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White Sox
@ Tigers
Navin Field
April 20, 1916
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox, played on April 20, 1916 at Navin Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 20, 1916 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 20, 1916 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mellie Wolfgang |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Harry Coveleski |
| Ballpark | Navin Field |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 20,760 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 35 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Billy Evans 1B: Ollie Chill 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Happy Felsch | Center Fielder |
| Buck Weaver | Third Baseman |
| Eddie Collins | Second Baseman |
| Jack Fournier | First Baseman |
| Shoeless Joe Jackson | Left Fielder |
| Shano Collins | Right Fielder |
| Ray Schalk | Catcher |
| Zeb Terry | Shortstop |
| Mellie Wolfgang | Pitcher |
| Pants Rowland | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Donie Bush | Shortstop |
| Ossie Vitt | Third Baseman |
| Ty Cobb | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Veach | Left Fielder |
| George Harper | Right Fielder |
| Harry Heilmann | First Baseman |
| Ralph Young | Second Baseman |
| Oscar Stanage | Catcher |
| Harry Coveleski | Pitcher |
| Hughie Jennings | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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White Sox
@ Tigers
Navin Field
April 20, 1916
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Felsch vs. Coveleski
Felsch hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weaver vs. Coveleski
Weaver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Coveleski
Collins bunts towards the mound. Coveleski fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fournier vs. Coveleski
Fournier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Wolfgang
Bush hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vitt vs. Wolfgang
Vitt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Wolfgang, and towards Weaver, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Wolfgang
Cobb hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Wolfgang
Veach hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Collins fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Coveleski
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Coveleski
Collins hits a fly ball into right field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schalk vs. Coveleski
Schalk hits a line drive towards the mound. Coveleski reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Wolfgang
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Collins scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Wolfgang
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Wolfgang
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Collins scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Coveleski
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wolfgang vs. Coveleski
Wolfgang hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coveleski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Felsch vs. Coveleski
Felsch hits a line drive towards short. Bush reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanage vs. Wolfgang
Stanage hits a ball on the ground towards third. Weaver fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coveleski vs. Wolfgang
Coveleski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Collins scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Wolfgang
Bush hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitt vs. Wolfgang
Vitt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Collins fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weaver vs. Coveleski
Weaver strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Coveleski
Collins is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fournier vs. Coveleski
Fournier is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Wolfgang
Cobb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Wolfgang
Veach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Collins scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cobb moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harper vs. Wolfgang
Wolfgang spins and fires to second, with Terry covering, and Cobb is picked off. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Wolfgang
Harper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Wolfgang
There goes Harper. The throw from Schalk and he is out, Collins applying the tag. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Coveleski
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coveleski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Coveleski
Collins hits a line drive into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schalk vs. Coveleski
Schalk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Coveleski
Terry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schalk moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wolfgang vs. Coveleski
Wolfgang hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Stanage settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Wolfgang
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Schalk fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Wolfgang
Young strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanage vs. Wolfgang
Stanage hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Coveleski vs. Wolfgang
Coveleski strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Felsch vs. Coveleski
Felsch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weaver vs. Coveleski
Weaver bunts towards first. Heilmann scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Weaver for the out. Felsch moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Collins vs. Coveleski
Collins strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fournier vs. Coveleski
Fournier hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Wolfgang
Bush bunts in front of the plate. Schalk fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vitt vs. Wolfgang
Vitt hits a fly ball into center field. Felsch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Wolfgang
Cobb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Wolfgang
There goes Cobb. The throw from Schalk and he is out, Collins applying the tag. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Coveleski
Jackson hits a popup towards short. Bush settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Coveleski
Collins hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schalk vs. Coveleski
Schalk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Coveleski
There goes Schalk. The throw from Stanage and he is out, Bush applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Wolfgang
Veach strikes out. Schalk drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Veach out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Wolfgang
Harper hits a popup towards short. Terry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Wolfgang
Heilmann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Wolfgang
Young hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Coveleski
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wolfgang vs. Coveleski
Wolfgang hits a popup towards short. Bush settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Felsch vs. Coveleski
Felsch hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weaver vs. Coveleski
Weaver hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Cobb. Weaver reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Collins vs. Coveleski
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Heilmann scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Collins for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanage vs. Wolfgang
Stanage hits a popup towards short. Terry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kavanagh vs. Wolfgang
Marty Kavanagh pinch hits for Harry Coveleski.
Kavanagh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Wolfgang
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wolfgang fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fournier vs. Boland
Bernie Boland now pitching.
Fournier strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Boland
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Boland
Collins hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Stanage settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vitt vs. Wolfgang
Vitt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Wolfgang
Cobb hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Schalk fields it and throws to first for the out. Vitt moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Veach vs. Wolfgang
Veach hits a line drive into right field. Collins picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Collins. Vitt scores. Veach moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harper vs. Wolfgang
Harper hits a fly ball into center field. Felsch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heilmann vs. Wolfgang
Heilmann hits a line drive into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Veach scores. That run is unearned. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 4/20/1916 -- CHA at DET (D)
CHA AB R H RBI DET AB R H RBI
Happy Felsch, cf 4 1 3 1 Donie Bush, ss 4 0 1 0
Buck Weaver, 3b 3 0 1 0 Ossie Vitt, 3b 4 1 1 0
Eddie Collins, 2b 4 0 0 0 Ty Cobb, cf 4 0 3 0
Jack Fournier, 1b 4 0 0 0 Bobby Veach, lf 4 1 1 1
Joe Jackson, lf 4 0 0 0 George Harper, rf 3 0 0 0
Shano Collins, rf 4 0 0 0 Harry Heilmann, 1b 4 0 2 1
Ray Schalk, c 2 0 1 0 Ralph Young, 2b 3 0 0 0
Zeb Terry, ss 3 0 1 0 Oscar Stanage, c 3 0 1 0
Mellie Wolfgang, p 3 0 0 0 Harry Coveleski, p 2 0 0 0
Marty Kavanagh, ph 1 0 0 0
Bernie Boland, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 1 6 1 32 2 9 2
CHA 000 000 010 -- 1
DET 000 000 002 -- 2
2 outs when winning run was scored.
CHA IP H R ER BB SO
Mellie Wolfgang (L) 8.2 9 2 1 1 3
DET IP H R ER BB SO
Harry Coveleski 8.0 6 1 1 1 4
Bernie Boland (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
E -- Shano Collins
LOB -- CHA 5, DET 5
2B -- Oscar Stanage, Buck Weaver, Harry Heilmann
HR -- Happy Felsch
CS -- George Harper, Ty Cobb, Ray Schalk
SH -- Buck Weaver
T -- 1:35
A -- 20760
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