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Indians
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
September 20, 1940
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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 September 20, 1940 at Briggs Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 20, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 20, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mel Harder |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bobo Newsom |
| Ballpark | Briggs Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 22,508 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill McGowan 1B: Bill Summers 2B: Steve Basil 3B: George Pipgras |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ben Chapman | Left Fielder |
| Roy Weatherly | Center Fielder |
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Beau Bell | Right Fielder |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Ray Mack | Second Baseman |
| Frankie Pytlak | Catcher |
| Mel Harder | Pitcher |
| Ossie Vitt | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick Bartell | Shortstop |
| Barney McCosky | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
| Hank Greenberg | Left Fielder |
| Rudy York | First Baseman |
| Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
| Pete Fox | Right Fielder |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Catcher |
| Bobo Newsom | Pitcher |
| Del Baker | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
September 20, 1940
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Newsom
Chapman hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Newsom
Weatherly hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Newsom
Boudreau hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Newsom
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Harder
Bartell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCosky vs. Harder
McCosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bartell moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gehringer vs. Harder
Gehringer strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Greenberg vs. Harder
Greenberg strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
York vs. Harder
York hits a popup, foul, towards first. Trosky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Newsom
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Newsom
Keltner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Keltner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mack vs. Newsom
Mack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Keltner moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Pytlak vs. Newsom
Pytlak takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Harder vs. Newsom
Harder strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Harder
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Harder
Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Harder
Tebbetts strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Newsom
Chapman hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Newsom
Weatherly hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Weatherly reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boudreau vs. Newsom
Boudreau hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Greenberg throws the ball in to Gehringer who tags Boudreau trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Weatherly scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Newsom
Trosky hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsom vs. Harder
Newsom hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Harder
Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Harder
McCosky hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Pytlak settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Pytlak. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Harder
McCosky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Harder
There goes McCosky. The throw from Pytlak and he is out, Boudreau applying the tag. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Newsom
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Newsom
Keltner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mack vs. Newsom
There goes Keltner. The throw from Tebbetts and he is out, Gehringer applying the tag. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Newsom
Mack hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Harder
Gehringer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Harder
Greenberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Weatherly throws the ball in to Boudreau who relays the ball to Mack who tags Greenberg trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Gehringer moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
York vs. Harder
York hits a fly ball into left field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gehringer scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Harder
Higgins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Harder
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Newsom
Pytlak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harder vs. Newsom
Harder strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Newsom
Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pytlak moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Weatherly vs. Newsom
Weatherly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pytlak scores. Chapman moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boudreau vs. Newsom
Boudreau hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Chapman scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Newsom
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Harder
Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harder juggles the ball. That's an error on Harder. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newsom vs. Harder
Newsom hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bartell vs. Harder
Bartell hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCosky vs. Harder
McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Newsom
Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Bell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keltner vs. Newsom
Keltner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell scores. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mack vs. Newsom
Mack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pytlak vs. Newsom
Pytlak hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harder vs. Newsom
Harder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mack moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chapman vs. Smith
Clay Smith now pitching.
Chapman hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Harder
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack misplays the ball. That's an error on Mack. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Harder
Greenberg hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
York vs. Harder
York strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Higgins vs. Harder
Higgins hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Smith
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Smith
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Smith
Trosky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Smith
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Harder
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Harder
Tebbetts hits a line drive towards short. Boudreau reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mullin vs. Harder
Pat Mullin pinch hits for Clay Smith.
Mullin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Newhouser
Hal Newhouser now pitching.
Keltner 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, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Newhouser
Mack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pytlak vs. Newhouser
Pytlak hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harder vs. Newhouser
Harder hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Harder
Billy Sullivan pinch hits for Dick Bartell.
Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Harder
McCosky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Harder
Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCosky moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Greenberg vs. Feller
Bob Feller now pitching.
Greenberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCosky scores. Gehringer moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
York vs. Feller
York hits a line drive into right field. Bell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bell. Gehringer scores. Greenberg goes all the way around to score. York moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Higgins vs. Feller
Higgins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. York scores. Higgins moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fox vs. Dobson
Joe Dobson now pitching.
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Higgins moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Tebbetts vs. Dobson
There goes Higgins. The slide. Pytlak applies the tag. Higgins is out. Fox moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tebbetts vs. Dobson
Tebbetts is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Campbell vs. Dobson
Bruce Campbell pinch hits for Hal Newhouser.
Campbell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fox scores. There goes Tebbetts trying to get to third. Weatherly throws the ball in to Keltner, who tags Tebbetts for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 4 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Benton
Al Benton now pitching. Frank Croucher now playing shortstop.
Chapman hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Benton
Weatherly hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Higgins. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Benton
Weatherly hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Weatherly reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boudreau vs. Benton
Boudreau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Weatherly scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Benton
Trosky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boudreau moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Benton
Oscar Grimes pinch runs for Hal Trosky.
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Keltner vs. Benton
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/20/1940 -- Cleveland at Detroit
Cleveland AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Chapman B, lf 5 1 1 0 Bartell D, ss 2 0 0 0
Weatherly R, cf 5 2 3 1 Sullivan B, ph 1 0 0 0
Boudreau L, ss 5 0 3 3 Croucher F, ss 0 0 0 0
Trosky H, 1b 4 0 1 0 McCosky B, cf 2 1 1 0
Grimes O, pr 0 0 0 0 Gehringer C, 2b 3 2 1 0
Bell B, rf 5 1 1 0 Greenberg H, lf 4 1 2 1
Keltner K, 3b 5 0 3 1 York R, 1b 4 1 1 2
Mack R, 2b 4 0 1 0 Higgins M, 3b 4 0 2 1
Pytlak F, c 3 1 1 0 Fox P, rf 4 1 1 0
Harder M, p 4 0 1 0 Tebbetts B, c 3 0 0 0
Feller B, p 0 0 0 0 Newsom B, p 2 0 0 0
Dobson J, p 0 0 0 0 Smith C, p 0 0 0 0
Mullin P, ph 1 0 0 0
Newhouser H, p 0 0 0 0
Campbell B, ph 1 0 1 1
Benton A, p 0 0 0 0
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40 5 15 5 31 6 9 5
Cleveland 001 021 001 -- 5
Detroit 000 100 05x -- 6
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Harder M 7.1 4 3 3 4 4
Feller B (L)* 0.0 3 2 2 0 0
Dobson J 0.2 2 1 1 1 0
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Newsom B 5.2 11 4 4 1 3
Smith C 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Newhouser H (W) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Benton A (S) 1.0 3 1 0 0 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 8th
E -- Pytlak F, Harder M, Mack R, Bell B, Higgins M
LOB -- Cleveland 10, Detroit 6
2B -- Keltner K, Weatherly R 2, Bell B
CS -- McCosky B, Keltner K, Higgins M
T -- 2:55
A -- 22508
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