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Red Sox
@ Tigers
Navin Field
May 11, 1917
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox, played on May 11, 1917 at Navin Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 11, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 11, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Babe Ruth |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Willie Mitchell |
| Ballpark | Navin Field |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 3,404 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 39 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Brick Owens 1B: Bill Dinneen 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Harry Hooper | Right Fielder |
| Jack Barry | Second Baseman |
| Del Gainer | First Baseman |
| Duffy Lewis | Left Fielder |
| Tillie Walker | Center Fielder |
| Larry Gardner | Third Baseman |
| Everett Scott | Shortstop |
| Sam Agnew | Catcher |
| Babe Ruth | Pitcher |
| Jack Barry | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Donie Bush | Shortstop |
| Ralph Young | Second Baseman |
| Ty Cobb | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Veach | Left Fielder |
| Harry Heilmann | Center Fielder |
| George Burns | First Baseman |
| Ossie Vitt | Third Baseman |
| Tubby Spencer | Catcher |
| Willie Mitchell | Pitcher |
| Hughie Jennings | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Tigers
Navin Field
May 11, 1917
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. Mitchell
Hooper is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barry vs. Mitchell
Barry hits a popup towards short. Bush settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gainer vs. Mitchell
Gainer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Heilmann. Gainer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lewis vs. Mitchell
Lewis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walker vs. Mitchell
Walker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gainer scores. Lewis moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gardner vs. Mitchell
Gardner 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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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Ruth
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ruth
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Ruth
Cobb takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Ruth
There goes Cobb. The throw from Agnew and he is out, Scott applying the tag. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Mitchell
Scott hits a popup towards short. Bush settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Agnew vs. Mitchell
Agnew hits a popup towards short. Bush settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Mitchell
Ruth hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Veach. Ruth reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hooper vs. Mitchell
Hooper hits a fly ball into right field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Ruth
Veach hits a popup towards short. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Ruth
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Ruth
Burns hits a fly ball into right field. Hooper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barry vs. Mitchell
Barry hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gainer vs. Mitchell
Gainer hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Mitchell
Lewis 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 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vitt vs. Ruth
Vitt hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Ruth
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Ruth
Mitchell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gainer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Mitchell
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Mitchell
Gardner hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Mitchell
Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Agnew vs. Mitchell
Agnew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Scott moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ruth vs. Mitchell
Ruth hits a popup towards short. Bush settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Ruth
Bush strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ruth
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Ruth
Cobb hits a fly ball into left field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Ruth
Veach hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hooper. Veach reaches second base with a double. Young goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heilmann vs. Ruth
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruth fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. Mitchell
Hooper hits a fly ball into center field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barry vs. Mitchell
Barry hits a fly ball into center field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gainer vs. Mitchell
Gainer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lewis vs. Mitchell
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Ruth
Burns strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vitt vs. Ruth
Vitt strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Ruth
Spencer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gainer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Mitchell
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Mitchell
Gardner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Mitchell
Scott strikes out. There goes Gardner. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Agnew vs. Mitchell
Agnew hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Ruth
Mitchell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Ruth
Bush hits a fly ball into left field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ruth
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Ruth
There goes Young. The throw from Agnew and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cobb vs. Ruth
Cobb strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Mitchell
Ruth 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 -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. Mitchell
Hooper hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Young reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barry vs. Mitchell
Barry is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Ruth
Veach hits a popup towards third. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Ruth
Heilmann strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Ruth
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott misplays the ball. That's an error on Scott. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitt vs. Ruth
Vitt hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Hooper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gainer vs. Mitchell
Gainer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lewis vs. Mitchell
Lewis bunts towards the mound. Mitchell fields it and throws to first for the out. Gainer moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Walker vs. Mitchell
Walker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gainer scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardner vs. Mitchell
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Mitchell
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mitchell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Ruth
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gainer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spencer for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Ruth
Sam Crawford pinch hits for Willie Mitchell.
Crawford hits a fly ball into right field. Hooper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Ruth
Bush takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Ruth
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Hooper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Agnew vs. Cunningham
George Cunningham now pitching.
Agnew hits a popup towards first. Burns settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Cunningham
Ruth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hooper vs. Cunningham
Hooper takes first base on ball four. Ruth moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Barry vs. Cunningham
Barry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt juggles the ball. That's an error on Vitt. Ruth moves to third. Hooper moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gainer vs. Cunningham
There goes Ruth. The slide. Spencer applies the tag. Ruth is out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gainer vs. Cunningham
Gainer strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Ruth
Cobb bunts in front of the plate. Agnew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Ruth
Veach hits a ball on the ground for a double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Ruth
Heilmann hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walker. Heilmann reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burns vs. Ruth
Burns hits a fly ball into left field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 5/11/1917 -- BOS at DET (D)
BOS AB R H RBI DET AB R H RBI
Harry Hooper, rf 4 0 0 0 Donie Bush, ss 3 0 0 0
Jack Barry, 2b 5 0 0 0 Ralph Young, 2b 4 1 2 0
Del Gainer, 1b 4 2 2 0 Ty Cobb, rf 3 0 1 0
Duffy Lewis, lf 2 0 0 0 Bobby Veach, lf 4 0 1 1
Tillie Walker, cf 4 0 2 2 Harry Heilmann, cf 4 0 1 0
Larry Gardner, 3b 4 0 1 0 George Burns, 1b 4 0 0 0
Everett Scott, ss 4 0 1 0 Ossie Vitt, 3b 3 0 0 0
Sam Agnew, c 4 0 1 0 Tubby Spencer, c 3 0 0 0
Babe Ruth, p 4 0 2 0 Willie Mitchell, p 2 0 0 0
Sam Crawford, ph 1 0 0 0
George Cunningham, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 2 9 2 31 1 5 1
BOS 100 000 010 -- 2
DET 000 100 000 -- 1
BOS IP H R ER BB SO
Babe Ruth (W) 9.0 5 1 1 2 6
DET IP H R ER BB SO
Willie Mitchell (L) 8.0 8 2 2 2 3
George Cunningham 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
E -- Sam Agnew, Everett Scott, Ossie Vitt
DP -- BOS 1
LOB -- BOS 10, DET 5
2B -- Del Gainer, Babe Ruth, Bobby Veach, Harry Heilmann
SB -- Larry Gardner, Ralph Young
CS -- Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth
SH -- Duffy Lewis
T -- 1:39
A -- 3404
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