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Red Sox
@ Indians
League Park
May 16, 1936
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox, played on May 16, 1936 at League Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 16, 1936 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 16, 1936 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Wes Ferrell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mel Harder |
| Ballpark | League Park |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 14,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 23 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cal Hubbard 1B: Harry Geisel 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Dinneen |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dusty Cooke | Right Fielder |
| Doc Cramer | Center Fielder |
| Heinie Manush | Left Fielder |
| Jimmie Foxx | First Baseman |
| Eric McNair | Shortstop |
| Rick Ferrell | Catcher |
| Billy Werber | Third Baseman |
| Ski Melillo | Second Baseman |
| Wes Ferrell | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Knickerbocker | Shortstop |
| Jim Gleeson | Right Fielder |
| Odell Hale | Third Baseman |
| Earl Averill | Center Fielder |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Joe Vosmik | Left Fielder |
| Roy Hughes | Second Baseman |
| Billy Sullivan | Catcher |
| Mel Harder | Pitcher |
| Steve O'Neill | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Indians
League Park
May 16, 1936
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooke vs. Harder
Cooke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Harder
Cramer bunts towards the mound. Harder fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cooke moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Manush vs. Harder
Manush hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Averill. Manush reaches second base with a double. Cooke scores. Cramer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foxx vs. Harder
Foxx hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gleeson. Foxx reaches second base with a double. Manush moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McNair vs. Harder
McNair hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hughes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ferrell vs. Harder
Ferrell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale juggles the ball. That's an error on Hale. Manush scores. Foxx moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Werber vs. Harder
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Knickerbocker fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Melillo vs. Harder
Melillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Ferrell
Knickerbocker hits a ball on the ground towards short. McNair scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gleeson vs. Ferrell
Gleeson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Ferrell
Hale hits a popup towards short. McNair settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Ferrell
Averill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gleeson moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Trosky vs. Ferrell
Trosky takes first base on ball four. Averill moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Vosmik vs. Ferrell
Vosmik hits a ball on the ground towards short. McNair scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrell vs. Harder
Ferrell strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooke vs. Harder
Cooke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Harder
Cramer hits a fly ball into right field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Ferrell
Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards short. McNair fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sullivan vs. Ferrell
Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harder vs. Ferrell
Harder hits a popup towards short. McNair settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Knickerbocker vs. Ferrell
Knickerbocker hits a fly ball into left field. Manush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manush vs. Harder
Manush hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Vosmik. Manush reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foxx vs. Harder
Foxx bunts towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. Manush moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McNair vs. Harder
McNair strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ferrell vs. Harder
Ferrell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gleeson vs. Ferrell
Gleeson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Ferrell
Hale hits a fly ball into right field. Cooke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Ferrell
Averill hits a popup towards short. McNair settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Ferrell
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ferrell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gleeson moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vosmik vs. Ferrell
Vosmik strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Harder
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harder fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melillo vs. Harder
Melillo is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrell vs. Harder
Ferrell hits a fly ball into right field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Ferrell
Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Ferrell
Sullivan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harder vs. Ferrell
Harder hits a fly ball into left field. Manush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooke vs. Harder
Cooke hits a popup towards short. Knickerbocker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Harder
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Knickerbocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manush vs. Harder
Manush hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Ferrell
Knickerbocker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Manush. Knickerbocker reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gleeson vs. Ferrell
Gleeson hits a line drive beyond second. Melillo can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Knickerbocker moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hale vs. Ferrell
Hale hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cramer. Hale reaches second base with a double. Knickerbocker scores. Gleeson moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Averill vs. Ferrell
Averill hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Manush who is chasing the ball. Averill reaches third base with a triple. Gleeson scores. Hale scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Trosky vs. Ferrell
Trosky hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Manush. Trosky reaches second base with a double. Averill scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vosmik vs. Ferrell
Vosmik bunts towards the mound. Ferrell fields it and throws to first for the out. Trosky moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hughes vs. Ferrell
Hughes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Melillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sullivan vs. Ferrell
Sullivan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Trosky scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harder vs. Ferrell
Harder hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Harder
Foxx hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McNair vs. Harder
McNair hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ferrell vs. Harder
Ferrell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Werber vs. Harder
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Ferrell
Knickerbocker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gleeson vs. Ferrell
Gleeson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Welch
Johnny Welch now pitching.
Hale hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Welch
Averill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Welch
Trosky hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vosmik vs. Welch
Vosmik hits a popup towards short. McNair settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Welch
Hughes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ferrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melillo vs. Harder
Melillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almada vs. Harder
Mel Almada pinch hits for Johnny Welch.
Almada hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooke vs. Harder
Cooke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Almada moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cramer vs. Harder
Cramer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Manush vs. Harder
Manush hits a fly ball into right field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Cascarella
Joe Cascarella now pitching.
Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx scoops it up and throws to first, with Cascarella covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harder vs. Cascarella
Harder strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Cascarella
Knickerbocker hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Harder
Foxx hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McNair vs. Harder
McNair hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ferrell vs. Harder
Ferrell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gleeson vs. Cascarella
Gleeson hits a line drive towards short. McNair reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Cascarella
Hale hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Cascarella
Averill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hale moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trosky vs. Cascarella
Trosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hale scores. Averill moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vosmik vs. Cascarella
Vosmik hits a ball on the ground towards short. McNair fields it and throws to second for the out. Averill moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hughes vs. Cascarella
There goes Vosmik. The throw from Ferrell and he is safe. Vosmik steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hughes vs. Cascarella
Hughes is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Harder
Werber hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melillo vs. Harder
Melillo hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marcum vs. Harder
Johnny Marcum pinch hits for Joe Cascarella.
Marcum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Knickerbocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/16/1936 -- Boston at Cleveland (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Cooke D, rf 4 1 2 0 Knickerbocker B, ss 5 2 2 0
Cramer D, cf 4 1 1 0 Gleeson J, rf 5 2 4 2
Manush H, lf 4 1 2 2 Hale O, 3b 5 2 2 1
Foxx J, 1b 3 0 3 0 Averill E, cf 5 2 4 2
McNair E, ss 4 0 0 0 Trosky H, 1b 4 2 4 4
Ferrell R, c 4 0 0 0 Vosmik J, lf 4 0 0 0
Werber B, 3b 4 0 0 0 Hughes R, 2b 5 0 1 0
Melillo S, 2b 4 0 0 0 Sullivan B, c 4 0 1 1
Ferrell W, p 2 0 0 0 Harder M, p 4 0 0 0
Welch J, p 0 0 0 0
Almada M, ph 1 0 1 0
Cascarella J, p 0 0 0 0
Marcum J, ph 1 0 0 0
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35 3 9 2 41 10 18 10
Boston 300 000 000 -- 3
Cleveland 000 054 01x -- 10
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Ferrell W (L)* 5.0 13 7 7 1 1
Welch J 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Cascarella J 2.0 3 1 1 0 2
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Harder M (W) 9.0 9 3 2 0 4
* Pitched to 2 batters in 6th
E -- Hale O
DP -- Cleveland 1
LOB -- Boston 6, Cleveland 9
2B -- Manush H 2, Foxx J, Knickerbocker B, Hale O, Trosky H
3B -- Averill E
HR -- Gleeson J, Trosky H
SB -- Vosmik J
SH -- Foxx J, Vosmik J
T -- 2:23
A -- 14000
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