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Lineups and Summary
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Tigers
@ Indians
League Park
April 19, 1931
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, played on April 19, 1931 at League Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 19, 1931 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 19, 1931 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Earl Whitehill |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Wes Ferrell |
| Ballpark | League Park |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Brick Owens 1B: Red Ormsby 2B: (none) 3B: Dick Nallin |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hub Walker | Center Fielder |
| Roy Johnson | Right Fielder |
| Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
| Dale Alexander | First Baseman |
| Marty McManus | Third Baseman |
| John Stone | Left Fielder |
| Marv Owen | Shortstop |
| Wally Schang | Catcher |
| Earl Whitehill | Pitcher |
| Bucky Harris | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Burnett | Third Baseman |
| Lew Fonseca | First Baseman |
| Earl Averill | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Hodapp | Second Baseman |
| Bibb Falk | Right Fielder |
| Joe Vosmik | Left Fielder |
| Bill Hunnefield | Shortstop |
| Luke Sewell | Catcher |
| Wes Ferrell | Pitcher |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Indians
League Park
April 19, 1931
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Ferrell
Walker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Ferrell
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gehringer vs. Ferrell
Gehringer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Averill. Gehringer reaches second base with a double. Walker scores. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Alexander vs. Ferrell
Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Ferrell, and towards Hodapp, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson scores. Gehringer moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McManus vs. Ferrell
McManus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gehringer scores. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stone vs. Ferrell
Stone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hodapp fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Owen vs. Ferrell
Owen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Burnett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burnett vs. Whitehill
Burnett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fonseca vs. Whitehill
Fonseca hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Whitehill
Averill hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schang vs. Ferrell
Schang hits a popup towards first. Fonseca settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehill vs. Ferrell
Whitehill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fonseca scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Whitehill for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Ferrell
Walker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Ferrell
Johnson hits a line drive into right field. Falk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodapp vs. Whitehill
Hodapp takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Falk vs. Whitehill
Falk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hodapp moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vosmik vs. Whitehill
Vosmik hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Whitehill fields it and throws to first for the out. Hodapp moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hunnefield vs. Whitehill
Hunnefield hits a fly ball into left field. Stone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Ferrell
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hodapp scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Ferrell
Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ferrell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McManus vs. Ferrell
McManus is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Whitehill
Sewell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alexander scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sewell for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrell vs. Whitehill
Ferrell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walker. Ferrell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burnett vs. Whitehill
Burnett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ferrell moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fonseca vs. Whitehill
Fonseca hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stone vs. Ferrell
Stone hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Averill. Stone reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Owen vs. Ferrell
Owen bunts towards the catcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Stone moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Schang vs. Ferrell
Schang hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ferrell juggles the ball. That's an error on Ferrell. Stone scores. Owen moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitehill vs. Ferrell
Whitehill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ferrell fields it and throws to first for the out. Owen moves to third. Schang moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Walker vs. Thomas
Fay Thomas now pitching.
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Thomas
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Whitehill
Averill 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 -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodapp vs. Whitehill
Hodapp hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Falk vs. Whitehill
Falk hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vosmik vs. Whitehill
Vosmik hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunnefield vs. Whitehill
Hunnefield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sewell vs. Whitehill
Sewell hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Thomas
Gehringer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Burnett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Thomas
Alexander hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Falk. Alexander reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McManus vs. Thomas
McManus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stone vs. Thomas
Stone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunnefield fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Whitehill
Thomas hits a popup towards third. McManus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burnett vs. Whitehill
Burnett is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fonseca vs. Whitehill
Fonseca hits a line drive into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Thomas
Owen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schang vs. Thomas
Schang hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sewell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehill vs. Thomas
Whitehill hits a ball on the ground towards second. Hodapp can't make a play. That's a base hit. Owen moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Walker vs. Thomas
Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Falk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Whitehill moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Thomas
Johnson hits a line drive into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Whitehill
Averill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Whitehill fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodapp vs. Whitehill
Hodapp strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Falk vs. Whitehill
Falk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vosmik vs. Whitehill
Vosmik hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Thomas
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fonseca scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gehringer for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Thomas
Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hodapp scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McManus vs. Thomas
McManus strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunnefield vs. Whitehill
Hunnefield takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sewell vs. Whitehill
Sewell hits a popup towards short. Owen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Whitehill
Ed Morgan pinch hits for Fay Thomas.
Morgan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walker. Morgan reaches second base with a double. Hunnefield moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Seeds vs. Whitehill
Bob Seeds pinch hits for Johnny Burnett.
Seeds strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fonseca vs. Whitehill
Fonseca hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stone vs. Brown
Clint Brown now pitching. George Detore now playing third base.
Stone hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Brown
Owen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schang vs. Brown
Schang hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehill vs. Brown
Whitehill hits a fly ball into right field. Falk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Brown
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunnefield fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Whitehill
Averill hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodapp vs. Whitehill
Hodapp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Whitehill fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Falk vs. Whitehill
Falk hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Brown
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Brown
There goes Johnson. The throw from Sewell and he is out, Hodapp applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Brown
Gehringer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alexander vs. Brown
Alexander hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Averill. Alexander reaches second base with a double. Gehringer moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McManus vs. Brown
McManus hits a popup towards second. Hodapp can't make a play. That's a base hit. Gehringer scores. Alexander scores. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stone vs. Appleton
Pete Appleton now pitching.
Stone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Detore fields it and throws to first for the out. McManus moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Owen vs. Appleton
Owen strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vosmik vs. Whitehill
Vosmik hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunnefield vs. Whitehill
Hunnefield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Whitehill
Sewell hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/19/1931 -- Detroit at Cleveland (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Walker H, cf 3 1 0 0 Burnett J, 3b 3 0 1 0
Johnson R, rf 5 1 2 0 Seeds B, ph 1 0 0 0
Gehringer C, 2b 4 2 1 1 Detore G, 3b 0 0 0 0
Alexander D, 1b 5 1 2 1 Fonseca L, 1b 4 0 0 0
McManus M, 3b 4 0 2 3 Averill E, cf 4 0 0 0
Stone J, lf 5 2 2 1 Hodapp J, 2b 3 1 1 0
Owen M, ss 3 0 1 0 Falk B, rf 3 0 0 0
Schang W, c 4 0 0 0 Vosmik J, lf 4 1 2 2
Whitehill E, p 4 0 1 0 Hunnefield B, ss 3 0 1 0
Sewell L, c 4 0 0 0
Ferrell W, p 1 0 1 0
Thomas F, p 1 0 0 0
Morgan E, ph 1 0 1 0
Brown C, p 0 0 0 0
Appleton P, p 0 0 0 0
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37 7 11 6 32 2 7 2
Detroit 300 100 012 -- 7
Cleveland 000 200 000 -- 2
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehill E (W) 9.0 7 2 2 3 3
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Ferrell W (L) 3.1 4 4 3 2 1
Thomas F 3.2 3 0 0 1 2
Brown C 1.1 4 3 3 2 0
Appleton P 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
E -- Ferrell W
DP -- Detroit 2, Cleveland 1
LOB -- Detroit 9, Cleveland 6
2B -- Gehringer C, Ferrell W, Stone J, Alexander D 2, Morgan E
HR -- Vosmik J, Stone J
CS -- Johnson R
SH -- Owen M
T -- 2:05
A -- 0
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