry Geisel 1B: Bill Summers 2B: (none) 3B: Steve Basil |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Fox | Center Fielder |
| Flea Clifton | Shortstop |
| Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
| Hank Greenberg | First Baseman |
| Gee Walker | Right Fielder |
| Rudy York | Third Baseman |
| Chet Laabs | Left Fielder |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Catcher |
| Roxie Lawson | Pitcher |
| Del Baker | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Buster Mills | Left Fielder |
| Doc Cramer | Center Fielder |
| Ben Chapman | Right Fielder |
| Joe Cronin | Shortstop |
| Jimmie Foxx | First Baseman |
| Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
| Eric McNair | Second Baseman |
| Moe Berg | Catcher |
| Jack Wilson | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
June 23, 1937
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Wilson
Fox 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--
Clifton vs. Wilson
Clifton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fox moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gehringer vs. Wilson
Gehringer bunts towards the mound. Wilson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fox moves to third. Clifton moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Greenberg vs. Wilson
Greenberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Wilson
Walker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Wilson
York is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Laabs vs. Wilson
Laabs strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mills vs. Lawson
Mills bunts towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Lawson
Cramer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mills moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Chapman vs. Lawson
Chapman takes first base on ball four. Mills moves to third. Cramer moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cronin vs. Lawson
Cronin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mills scores. Cramer scores. Chapman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foxx vs. Lawson
Foxx takes first base on ball four. Chapman moves to third. Cronin moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Higgins vs. Lawson
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clifton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Chapman scores. Cronin moves to third. Foxx moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McNair vs. Lawson
McNair hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cronin scores. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berg vs. Lawson
Berg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Foxx scores. Higgins moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wilson vs. Poffenberger
Boots Poffenberger now pitching.
Wilson hits a line drive into center field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mills vs. Poffenberger
Mills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Wilson
Tebbetts hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Chapman. Tebbetts reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Poffenberger vs. Wilson
Poffenberger bunts in front of the plate. Berg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fox vs. Wilson
Fox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tebbetts scores. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clifton vs. Wilson
Clifton hits a line drive towards first. Foxx catches it and steps on first to double up Fox. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Poffenberger
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards third. York fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Poffenberger
Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cronin vs. Poffenberger
Cronin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poffenberger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Wilson
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McNair scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Wilson
Greenberg takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Wilson
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Wilson, and towards Cronin, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Greenberg moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
York vs. Wilson
York hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Poffenberger
Foxx strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Poffenberger
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards third. York fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNair vs. Poffenberger
McNair hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berg vs. Poffenberger
Berg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McNair moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wilson vs. Poffenberger
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clifton fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Laabs vs. Wilson
Laabs strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Wilson
Tebbetts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Poffenberger vs. Wilson
Poffenberger hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Cramer. Poffenberger reaches second base with a double. Tebbetts moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fox vs. Wilson
Fox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Clifton vs. Wilson
Clifton strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gehringer vs. Wilson
Gehringer hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mills vs. Poffenberger
Mills hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Poffenberger
Cramer hits a line drive into center field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Poffenberger
Chapman strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Wilson
Greenberg takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Wilson
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McNair fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Wilson
York is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Poffenberger
Cronin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clifton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Poffenberger
Foxx is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Poffenberger
Higgins hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Laabs vs. Wilson
Laabs strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Wilson
Tebbetts hits a fly ball into left field. Mills settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poffenberger vs. Wilson
Poffenberger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Wilson
Fox is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNair vs. Poffenberger
McNair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clifton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berg vs. Poffenberger
Berg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Poffenberger
Wilson bunts towards first. Greenberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Gehringer covering, for the out. Berg moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mills vs. Poffenberger
Mills hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clifton vs. Wilson
Clifton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Wilson
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McNair fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Wilson
Greenberg strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Poffenberger
Cramer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Poffenberger
Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cronin vs. Poffenberger
Cronin hits a line drive into left field. Laabs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foxx vs. Poffenberger
The ball gets by Tebbetts for a passed ball. Chapman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foxx vs. Poffenberger
Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Wilson
Walker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McNair settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Wilson
York hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mills. York reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Laabs vs. Wilson
Laabs strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tebbetts vs. Wilson
Tebbetts hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Poffenberger
Higgins hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Fox. Higgins reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
McNair vs. Poffenberger
McNair takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berg vs. Poffenberger
Berg bunts towards the mound. Poffenberger fields it and throws to third for the out. McNair moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wilson vs. Poffenberger
The ball gets by Tebbetts for a passed ball. McNair moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wilson vs. Poffenberger
Wilson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Tebbetts fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Tebbetts. McNair scores. Berg moves to third. Wilson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mills vs. Poffenberger
Mills strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cramer vs. Poffenberger
Cramer hits a line drive towards first. Greenberg reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Wilson
Jo-Jo White pinch hits for Boots Poffenberger.
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Wilson
Fox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McNair settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goslin vs. Wilson
Goose Goslin pinch hits for Flea Clifton.
Goslin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Wilson
Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes White trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/23/1937 -- Detroit at Boston (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Fox P, cf 4 1 2 1 Mills B, lf 5 1 1 0
Clifton F, ss 3 1 1 0 Cramer D, cf 5 1 1 0
Goslin G, ph 1 0 0 0 Chapman B, rf 3 1 2 0
Gehringer C, 2b 5 1 2 0 Cronin J, ss 4 1 1 2
Greenberg H, 1b 2 1 1 4 Foxx J, 1b 3 1 0 0
Walker G, rf 4 0 0 0 Higgins P, 3b 4 0 2 1
York R, 3b 4 0 1 0 McNair E, 2b 3 1 1 1
Laabs C, lf 4 0 0 0 Berg M, c 4 0 3 1
Tebbetts B, c 4 1 2 0 Wilson J, p 3 0 0 1
Lawson R, p 0 0 0 0
Poffenberger B, p 3 0 2 0
White J, ph 1 0 1 0
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35 5 12 5 34 6 11 6
Detroit 410 000 000 -- 5
Boston 500 000 01x -- 6
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Lawson R 0.1 5 5 5 2 0
Poffenberger B (L) 7.2 6 1 1 1 5
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson J (W) 9.0 12 5 5 4 9
E -- Tebbetts B
DP -- Detroit 1, Boston 3
LOB -- Detroit 7, Boston 8
2B -- Tebbetts B, Poffenberger B, York R, Higgins P
HR -- Greenberg H
SH -- Wilson J
PB -- Tebbetts B 2
T -- 2:04
A -- 7200
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