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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
September 15, 1938
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on September 15, 1938 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 15, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 15, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | George Caster |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Johnny Rigney |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 52 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lou Kolls 1B: Steve Basil 2B: (none) 3B: George Pipgras |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
| Dario Lodigiani | Second Baseman |
| Billy Werber | Third Baseman |
| Nick Etten | First Baseman |
| Bob Johnson | Center Fielder |
| Sam Chapman | Left Fielder |
| Skeeter Newsome | Shortstop |
| Hal Wagner | Catcher |
| George Caster | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Gerlach | Shortstop |
| Boze Berger | Third Baseman |
| Hank Steinbacher | Right Fielder |
| Rip Radcliff | Left Fielder |
| Merv Connors | First Baseman |
| Larry Rosenthal | Center Fielder |
| George Meyer | Second Baseman |
| Mike Tresh | Catcher |
| Johnny Rigney | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
September 15, 1938
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Rigney
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lodigiani vs. Rigney
Lodigiani hits a popup, foul, towards first. Connors settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Rigney
Werber hits a fly ball into right field. Steinbacher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gerlach vs. Caster
Gerlach takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berger vs. Caster
Berger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steinbacher vs. Caster
Steinbacher hits a fly ball into left field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Rigney
Etten hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Radcliff. Etten reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Rigney
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Radcliff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chapman vs. Rigney
Chapman strikes out. Tresh drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Chapman out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newsome vs. Rigney
Newsome is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Caster
Radcliff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Connors vs. Caster
Connors hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosenthal vs. Caster
Rosenthal hits a popup, foul, towards first. Etten settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meyer vs. Caster
Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Radcliff moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tresh vs. Caster
Tresh takes first base on ball four. Radcliff moves to third. Meyer moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rigney vs. Caster
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rigney for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Rigney
Wagner hits a line drive into center field. Rosenthal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caster vs. Rigney
Caster hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Rigney
Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Caster moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lodigiani vs. Rigney
Lodigiani hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tresh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Werber vs. Rigney
Werber hits a line drive into center field. Rosenthal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gerlach vs. Caster
Gerlach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Caster
Berger hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steinbacher vs. Caster
Steinbacher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Radcliff vs. Caster
Radcliff hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Rigney
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Meyer. Etten moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Rigney
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Meyer catches it and throws to second with Gerlach covering, to double up Etten. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Rigney
Chapman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Connors vs. Caster
Connors takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosenthal vs. Caster
Rosenthal hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meyer vs. Caster
Meyer takes first base on ball four. Connors moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tresh vs. Caster
Tresh hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Connors trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Meyer moves to third. Tresh moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rigney vs. Caster
Rigney strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Rigney
Newsome hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Rigney
Wagner hits a popup towards short. Gerlach settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Caster vs. Rigney
Caster hits a popup, foul, towards third. Berger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Rigney
Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Newsome moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lodigiani vs. Rigney
Lodigiani is hit by the pitch. Moses moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Werber vs. Rigney
Werber takes first base on ball four. Newsome scores. Moses moves to third. Lodigiani moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Etten vs. Rigney
Etten hits a popup towards first. Connors settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gerlach vs. Caster
Gerlach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Caster
Berger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Steinbacher vs. Caster
Steinbacher hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Radcliff vs. Caster
Radcliff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Radcliff for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Rigney
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Rigney
Chapman strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Rigney
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gerlach fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Rigney
There goes Newsome. The throw from Tresh and he is safe. Newsome steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wagner vs. Rigney
Wagner hits a fly ball into right field. Steinbacher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Connors vs. Caster
Connors hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosenthal vs. Caster
Rosenthal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meyer vs. Caster
Meyer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Etten settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tresh vs. Caster
Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tresh for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caster vs. Rigney
Caster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Rigney
Moses hits a fly ball into right field. Steinbacher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lodigiani vs. Rigney
Lodigiani hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gerlach fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Caster
Rigney strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gerlach vs. Caster
Gerlach hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caster fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Caster
Berger hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Rigney
Werber hits a fly ball into left field. Radcliff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Rigney
Etten hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Steinbacher who is chasing the ball. Etten reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Johnson vs. Rigney
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rigney has Etten trapped. There's the throw to Tresh and over to Berger, who tags Etten for the out. Johnson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chapman vs. Rigney
Chapman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Newsome vs. Rigney
Newsome hits a fly ball into left field. Radcliff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steinbacher vs. Caster
Steinbacher hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Caster
Radcliff hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Connors vs. Caster
Connors hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Rigney
Wagner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Meyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caster vs. Rigney
Caster takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Rigney
Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Caster moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lodigiani vs. Rigney
Lodigiani hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Caster moves to third. Moses moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Werber vs. Rigney
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rigney fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosenthal vs. Caster
Rosenthal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani misplays the ball. That's an error on Lodigiani. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meyer vs. Caster
Meyer bunts towards first. Etten scoops it up and throws to first, with Lodigiani covering, for the out. Rosenthal moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuhel vs. Caster
Joe Kuhel pinch hits for Mike Tresh.
Kuhel strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Walker vs. Caster
Gee Walker pinch hits for Johnny Rigney.
Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/15/1938, game 2 -- Philadelphia at Chicago (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Moses W, rf 5 0 3 0 Gerlach J, ss 3 0 0 0
Lodigiani D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Berger B, 3b 3 0 0 0
Werber B, 3b 4 0 0 1 Steinbacher H, rf 3 0 0 0
Etten N, 1b 4 0 2 0 Radcliff R, lf 4 0 1 0
Johnson B, cf 4 0 0 0 Connors M, 1b 3 0 0 0
Chapman S, lf 3 0 0 0 Rosenthal L, cf 4 0 1 0
Newsome S, ss 4 1 2 0 Meyer G, 2b 2 0 1 0
Wagner H, c 4 0 0 0 Tresh M, c 2 0 1 0
Caster G, p 3 0 2 0 Kuhel J, ph 1 0 0 0
Rigney J, p 3 0 0 0
Walker G, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 1 10 1 29 0 4 0
Philadelphia 000 010 000 -- 1
Chicago 000 000 000 -- 0
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Caster G (W) 9.0 4 0 0 6 3
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Rigney J (L) 9.0 10 1 1 3 5
E -- Meyer G, Lodigiani D
DP -- Philadelphia 1, Chicago 3
LOB -- Philadelphia 11, Chicago 9
2B -- Etten N
3B -- Etten N
SB -- Newsome S
SH -- Meyer G
HBP -- by Rigney J (Lodigiani D)
T -- 1:52
A -- 0
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