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Senators
@ Indians
League Park
May 16, 1942
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Washington Senators, played on May 16, 1942 at League Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 16, 1942 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Washington Senators
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 16, 1942 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Washington Senators |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Early Wynn |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Al Smith |
| Ballpark | League Park |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Art Passarella 1B: George Pipgras 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Summers |
Washington Senators Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Repass | Third Baseman |
| Stan Spence | Center Fielder |
| Mickey Vernon | First Baseman |
| Mike Chartak | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Estalella | Left Fielder |
| Al Evans | Catcher |
| Jimmy Pofahl | Shortstop |
| Chile Gomez | Second Baseman |
| Early Wynn | Pitcher |
| Bucky Harris | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Oris Hockett | Right Fielder |
| Buster Mills | Center Fielder |
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
| Les Fleming | First Baseman |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Ray Mack | Second Baseman |
| Otto Denning | Catcher |
| Al Smith | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Senators
@ Indians
League Park
May 16, 1942
Top 1
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repass vs. Smith
Repass is called out on strikes. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spence vs. Smith
Spence hits a fly ball into center field. Mills settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vernon vs. Smith
Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hockett vs. Wynn
Hockett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mills vs. Wynn
Mills hits a fly ball into right field. Chartak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Wynn
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gomez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chartak vs. Smith
Chartak hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Estalella vs. Smith
Estalella hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Denning settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Smith
Evans is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Wynn
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fleming vs. Wynn
Fleming hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Chartak. Fleming reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keltner vs. Wynn
Keltner hits a popup towards short. Pofahl settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mack vs. Wynn
Mack hits a fly ball into left field. Estalella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pofahl vs. Smith
Pofahl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Smith
Gomez strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Smith
Wynn is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Denning vs. Wynn
Denning hits a ball on the ground towards third. Repass fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Wynn
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hockett vs. Wynn
Hockett is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repass vs. Smith
Repass takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spence vs. Smith
Spence hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vernon vs. Smith
Vernon strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chartak vs. Smith
Chartak hits a popup towards short. Boudreau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mills vs. Wynn
Mills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pofahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Wynn
Boudreau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Wynn
Heath hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boudreau moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fleming vs. Wynn
There goes Heath. The throw from Evans and he is safe. Heath steals second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fleming vs. Wynn
Fleming hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Chartak. Fleming reaches second base with a double. Boudreau scores. Heath scores. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keltner vs. Wynn
Keltner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Repass settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mack vs. Wynn
Mack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fleming scores. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Denning vs. Wynn
Denning hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wynn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Estalella vs. Smith
Estalella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Smith
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pofahl vs. Smith
Pofahl takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gomez vs. Smith
Gomez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fleming settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Campbell vs. Smith
Bruce Campbell pinch hits for Early Wynn.
Campbell hits a line drive into right field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Zuber
Bill Zuber now pitching.
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zuber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hockett vs. Zuber
Hockett bunts towards third. Repass fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mills vs. Zuber
Mills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pofahl fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Zuber
There goes Mills. The throw from Evans and he is out, Pofahl applying the tag. View Play
Top 6
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repass vs. Smith
Repass hits a fly ball into center field. Mills settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spence vs. Smith
Spence hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vernon vs. Smith
Vernon takes first base on ball four. Spence moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chartak vs. Smith
Chartak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Zuber
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pofahl can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Zuber
There's a wild pitch. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Zuber
Heath hits a popup towards short. Pofahl settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fleming vs. Zuber
Fleming hits a fly ball into center field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keltner vs. Zuber
Keltner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boudreau scores. Keltner moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mack vs. Zuber
Mack hits a popup towards first. Vernon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Estalella vs. Smith
Estalella hits a popup towards first. Fleming settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Smith
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pofahl vs. Smith
Pofahl hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Denning settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Denning vs. Zuber
Denning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pofahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Zuber
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hockett vs. Zuber
Hockett hits a popup, foul, towards third. Repass settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Smith
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fleming scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gomez for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Smith
Roberto Ortiz pinch hits for Bill Zuber.
Ortiz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repass vs. Smith
Repass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Keltner. Ortiz moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spence vs. Smith
Spence hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ortiz scores. Repass moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vernon vs. Smith
Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Repass moves to third. Spence moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Chartak vs. Smith
Chartak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Repass scores. Spence scores. Vernon moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Estalella vs. Ferrick
Tom Ferrick now pitching.
Estalella hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Mack catches it and throws to first to double up Chartak. View Play
Bottom 8
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Senators, 3 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mills vs. Carrasquel
Alex Carrasquel now pitching.
Mills hits a line drive into center field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Carrasquel
Boudreau hits a fly ball into right field. Chartak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Carrasquel
Heath hits a fly ball into left field. Estalella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Senators, 3 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Ferrick
Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pofahl vs. Ferrick
There goes Evans. The throw from Denning and he is safe. Evans steals second. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pofahl vs. Ferrick
Pofahl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Evans moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gomez vs. Ferrick
Gomez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Early vs. Brown
Jake Early pinch hits for Alex Carrasquel. Clint Brown now pitching.
Early hits a fly ball into center field. Mills settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Evans scores. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repass vs. Brown
There goes Gomez. The throw from Denning and he is safe. Gomez steals second. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repass vs. Brown
Repass hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Senators, 4 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fleming vs. Masterson
Walt Masterson now pitching.
Fleming hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Chartak. Fleming reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keltner vs. Masterson
Oscar Grimes pinch runs for Les Fleming.
Keltner bunts towards the mound. Masterson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Masterson. Grimes scores. That run is unearned. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/16/1942, game 1 -- Washington at Cleveland (D)
Washington AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Repass B, 3b 4 1 0 0 Hockett O, rf 4 0 1 0
Spence S, cf 4 1 2 1 Mills B, cf 4 0 0 0
Vernon M, 1b 3 0 1 0 Boudreau L, ss 4 2 2 0
Chartak M, rf 4 0 1 2 Heath J, lf 4 1 1 0
Estalella B, lf 3 0 0 0 Fleming L, 1b 4 1 3 2
Evans A, c 4 1 1 0 Grimes O, pr 0 1 0 0
Pofahl J, ss 3 0 0 0 Keltner K, 3b 3 0 1 1
Gomez C, 2b 3 0 0 0 Mack R, 2b 3 0 1 1
Wynn E, p 1 0 0 0 Denning O, c 3 0 0 0
Campbell B, ph 1 0 0 0 Smith A, p 3 0 1 0
Zuber B, p 0 0 0 0 Ferrick T, p 0 0 0 0
Ortiz R, ph 0 1 0 0 Brown C, p 0 0 0 0
Carrasquel A, p 0 0 0 0
Early J, ph 1 0 0 1
Masterson W, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 4 5 4 32 5 10 4
Washington 000 000 031 -- 4
Cleveland 000 301 001 -- 5
0 outs when winning run was scored.
Washington IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn E 4.0 6 3 3 0 1
Zuber B 3.0 3 1 1 0 0
Carrasquel A 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Masterson W (L) 0.0 1 1 0 0 0
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Smith A 7.1 4 3 2 5 5
Ferrick T 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Brown C (W) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Keltner K, Masterson W
DP -- Washington 1, Cleveland 2
LOB -- Washington 6, Cleveland 4
2B -- Fleming L 3
SB -- Heath J, Evans A, Gomez C
CS -- Mills B
SH -- Keltner K
WP -- Zuber B
T -- 2:10
A -- 0
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score
