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Athletics
@ Indians
League Park
September 18, 1938
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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 September 18, 1938 at League Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 18, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 18, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bud Thomas |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Feller |
| Ballpark | League Park |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 3 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: John Quinn 1B: George Pipgras 2B: (none) 3B: Bill McGowan |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
| Billy Werber | Third Baseman |
| Sam Chapman | Left Fielder |
| Nick Etten | First Baseman |
| Bob Johnson | Center Fielder |
| Dario Lodigiani | Second Baseman |
| Irv Bartling | Shortstop |
| Hal Wagner | Catcher |
| Bud Thomas | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lyn Lary | Shortstop |
| Roy Weatherly | Center Fielder |
| Bruce Campbell | Right Fielder |
| Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Frankie Pytlak | Catcher |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| John Kroner | Second Baseman |
| Bob Feller | Pitcher |
| Ossie Vitt | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Indians
League Park
September 18, 1938
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Feller
Moses hits a popup, foul, towards first. Trosky settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Trosky. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Feller
Moses hits a popup towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Feller
Werber hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kroner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Feller
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Thomas
Lary takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weatherly vs. Thomas
Lary is thrown out, attempting to steal, by unknown player in unknown way. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Thomas
Weatherly strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Thomas
Campbell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Thomas
There goes Campbell. The throw from Wagner and he is safe. Campbell steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Thomas
Heath takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trosky vs. Thomas
Trosky 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 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Feller
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Feller
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lodigiani vs. Feller
Johnson is thrown out, attempting to steal, by unknown player in unknown way. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lodigiani vs. Feller
Lodigiani hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kroner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Thomas
Pytlak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Thomas
Keltner hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kroner vs. Thomas
Kroner 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
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartling vs. Feller
Bartling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Feller
Wagner strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Feller
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Feller
Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Thomas trying to get to third. Campbell throws the ball in to Keltner, who tags Thomas for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Feller vs. Thomas
Feller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lary vs. Thomas
Lary hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Feller moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Weatherly vs. Thomas
Weatherly bunts towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. Feller moves to third. Lary moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Campbell vs. Thomas
Campbell hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Wagner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Heath vs. Thomas
Heath hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Feller
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Feller
Chapman hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Feller
Etten takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Feller
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Thomas
Trosky 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 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Thomas
Pytlak 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 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Thomas
Keltner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kroner vs. Thomas
There's a wild pitch. Keltner moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kroner vs. Thomas
Kroner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lodigiani vs. Feller
Lodigiani strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartling vs. Feller
Bartling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Feller
Wagner takes first base on ball four. Bartling moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Feller
Thomas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bartling scores. Wagner moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moses vs. Feller
Moses hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Weatherly. Moses reaches second base with a double. Wagner scores. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Werber vs. Feller
Werber takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Chapman vs. Feller
Chapman hits a line drive into left field. Heath picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Heath. Thomas scores. Moses scores. Werber goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Etten vs. Milnar
Al Milnar now pitching.
Etten takes first base on ball four. Chapman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Milnar
There's a wild pitch. Chapman moves to third. Etten moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Milnar
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lodigiani vs. Milnar
Lodigiani hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chapman scores. There goes Etten trying to get to home. Campbell throws the ball in to Pytlak who tags Etten who's trying to score from second, for the out. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bartling vs. Milnar
Bartling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Lodigiani moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wagner vs. Suche
Charley Suche now pitching.
Wagner 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
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suche vs. Thomas
Suche hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Suche reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lary vs. Thomas
Lary hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani catches it and throws to second with Bartling covering, to double up Suche. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Thomas
Weatherly hits a popup towards the mound. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Suche
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Suche
Moses hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Weatherly. Moses reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Werber vs. Suche
Werber hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Moses scores. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Suche
There goes Werber. The throw from Pytlak and he is safe. Werber steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chapman vs. Suche
Chapman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Etten vs. Suche
Etten takes first base on ball four. Werber moves to third. Chapman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Johnson vs. Suche
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Werber scores. Chapman scores. Etten moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 10 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lodigiani vs. Suche
Lodigiani takes first base on ball four. Etten moves to third. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 10 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bartling vs. Suche
Bartling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Etten scores. Johnson moves to third. Lodigiani moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 11 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wagner vs. Suche
Wagner hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson scores. View Play -
Athletics, 12 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Suche
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 12 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Thomas
Campbell hits a popup towards short. Bartling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 12 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Thomas
Heath hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 12 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Thomas
Trosky hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Trosky reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 12 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pytlak vs. Thomas
Pytlak hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Trosky scores. View Play -
Athletics, 12 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Thomas
Keltner hits a popup towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 12 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Smith
Clay Smith now pitching.
Moses hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 13 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Smith
Werber hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 13 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Smith
Chapman strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 13 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Etten vs. Smith
Etten hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 13 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Smith
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Werber moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 13 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lodigiani vs. Smith
Lodigiani hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Werber scores. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bartling vs. Smith
Bartling strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 14 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kroner vs. Thomas
Kroner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Kroner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Workman vs. Thomas
Chuck Workman pinch hits for Clay Smith.
Workman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kroner moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lary vs. Thomas
Lary hits a popup towards first. Etten settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Weatherly vs. Thomas
Weatherly hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Weatherly reaches second base with a double. Kroner scores. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campbell vs. Thomas
Campbell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Weatherly scores. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Thomas
The ball gets by Wagner for a passed ball. Campbell moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Thomas
Heath 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
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Box Score
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Game of 9/18/1938, game 2 -- Philadelphia at Cleveland (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Moses W, rf 5 3 4 2 Lary L, ss 3 0 1 0
Werber B, 3b 4 3 2 1 Weatherly R, cf 3 1 1 1
Chapman S, lf 4 2 1 2 Campbell B, rf 3 0 1 1
Etten N, 1b 2 1 0 0 Heath J, lf 3 0 0 0
Johnson B, cf 3 2 2 2 Trosky H, 1b 3 1 1 0
Lodigiani D, 2b 4 0 2 2 Pytlak F, c 3 0 1 1
Bartling I, ss 4 1 2 2 Keltner K, 3b 3 0 1 0
Wagner H, c 3 1 0 1 Kroner J, 2b 3 1 1 0
Thomas B, p 3 1 1 1 Feller B, p 1 0 1 0
Milnar A, p 0 0 0 0
Suche C, p 1 0 1 0
Smith C, p 0 0 0 0
Workman C, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 14 14 13 27 3 9 3
Philadelphia 000 075 2 -- 14
Cleveland 000 001 2 -- 3
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Thomas B (W) 7.0 9 3 3 3 1
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Feller B (L) 4.1 4 6 5 6 3
Milnar A 0.1 2 1 1 2 0
Suche C 1.1 4 5 5 3 1
Smith C 1.0 4 2 2 0 2
E -- Trosky H, Heath J
DP -- Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 8, Cleveland 7
2B -- Moses W 2, Suche C, Trosky H, Kroner J, Weatherly R
HR -- Moses W
SB -- Campbell B, Werber B
CS -- Lary L, Johnson B
SH -- Weatherly R
WP -- Thomas B, Milnar A
PB -- Wagner H
T -- 2:03
A -- 0
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