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Lineups and Summary
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Tigers
@ Indians
League Park
April 28, 1941
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, played on April 28, 1941 at League Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 28, 1941 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 28, 1941 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Hal Newhouser |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Al Milnar |
| Ballpark | League Park |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 3,500 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Harry Geisel 1B: Art Passarella 2B: (none) 3B: George Pipgras |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frank Croucher | Shortstop |
| Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
| Barney McCosky | Center Fielder |
| Rudy York | First Baseman |
| Hank Greenberg | Left Fielder |
| Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
| Tuck Stainback | Right Fielder |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Catcher |
| Hal Newhouser | Pitcher |
| Del Baker | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Roy Weatherly | Center Fielder |
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Gee Walker | Left Fielder |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Beau Bell | Right Fielder |
| Ray Mack | Second Baseman |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
| Al Milnar | Pitcher |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Indians
League Park
April 28, 1941
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Croucher vs. Milnar
Croucher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Milnar
Gehringer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCosky vs. Milnar
McCosky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
York vs. Milnar
York strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Newhouser
Weatherly strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Newhouser
Boudreau takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Newhouser
There goes Boudreau. The throw from Tebbetts and he is safe. Boudreau steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Walker vs. Newhouser
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Trosky vs. Newhouser
Trosky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Newhouser
Bell strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Milnar
Greenberg strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Milnar
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Milnar fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stainback vs. Milnar
Stainback strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Newhouser
Mack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Newhouser
Keltner hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Newhouser
Hemsley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milnar vs. Newhouser
Milnar strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Milnar
Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newhouser vs. Milnar
Newhouser hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops it up and throws to first, with Milnar covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Croucher vs. Milnar
Croucher strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Newhouser
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Newhouser
Boudreau takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Newhouser
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Newhouser
Trosky strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Milnar
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Milnar
McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Milnar
York hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Milnar
Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Newhouser
Bell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky who is chasing the ball. Bell reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mack vs. Newhouser
Mack is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Keltner vs. Newhouser
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bell scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Newhouser
Hemsley bunts towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Milnar
Higgins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stainback vs. Milnar
Stainback hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Stainback reaches second base with a double. Higgins goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tebbetts vs. Milnar
Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. Stainback moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Newhouser vs. Milnar
Newhouser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to home to get Stainback. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Croucher vs. Milnar
Croucher hits a popup towards short. Boudreau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milnar vs. Newhouser
Milnar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weatherly vs. Newhouser
Weatherly takes first base on ball four. Milnar moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boudreau vs. Newhouser
Boudreau bunts towards third. Higgins fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Higgins. Milnar moves to third. Weatherly moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Walker vs. Newhouser
Walker hits a ball on the ground for a double play. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trosky vs. Newhouser
Trosky is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Milnar
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gehringer for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Milnar
McCosky hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Mack reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Milnar
York hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Newhouser
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mack vs. Newhouser
Mack bunts towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Newhouser
Keltner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hemsley vs. Newhouser
Hemsley takes first base on ball four. Keltner moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Milnar vs. Newhouser
Milnar is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Weatherly vs. Newhouser
Weatherly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell scores. Keltner scores. Hemsley goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Newhouser
Boudreau hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Milnar
Greenberg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Greenberg reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Higgins vs. Milnar
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Greenberg moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stainback vs. Milnar
Stainback hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Greenberg scores. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Milnar
Tebbetts strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 2 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Newhouser
Red Howell pinch hits for Gee Walker.
Howell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Newhouser
Jeff Heath pinch runs for Red Howell.
The ball gets by Tebbetts for a passed ball. Heath moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Trosky vs. Newhouser
Trosky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Newhouser
Bell bunts towards third. Higgins fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Higgins. Heath moves to third. Trosky moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mack vs. Newhouser
There's a wild pitch. Heath scores. Trosky moves to third. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mack vs. Trout
Dizzy Trout now pitching.
Mack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Trosky scores. Bell scores. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Trout
Keltner bunts towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Gehringer covering, for the out. Mack moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hemsley vs. Trout
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mack moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Milnar vs. Trout
Milnar strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNair vs. Milnar
Jeff Heath now playing left field. Eric McNair pinch hits for Dizzy Trout.
McNair hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Croucher vs. Milnar
Croucher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Milnar
Gehringer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCosky vs. Milnar
McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau misplays the ball. That's an error on Boudreau. Gehringer moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
York vs. Milnar
York hits a line drive towards third. Keltner reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. White
Hal White now pitching.
Weatherly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. White
Boudreau bunts towards the mound. White fields it and throws to first for the out. Weatherly moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. White
Heath takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trosky vs. White
Trosky hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. White
Bell hits a popup in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Milnar
Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Higgins vs. Milnar
Higgins hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stainback vs. Milnar
Stainback hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tebbetts vs. Milnar
Tebbetts hits a popup towards short. Boudreau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/28/1941 -- Detroit at Cleveland (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Croucher F, ss 4 0 1 0 Weatherly R, cf 4 0 2 3
Gehringer C, 2b 3 0 0 0 Boudreau L, ss 2 0 0 0
McCosky B, cf 4 0 0 0 Walker G, lf 3 0 0 0
York R, 1b 4 0 1 0 Howell R, ph 0 0 0 0
Greenberg H, lf 4 1 2 0 Heath J, pr-lf 0 1 0 0
Higgins P, 3b 4 1 1 0 Trosky H, 1b 3 1 0 0
Stainback T, rf 4 0 1 2 Bell B, rf 4 3 1 0
Tebbetts B, c 4 0 0 0 Mack R, 2b 4 0 1 2
Newhouser H, p 2 0 0 0 Keltner K, 3b 3 1 1 1
Trout D, p 0 0 0 0 Hemsley R, c 3 1 1 0
McNair E, ph 1 0 0 0 Milnar A, p 3 0 0 0
White H, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 2 6 2 29 7 6 6
Detroit 000 010 100 -- 2
Cleveland 000 103 30x -- 7
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser H (L)* 6.0 4 7 6 9 9
Trout D 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
White H 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Milnar A (W) 9.0 6 2 2 1 5
* Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
E -- Higgins P 2, Boudreau L
DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Detroit 6, Cleveland 10
2B -- Stainback T, Greenberg H
3B -- Bell B
SB -- Boudreau L
SH -- Keltner K, Boudreau L
WP -- Newhouser H
PB -- Tebbetts B
T -- 2:10
A -- 3500
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score
