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Senators
@ Tigers
Navin Field
August 18, 1917
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Washington Senators, played on August 18, 1917 at Navin Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 18, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Washington Senators
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 18, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Washington Senators |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Walter Johnson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | George Cunningham |
| Ballpark | Navin Field |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 7,525 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 35 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Hildebrand 1B: Tommy Connolly 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Washington Senators Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joe Judge | First Baseman |
| Howie Shanks | Shortstop |
| Clyde Milan | Center Fielder |
| Sam Rice | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Foster | Third Baseman |
| Ray Morgan | Second Baseman |
| Mike Menosky | Left Fielder |
| Eddie Ainsmith | Catcher |
| Walter Johnson | Pitcher |
| Clark Griffith | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Donie Bush | Shortstop |
| Ossie Vitt | Third Baseman |
| George Harper | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Veach | Left Fielder |
| Harry Heilmann | Right Fielder |
| George Burns | First Baseman |
| Ralph Young | Second Baseman |
| Archie Yelle | Catcher |
| George Cunningham | Pitcher |
| Hughie Jennings | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Senators
@ Tigers
Navin Field
August 18, 1917
Top 1
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Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Judge vs. Cunningham
Judge hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shanks vs. Cunningham
Shanks hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milan vs. Cunningham
Milan hits a line drive into center field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Johnson
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vitt vs. Johnson
Vitt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ainsmith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Johnson
Harper is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Cunningham
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Cunningham
Foster hits a fly ball into center field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Cunningham
Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Menosky vs. Cunningham
Menosky hits a line drive into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Johnson
Veach strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Johnson
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foster fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Johnson
Burns hits a popup towards third. Foster settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ainsmith vs. Cunningham
Ainsmith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Cunningham
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Judge vs. Cunningham
Judge hits a ball on the ground towards first. Burns fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Burns. Johnson moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Shanks vs. Cunningham
Shanks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Judge moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Milan vs. Cunningham
Yelle fires to first and picks off Shanks. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Milan vs. Cunningham
Milan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young misplays the ball. That's an error on Young. Judge scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Cunningham
Rice takes first base on ball four. Milan moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foster vs. Cunningham
Foster 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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Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Johnson
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yelle vs. Johnson
Yelle hits a line drive into left field. Menosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Johnson
Cunningham strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bush vs. Johnson
Bush hits a fly ball into left field. Menosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Cunningham
Morgan hits a ball on the ground between third and short. The ball bounces off Vitt, and towards Bush, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menosky vs. Cunningham
Menosky 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 -
Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ainsmith vs. Cunningham
Ainsmith hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vitt vs. Johnson
Vitt hits a fly ball into center field. Milan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Johnson
Harper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Johnson
Veach hits a fly ball into center field. Milan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Johnson
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Cunningham
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Judge vs. Cunningham
Judge takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shanks vs. Cunningham
Shanks bunts towards the mound. Cunningham fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third. Judge moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Milan vs. Cunningham
The ball gets by Yelle for a passed ball. Johnson scores. Judge moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Milan vs. Cunningham
Milan hits a fly ball towards left. Veach catches it and throws to home to double up Judge. View Play
Bottom 5
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Senators, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Johnson
Patsy Gharrity now playing first base.
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foster fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Johnson
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Shanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yelle vs. Johnson
Yelle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Senators, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Cunningham
Rice takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foster vs. Cunningham
Foster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rice moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Morgan vs. Cunningham
Morgan strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Menosky vs. Cunningham
Menosky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rice scores. Foster moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ainsmith vs. Cunningham
Ainsmith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush fields it and throws to second for the out. Foster scores. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Cunningham
Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Veach. Johnson reaches second base with a double. There goes Ainsmith trying to get to home. Veach throws the ball in to Bush who relays the ball to Yelle, who tags Ainsmith, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Johnson
Cunningham strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Johnson
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards short. Shanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vitt vs. Johnson
Vitt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gharrity vs. Cunningham
Gharrity hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yelle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shanks vs. Cunningham
Shanks hits a fly ball into center field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milan vs. Cunningham
Milan hits a fly ball into center field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Johnson
Harper strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Johnson
Veach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foster fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Johnson
Heilmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Milan throws the ball in to Shanks who tags Heilmann trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Cunningham
Rice hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yelle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Cunningham
Foster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Cunningham
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Johnson
Burns hits a fly ball into center field. Milan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Johnson
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yelle vs. Johnson
Yelle hits a popup towards short. Shanks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crawford vs. Johnson
Sam Crawford pinch hits for George Cunningham.
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Shanks misplays the ball. That's an error on Shanks. Young moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bush vs. Johnson
Bush hits a line drive into left field. Menosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menosky vs. Mitchell
Willie Mitchell now pitching.
Menosky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ainsmith vs. Mitchell
Ainsmith hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Bush fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Mitchell
There goes Ainsmith. The throw from Yelle and he is safe. Ainsmith steals second. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Mitchell
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gharrity vs. Mitchell
Gharrity strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vitt vs. Johnson
Vitt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Menosky. Vitt reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harper vs. Johnson
Harper hits a fly ball into left field. Menosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Veach vs. Johnson
Veach hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Milan chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Morgan. Morgan fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Morgan. Vitt scores. Veach moves all the way to home. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Johnson
Heilmann strikes out. Ainsmith throws to first to catch . Gharrity drops the ball. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Johnson
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Shanks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/18/1917 -- WS1 at DET (D)
WS1 AB R H RBI DET AB R H RBI
Joe Judge, 1b 2 1 0 0 Donie Bush, ss 4 0 0 0
Patsy Gharrity, 1b 2 0 0 0 Ossie Vitt, 3b 4 1 1 0
Howie Shanks, ss 3 0 1 1 George Harper, cf 4 0 1 0
Clyde Milan, cf 4 0 0 0 Bobby Veach, lf 4 1 1 1
Sam Rice, rf 2 1 0 0 Harry Heilmann, rf 4 0 1 0
Eddie Foster, 3b 4 1 1 0 George Burns, 1b 4 0 0 0
Ray Morgan, 2b 4 0 1 0 Ralph Young, 2b 1 0 0 0
Mike Menosky, lf 3 0 1 1 Archie Yelle, c 3 0 0 0
Eddie Ainsmith, c 4 0 0 1 George Cunningham, p 2 0 0 0
Walter Johnson, p 4 2 3 0 Sam Crawford, ph 1 0 0 0
Willie Mitchell, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 5 7 3 31 2 4 1
WS1 002 012 000 -- 5
DET 000 000 002 -- 2
WS1 IP H R ER BB SO
Walter Johnson (W) 9.0 4 2 1 2 6
DET IP H R ER BB SO
George Cunningham (L) 8.0 7 5 2 3 1
Willie Mitchell 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
E -- George Burns, Ralph Young, Howie Shanks, Ray Morgan, Patsy Gharrity
DP -- WS1 1, DET 1
LOB -- WS1 5, DET 4
2B -- Walter Johnson, Ossie Vitt
3B -- Bobby Veach
SB -- Eddie Ainsmith
SH -- Howie Shanks
PB -- Archie Yelle
T -- 1:35
A -- 7525
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