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Athletics
@ Indians
League Park
May 11, 1939
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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 May 11, 1939 at League Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 11, 1939 |
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Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 11, 1939 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Joyce |
Home Starting Pitcher | Al Milnar |
Ballpark | League Park |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 2,500 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 12 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: Steve Basil 2B: (none) 3B: Red Ormsby |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dee Miles | Right Fielder |
Joe Gantenbein | Second Baseman |
Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
Earle Brucker | Catcher |
Sam Chapman | Center Fielder |
Nick Etten | First Baseman |
Bill Nagel | Third Baseman |
Skeeter Newsome | Shortstop |
Bob Joyce | Pitcher |
Connie Mack | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Roy Weatherly | Center Fielder |
Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
Bruce Campbell | Right Fielder |
Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
Jim Shilling | Second Baseman |
Oscar Grimes | Shortstop |
Al Milnar | Pitcher |
Ossie Vitt | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Indians
League Park
May 11, 1939
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miles vs. Milnar
Miles hits a popup, foul, 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: ---
Gantenbein vs. Milnar
Gantenbein takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Milnar
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Milnar fields it and throws to first for the out. Gantenbein moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brucker vs. Milnar
Brucker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chapman vs. Milnar
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grimes misplays the ball. That's an error on Grimes. Gantenbein moves to third. Brucker moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Etten vs. Milnar
Etten strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Joyce
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Joyce fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. Joyce
Hemsley hits a fly ball into right field. Miles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Joyce
Trosky takes first base on ball four. Weatherly moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Campbell vs. Joyce
Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Joyce fields it and throws to first for the out. Weatherly moves to third. Trosky moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Heath vs. Joyce
Heath hits a fly ball into center 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: ---
Nagel vs. Milnar
Nagel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newsome vs. Milnar
Hemsley fires to first and picks off Nagel. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Milnar
Newsome hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joyce vs. Milnar
Joyce hits a popup, foul, towards first. Trosky 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: ---
Keltner vs. Joyce
Keltner hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shilling vs. Joyce
Shilling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Joyce
Grimes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields it 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: ---
Miles vs. Milnar
Miles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gantenbein vs. Milnar
Gantenbein hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Milnar
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gantenbein moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brucker vs. Milnar
Brucker 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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chapman vs. Milnar
Chapman hits a popup towards first. Trosky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milnar vs. Joyce
Milnar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Joyce fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Joyce
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. Joyce
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Milnar
Etten hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nagel vs. Milnar
Nagel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newsome vs. Milnar
Newsome 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: 1--
Joyce vs. Milnar
Joyce hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Joyce
Trosky hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Joyce
Campbell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Joyce
Heath hits a fly ball into left 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: 1--
Keltner vs. Joyce
Keltner hits a fly ball into right field. Miles settles under the ball 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: ---
Miles vs. Milnar
Ben Chapman now playing left field.
Miles 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--
Gantenbein vs. Milnar
Gantenbein hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Milnar fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Milnar
There goes Gantenbein. The throw from Hemsley and he is out, Grimes applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Milnar
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shilling vs. Joyce
Shilling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Joyce
Grimes hits a popup, foul, towards first. Etten settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milnar vs. Joyce
Milnar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weatherly vs. Joyce
Weatherly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Milnar moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hemsley vs. Joyce
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brucker vs. Milnar
Brucker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Milnar
Chapman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brucker moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Etten vs. Milnar
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shilling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Brucker moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nagel vs. Milnar
Nagel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Joyce
Trosky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Joyce
Campbell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Joyce
Chapman takes first base on ball four. Trosky moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keltner vs. Joyce
Keltner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman who is chasing the ball. Keltner reaches third base with a triple. Trosky scores. Chapman goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Shilling vs. Joyce
Shilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grimes vs. Joyce
Grimes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Keltner scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milnar vs. Joyce
Milnar takes first base on ball four. Grimes moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Weatherly vs. Joyce
Weatherly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grimes scores. Milnar moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hemsley vs. Joyce
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Milnar
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grimes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Milnar
Frankie Hayes pinch hits for Bob Joyce.
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miles vs. Milnar
Miles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Shilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Dean
Chubby Dean now pitching.
Trosky hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Dean
Campbell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Dean
Chapman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Chapman reaches second base with a double. Campbell goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keltner vs. Dean
Keltner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Chapman scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shilling vs. Dean
There goes Keltner. The throw from Brucker and he is safe. Keltner steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shilling vs. Dean
Shilling hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grimes vs. Dean
Grimes strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gantenbein vs. Milnar
Gantenbein takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Milnar
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grimes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brucker vs. Milnar
Brucker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Milnar
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milnar vs. Dean
Milnar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weatherly vs. Dean
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Milnar moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hemsley vs. Dean
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields it and throws to second for the out. Milnar moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Trosky vs. Dean
Trosky hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Milnar tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Dean
Campbell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hemsley moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chapman vs. Dean
Chapman takes first base on ball four. Hemsley moves to third. Campbell moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Keltner vs. Dean
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Milnar
Etten hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nagel vs. Milnar
Nagel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newsome vs. Milnar
Newsome hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lodigiani vs. Milnar
Dario Lodigiani pinch hits for Chubby Dean.
Lodigiani takes first base on ball four. Nagel moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miles vs. Milnar
Miles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grimes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/11/1939 -- Philadelphia at Cleveland (D) Philadelphia AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Miles D, rf 5 0 2 0 Weatherly R, cf 5 0 5 1 Gantenbein J, 2b 2 0 0 0 Hemsley R, c 5 0 0 0 Johnson B, lf 4 0 1 0 Trosky H, 1b 3 1 1 1 Brucker E, c 1 0 0 0 Campbell B, rf 4 1 2 0 Chapman S, cf 4 0 1 0 Heath J, lf 2 0 0 0 Etten N, 1b 4 0 0 0 Chapman B, lf 1 2 1 1 Nagel B, 3b 2 0 1 0 Keltner K, 3b 5 1 2 3 Newsome S, ss 4 0 0 0 Shilling J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Joyce B, p 2 0 0 0 Grimes O, ss 4 1 1 1 Hayes F, ph 1 0 0 0 Milnar A, p 2 1 1 0 Dean C, p 0 0 0 0 Lodigiani D, ph 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29 0 5 0 35 7 13 7 Philadelphia 000 000 000 -- 0 Cleveland 000 004 21x -- 7 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Joyce B (L) 6.0 9 4 4 3 0 Dean C 2.0 4 3 3 3 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Milnar A (W) 9.0 5 0 0 8 2 E -- Grimes O DP -- Philadelphia 1, Cleveland 2 LOB -- Philadelphia 10, Cleveland 11 2B -- Chapman B 3B -- Keltner K SB -- Keltner K CS -- Gantenbein J SF -- Trosky H T -- 2:12 A -- 2500
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