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Browns
@ Indians
League Park
August 16, 1938
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the St. Louis Browns, played on August 16, 1938 at League Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 16, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Browns
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 16, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Browns |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Les Tietje |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mel Harder |
| Ballpark | League Park |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 7 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cal Hubbard 1B: Joe Rue 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Grieve |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mel Almada | Center Fielder |
| George McQuinn | First Baseman |
| Buster Mills | Left Fielder |
| Harlond Clift | Third Baseman |
| Beau Bell | Right Fielder |
| Red Kress | Shortstop |
| Billy Sullivan | Catcher |
| Don Heffner | Second Baseman |
| Les Tietje | Pitcher |
| Gabby Street | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lyn Lary | Shortstop |
| Bruce Campbell | Right Fielder |
| Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
| Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
| Earl Averill | Center Fielder |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Odell Hale | Second Baseman |
| Mel Harder | Pitcher |
| Ossie Vitt | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Browns
@ Indians
League Park
August 16, 1938
Top 1
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Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almada vs. Harder
Almada hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harder fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuinn vs. Harder
McQuinn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Almada moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mills vs. Harder
Mills bunts towards the mound. Harder fields it and throws to first for the out. Almada moves to third. McQuinn moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Clift vs. Harder
Clift hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Almada scores. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Harder
Bell hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hale reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Tietje
Lary hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Tietje
Campbell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell who is chasing the ball. Campbell reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hemsley vs. Tietje
Hemsley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Almada who is chasing the ball. Hemsley reaches third base with a triple. Campbell scores. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Heath vs. Tietje
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Tietje, and towards Kress, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Hemsley scores. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Tietje
Averill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Harder
Kress hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Harder
Sullivan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heffner vs. Harder
There goes Sullivan. The throw from Hemsley and he is out, Lary applying the tag. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heffner vs. Harder
Heffner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Tietje
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Tietje
Keltner hits a fly ball into center field. Almada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Tietje
Hale hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harder vs. Tietje
Harder strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tietje vs. Harder
Tietje hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almada vs. Harder
Almada hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hale misplays the ball. That's an error on Hale. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuinn vs. Harder
McQuinn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McQuinn for the out. Almada moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mills vs. Harder
Mills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Tietje
Lary hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Tietje
Campbell hits a fly ball into center field. Almada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. Tietje
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner misplays the ball. That's an error on Heffner. Lary moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Tietje
There goes Lary. The throw from Sullivan and he is safe. Lary steals third. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heath vs. Tietje
Heath hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Heath reaches second base with a double. Lary scores. Hemsley goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Averill vs. Tietje
Averill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Heath scores. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Tietje
Trosky hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Almada who is chasing the ball. Trosky reaches third base with a triple. Averill goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Keltner vs. Cole
Ed Cole now pitching.
Keltner hits a fly ball towards right. Bell catches it and throws to home to double up Trosky. View Play
Top 4
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Browns, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Harder
Clift strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Harder
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harder fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kress vs. Harder
Kress hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sullivan vs. Harder
Sullivan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell scores. Kress moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heffner vs. Harder
Heffner hits a fly ball into center field. Averill catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Averill. Kress scores. Sullivan moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mazzera vs. Harder
Mel Mazzera pinch hits for Ed Cole.
Mazzera hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harder fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Browns, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Van Atta
Russ Van Atta now pitching.
Hale hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harder vs. Van Atta
Harder hits a fly ball into center field. Almada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Van Atta
Lary hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Van Atta
Campbell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. Van Atta
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Van Atta fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Browns, 3 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almada vs. Harder
Almada bunts towards third. Keltner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuinn vs. Harder
McQuinn hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Averill. McQuinn reaches second base with a double. Almada moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mills vs. Harder
Mills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Clift vs. Harder
Clift hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Almada scores. McQuinn scores. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Harder
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kress vs. Harder
Kress hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Browns, 5 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Van Atta
Heath takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Van Atta
The ball gets by Sullivan for a passed ball. Heath moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Averill vs. Van Atta
Averill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trosky vs. Van Atta
Trosky bunts in front of the plate. Sullivan fields it and throws to first for the out. Heath moves to third. Averill moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Keltner vs. Van Atta
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Heath scores. Averill moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hale vs. Van Atta
Hale hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Averill scores. Keltner moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harder vs. Van Atta
Harder hits a ball on the ground towards first. McQuinn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harder for the out. Keltner moves to third. Hale moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lary vs. Van Atta
Lary hits a fly ball into center field. Almada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Browns, 5 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Harder
Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sullivan for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heffner vs. Harder
Heffner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Van Atta vs. Harder
Van Atta hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Browns, 5 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Van Atta
Campbell hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Van Atta
Hemsley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Hemsley reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Van Atta
Heath bunts towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. Hemsley moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Averill vs. Van Atta
Averill hits a fly ball into center field. Almada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Browns, 5 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almada vs. Harder
Almada strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Harder
McQuinn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mills vs. Harder
Mills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mills for the out. McQuinn moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clift vs. Harder
Clift hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Averill. Clift reaches second base with a double. McQuinn scores. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Harder
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kress vs. Harder
Kress hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Van Atta
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Van Atta
Keltner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Van Atta
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Harder
Sullivan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heffner vs. Humphries
Johnny Humphries now pitching.
Heffner hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Sullivan moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hughes vs. Humphries
Roy Hughes pinch hits for Russ Van Atta.
Hughes strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Almada vs. Humphries
Almada hits a ball on the ground towards center. Averill fields it and throws to second to catch Heffner for the out. Sullivan moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McQuinn vs. Humphries
McQuinn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Humphries vs. Newsom
Bobo Newsom now pitching.
Humphries hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newsom fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Newsom
Lary strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Newsom
Campbell hits a popup towards the mound. Newsom settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mills vs. Humphries
Mills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Humphries
Clift hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Humphries
Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Trosky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/16/1938 -- St.Louis at Cleveland (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Almada M, cf 5 2 2 0 Lary L, ss 5 1 1 0
McQuinn G, 1b 4 2 2 0 Campbell B, rf 4 1 1 0
Mills B, lf 4 0 0 0 Hemsley R, c 4 2 2 1
Clift H, 3b 5 0 2 4 Heath J, lf 3 2 1 3
Bell B, rf 4 1 1 0 Averill E, cf 4 2 2 1
Kress R, ss 4 1 1 0 Trosky H, 1b 3 0 1 1
Sullivan B, c 4 0 3 1 Keltner K, 3b 4 0 1 1
Heffner D, 2b 4 0 1 1 Hale O, 2b 4 1 3 2
Tietje L, p 1 0 0 0 Harder M, p 3 0 0 0
Cole E, p 0 0 0 0 Humphries J, p 1 0 0 0
Mazzera M, ph 1 0 0 0
Van Atta R, p 1 0 0 0
Hughes R, ph 1 0 0 0
Newsom B, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 6 12 6 35 9 12 9
St.Louis 100 220 100 -- 6
Cleveland 204 120 00x -- 9
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Tietje L (L) 2.1 7 6 5 0 1
Cole E 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Van Atta R 4.0 5 3 3 2 0
Newsom B 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Harder M (W)* 7.0 11 6 6 2 2
Humphries J (S) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Hale O, Heffner D, Averill E
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 8, Cleveland 5
2B -- Heath J, McQuinn G, Hemsley R, Clift H
3B -- Campbell B, Hemsley R, Trosky H
HR -- Hale O
SB -- Lary L
CS -- Sullivan B
SH -- Mills B, Trosky H
PB -- Sullivan B
T -- 2:07
A -- 0
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