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Indians
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
April 24, 1938
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, played on April 24, 1938 at Briggs Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 24, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 24, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Feller |
| Home Starting Pitcher | George Gill |
| Ballpark | Briggs Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cal Hubbard 1B: Bill McGowan 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Grieve |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lyn Lary | Shortstop |
| Bruce Campbell | Right Fielder |
| Odell Hale | Second Baseman |
| Moose Solters | Left Fielder |
| Earl Averill | Center Fielder |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
| Bob Feller | Pitcher |
| Ossie Vitt | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jo-Jo White | Center Fielder |
| Dixie Walker | Left Fielder |
| Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
| Hank Greenberg | First Baseman |
| Rudy York | Catcher |
| Pete Fox | Right Fielder |
| Billy Rogell | Shortstop |
| Don Ross | Third Baseman |
| George Gill | Pitcher |
| Mickey Cochrane | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
April 24, 1938
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Gill
Lary hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Ross. Lary moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campbell vs. Gill
Campbell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lary scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Gill
Hale bunts in front of the plate. York fields it and throws to first for the out. Campbell moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Solters vs. Gill
Solters hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gill fields it and throws to first for the out. Campbell moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Averill vs. Gill
Averill hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Feller
White hits a fly ball into left field. Solters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Feller
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Feller
Gehringer is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Gill
Trosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Gill
Keltner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Trosky moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hemsley vs. Gill
Hemsley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White throws the ball in to Rogell who tags Hemsley trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Trosky scores. Keltner moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Feller vs. Gill
Feller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lary vs. Gill
Lary hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Keltner scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Gill
Campbell hits a line drive into center field. White picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on White. Lary goes all the way around to score. Campbell moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hale vs. Coffman
Slick Coffman now pitching.
Hale hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solters vs. Coffman
Solters hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Feller
Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Feller
York strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Feller
Fox hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Coffman
Averill 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 -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Coffman
Trosky 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 -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Coffman
Keltner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. Coffman
Hemsley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Keltner moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Feller vs. Coffman
Feller is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rogell vs. Feller
Rogell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Feller
Ross hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coffman vs. Feller
Coffman is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Coffman
Lary hits a line drive towards short. Rogell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Coffman
Campbell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Coffman
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Feller
White hits a fly ball into left field. Solters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Feller
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Feller
Gehringer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Feller
Greenberg strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solters vs. Coffman
Solters hits a popup towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Coffman
Averill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Coffman
Trosky hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Coffman
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Coffman
Hemsley bunts towards third. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Feller
York strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Feller
Fox hits a popup into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rogell vs. Feller
Rogell strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ross vs. Feller
Ross takes first base on ball four. Fox moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cullenbine vs. Feller
Roy Cullenbine pinch hits for Slick Coffman.
Cullenbine is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Feller vs. Benton
Al Benton now pitching.
Feller is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Benton
Lary hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Benton
Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Feller
White hits a line drive into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Feller
Walker hits a popup towards short. Lary settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Feller
Gehringer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Feller
Greenberg strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Benton
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solters vs. Benton
Solters hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Benton
Averill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Solters moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trosky vs. Benton
Trosky hits a popup towards third. Ross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keltner vs. Benton
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Feller
York hits a popup towards short. Lary settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Feller
Fox is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rogell vs. Feller
Rogell is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ross vs. Feller
Ross hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Benton
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Feller vs. Benton
Feller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Benton
Lary hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Benton
Campbell hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Feller
Birdie Tebbetts pinch hits for Al Benton.
Tebbetts hits a fly ball into left field. Solters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Feller
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Feller
Walker bunts towards the mound. Feller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. White moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gehringer vs. Feller
Gehringer hits a popup towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Greenberg vs. Feller
Greenberg hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Poffenberger
Boots Poffenberger now pitching.
Hale hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Solters vs. Poffenberger
Solters hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Poffenberger
Averill takes first base on ball four. Hale moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trosky vs. Poffenberger
Trosky takes first base on ball four. Hale moves to third. Averill moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Keltner vs. Poffenberger
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rogell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Feller
York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Feller
Fox hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Averill, who is chasing the ball. Fox reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rogell vs. Feller
Rogell hits a line drive into right field. Campbell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Campbell. Fox scores. Rogell moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ross vs. Feller
Ross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rogell scores. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Laabs vs. Feller
Chet Laabs pinch hits for Boots Poffenberger.
Laabs hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Averill who is chasing the ball. Laabs reaches third base with a triple. Ross goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Feller
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky fields the ball and throws to Feller covering. Safe. Laabs scores. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Feller
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Feller fields it and throws to first for the out. White moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gehringer vs. Feller
Gehringer hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/24/1938 -- Cleveland at Detroit (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Lary L, ss 5 3 2 2 White J, cf 4 0 1 1
Campbell B, rf 5 1 2 1 Walker D, lf 5 0 1 0
Hale O, 2b 4 1 2 2 Gehringer C, 2b 4 0 1 0
Solters M, lf 5 0 1 0 Greenberg H, 1b 4 0 0 0
Averill E, cf 4 1 2 0 York R, c 4 0 0 0
Trosky H, 1b 4 2 2 2 Fox P, rf 4 1 2 0
Keltner K, 3b 4 1 1 0 Rogell B, ss 3 1 1 1
Hemsley R, c 4 0 2 1 Ross D, 3b 3 1 1 1
Feller B, p 4 0 0 0 Gill G, p 0 0 0 0
Coffman S, p 1 0 0 0
Cullenbine R, ph 1 0 0 0
Benton A, p 0 0 0 0
Tebbetts B, ph 1 0 0 0
Poffenberger B, p 0 0 0 0
Laabs C, ph 1 1 1 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 9 14 8 35 4 8 4
Cleveland 150 020 010 -- 9
Detroit 000 000 004 -- 4
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Feller B (W) 9.0 8 4 4 3 11
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Gill G (L) 1.2 6 5 4 0 0
Coffman S 3.1 4 3 3 1 1
Benton A 3.0 3 1 1 0 1
Poffenberger B 1.0 1 0 0 2 0
E -- Ross D, White J, Campbell B
DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Cleveland 7, Detroit 8
3B -- Fox P, Laabs C
HR -- Hale O, Trosky H, Lary L
SH -- Hale O
HBP -- by Feller B (Rogell B)
T -- 2:21
A -- 0
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