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Athletics
@ Indians
League Park
August 28, 1937
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on August 28, 1937 at League Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 28, 1937 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 28, 1937 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bud Thomas |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Earl Whitehill |
| Ballpark | League Park |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cal Hubbard 1B: Bill Dinneen 2B: (none) 3B: Lou Kolls |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
| Lou Finney | First Baseman |
| Billy Werber | Third Baseman |
| Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Jesse Hill | Center Fielder |
| Earle Brucker | Catcher |
| Rusty Peters | Second Baseman |
| Skeeter Newsome | Shortstop |
| Bud Thomas | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lyn Lary | Shortstop |
| John Kroner | Second Baseman |
| Earl Averill | Center Fielder |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Moose Solters | Left Fielder |
| Bruce Campbell | Right Fielder |
| Odell Hale | Third Baseman |
| Billy Sullivan | Catcher |
| Earl Whitehill | Pitcher |
| Steve O'Neill | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Indians
League Park
August 28, 1937
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Whitehill
Moses hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Whitehill
Finney hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Whitehill
Werber hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Solters. Werber reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Whitehill
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Werber scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Whitehill
Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Thomas
Lary hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Peters settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kroner vs. Thomas
Kroner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hill. Kroner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Averill vs. Thomas
Averill hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Thomas
Trosky strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solters vs. Thomas
Solters hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hill. Solters reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campbell vs. Thomas
Campbell hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brucker vs. Whitehill
Brucker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Whitehill
Peters takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newsome vs. Whitehill
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Thomas
Hale hits a fly ball into center field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Thomas
Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehill vs. Thomas
Whitehill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters misplays the ball. That's an error on Peters. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lary vs. Thomas
Lary hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Peters settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Whitehill
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Whitehill
Moses hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Campbell. Moses reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Finney vs. Whitehill
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale juggles the ball. That's an error on Hale. Moses moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Werber vs. Whitehill
Werber takes first base on ball four. Finney moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Johnson vs. Whitehill
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moses scores. Finney scores. Werber moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hill vs. Whitehill
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kroner vs. Thomas
Kroner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Thomas
Averill takes first base on ball four. Kroner moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trosky vs. Thomas
Trosky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Kroner trying to get to home. Moses throws the ball in to Brucker who tags Kroner who's trying to score from second, for the out. Averill moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Solters vs. Thomas
Solters strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Campbell vs. Thomas
Campbell takes first base on ball four. Averill moves to third. Trosky moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hale vs. Thomas
Hale hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brucker vs. Whitehill
Brucker hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Sullivan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Whitehill
Peters hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Whitehill
Newsome hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Conroy vs. Whitehill
Bill Conroy pinch hits for Bud Thomas.
Conroy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Newsome moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moses vs. Whitehill
Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Newsome scores. There goes Conroy trying to get to third. Campbell throws the ball in to Hale, who tags Conroy for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Fink
Herman Fink now pitching.
Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Fink
Roy Hughes pinch hits for Earl Whitehill.
Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Fink
Lary is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kroner vs. Fink
Kroner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lary moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Averill vs. Fink
Averill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lary moves to third. Kroner moves to second. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Heving
Joe Heving now pitching.
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kroner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Heving
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Heving
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Heving
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Kroner fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Fink
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solters vs. Fink
Solters hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Fink
Campbell hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Fink
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brucker vs. Heving
Brucker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Heving
Peters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newsome vs. Heving
There goes Peters. The throw from Sullivan and he is out, Kroner applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Heving
Newsome strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Fink
Sullivan hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heving vs. Fink
Heving hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Fink
Lary hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fink fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fink vs. Heving
Fink strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Heving
Moses hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finney vs. Heving
Finney hits a line drive towards first. Trosky catches it and steps on first to double up Moses. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kroner vs. Fink
Kroner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Fink
Averill hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moses. Averill reaches second base with a double. Kroner moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Trosky vs. Nelson
Lynn Nelson now pitching.
Trosky hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solters vs. Nelson
Solters hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Nelson
Campbell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Nelson
There goes Campbell. The throw from Brucker and he is safe. Campbell steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hale vs. Nelson
Hale hits a popup towards the mound. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sullivan vs. Nelson
Sullivan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heving vs. Nelson
Heving hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Heving
Werber strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Heving
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kroner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Heving
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Nelson
Lary takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kroner vs. Nelson
Kroner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nelson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Nelson
Averill hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Nelson
Trosky takes first base on ball four. Kroner moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Solters vs. Nelson
Solters hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brucker vs. Heving
Brucker hits a line drive towards short. Lary reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Heving
Peters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Heving
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kroner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/28/1937 -- Philadelphia at Cleveland (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Moses W, rf 4 1 3 1 Lary L, ss 3 0 0 0
Finney L, 1b 4 1 0 0 Kroner J, 2b 4 2 3 0
Werber B, 3b 3 1 1 0 Averill E, cf 4 2 2 2
Johnson B, lf 4 0 3 3 Trosky H, 1b 4 1 2 3
Hill J, cf 4 0 0 0 Solters M, lf 5 0 2 0
Brucker E, c 4 0 0 0 Campbell B, rf 2 0 0 0
Peters R, 2b 3 0 1 0 Hale O, 3b 4 0 0 0
Newsome S, ss 4 1 1 0 Sullivan B, c 3 0 0 0
Thomas B, p 1 0 0 0 Whitehill E, p 1 0 0 0
Conroy B, ph 1 0 1 0 Hughes R, ph 1 0 0 0
Fink H, p 1 0 0 0 Heving J, p 2 0 0 0
Nelson L, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 4 10 4 33 5 9 5
Philadelphia 102 100 000 -- 4
Cleveland 200 000 30x -- 5
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Thomas B 3.0 5 2 2 2 2
Fink H* 3.0 3 2 2 1 0
Nelson L (L) 2.0 1 1 1 4 0
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehill E 4.0 7 4 3 2 1
Heving J (W) 5.0 3 0 0 0 3
* Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
E -- Peters R, Hale O
DP -- Cleveland 3
LOB -- Philadelphia 4, Cleveland 12
2B -- Werber B, Kroner J, Solters M, Moses W, Averill E
HR -- Averill E, Trosky H
SB -- Campbell B
CS -- Peters R
HBP -- by Fink H (Lary L)
T -- 2:20
A -- 0
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