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Senators
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
May 11, 1949
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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 May 11, 1949 at Briggs Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 11, 1949 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Washington Senators
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 11, 1949 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Washington Senators |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Calvert |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Stubby Overmire |
| Ballpark | Briggs Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 6,811 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 17 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Art Passarella 1B: Jim Boyer 2B: (none) 3B: Eddie Rommel |
Washington Senators Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gil Coan | Left Fielder |
| Buddy Lewis | Right Fielder |
| Al Kozar | Second Baseman |
| Clyde Vollmer | Center Fielder |
| Eddie Yost | Third Baseman |
| Eddie Robinson | First Baseman |
| Sam Dente | Shortstop |
| Al Evans | Catcher |
| Paul Calvert | Pitcher |
| Joe Kuhel | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Lake | Shortstop |
| Don Kolloway | Second Baseman |
| George Kell | Third Baseman |
| Vic Wertz | Right Fielder |
| Dick Wakefield | Left Fielder |
| Aaron Robinson | Catcher |
| Johnny Groth | Center Fielder |
| Sam Vico | First Baseman |
| Stubby Overmire | Pitcher |
| Red Rolfe | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Senators
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
May 11, 1949
Top 1
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Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coan vs. Overmire
Coan hits a line drive to center field. Groth throws towards Lake. Lake fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lake. Groth throws the ball in to Lake who tags Coan trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Coan moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lewis vs. Overmire
Lewis hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kozar vs. Overmire
Kozar hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Groth who is chasing the ball. Kozar reaches third base with a triple. Coan scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Vollmer vs. Overmire
Vollmer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Yost vs. Overmire
Yost hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kolloway fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kozar scores. Vollmer moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Overmire
Robinson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dente vs. Overmire
Dente hits a popup, foul, towards first. Vico settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Overmire
Evans hits a line drive towards short. Lake reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Calvert
Lake hits a fly ball into center field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kolloway vs. Calvert
Kolloway hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Calvert
Kell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Calvert
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wertz for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Calvert vs. Overmire
Calvert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coan vs. Overmire
Coan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Calvert moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lewis vs. Stuart
Marlin Stuart now pitching.
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stuart fields it and throws to first for the out. Calvert moves to third. Coan moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kozar vs. Stuart
Kozar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Vollmer vs. Stuart
Vollmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Calvert scores. Coan scores. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yost vs. Stuart
There goes Vollmer. The throw from Robinson and he is out, Kolloway applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 2
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Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wakefield vs. Calvert
Wakefield strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Calvert
Robinson hits a popup towards short. Dente settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Calvert
Groth is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Stuart
Yost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Stuart
Robinson takes first base on ball four. Yost moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dente vs. Stuart
Dente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. Yost moves to third. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Evans vs. Stuart
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Calvert vs. Stuart
Calvert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stuart fields it and throws to home to get Yost. Robinson moves to third. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Coan vs. Stuart
Coan hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vico vs. Calvert
Vico hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vico for the out. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Calvert
Stuart hits a popup towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Calvert
Lake hits a fly ball into right field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Stuart
Lewis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kozar vs. Stuart
Kozar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vollmer vs. Stuart
Vollmer hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kolloway vs. Calvert
Kolloway hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Calvert
Kell hits a fly ball into left field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Calvert
Wertz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wakefield vs. Calvert
Wakefield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Stuart
Yost takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Stuart
Robinson strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dente vs. Stuart
Dente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Welteroth
Dick Welteroth now pitching.
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robinson for the out. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Welteroth
Groth hits a fly ball into left field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vico vs. Welteroth
Vico strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Stuart
Evans strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Welteroth vs. Stuart
Welteroth strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coan vs. Stuart
Coan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lewis vs. Stuart
Lewis hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Welteroth
Paul Campbell pinch hits for Marlin Stuart.
Campbell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lake vs. Welteroth
Lake takes first base on ball four. Campbell moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kolloway vs. Welteroth
Kolloway hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Campbell moves to third. Lake moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kell vs. Welteroth
Kell hits a fly ball into center field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Campbell scores. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wertz vs. Welteroth
Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wakefield vs. Welteroth
Wakefield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wakefield for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Senators, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kozar vs. Kretlow
Lou Kretlow now pitching.
Kozar strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vollmer vs. Kretlow
Vollmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kolloway fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yost vs. Kretlow
Yost takes first base on ball four. Vollmer moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Kretlow
Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vollmer moves to third. Yost moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dente vs. Kretlow
Dente hits a line drive into right field. Wertz picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wertz. Vollmer scores. Yost scores. Robinson goes all the way around to score. Dente moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Evans vs. Kretlow
Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dente scores. View Play -
Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Welteroth vs. Kretlow
Welteroth hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coan vs. Kretlow
Coan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kolloway settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Welteroth
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kozar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Welteroth
Groth hits a fly ball into right field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vico vs. Welteroth
Vico hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kozar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Kretlow
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kozar vs. Kretlow
Kozar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vico scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kozar for the out. View Play -
Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vollmer vs. Kretlow
Vollmer hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evers vs. Welteroth
Hoot Evers pinch hits for Lou Kretlow.
Evers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dente scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lake vs. Welteroth
Lake hits a fly ball into center field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kolloway vs. Welteroth
Kolloway hits a fly ball into center field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Rogovin
Saul Rogovin now pitching.
Yost hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Rogovin
Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dente vs. Rogovin
Dente hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Rogovin
Evans takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Welteroth vs. Rogovin
Welteroth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rogovin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Welteroth
Kell hits a fly ball into left field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Welteroth
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wertz for the out. View Play -
Senators, 11 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wakefield vs. Welteroth
Wakefield hits a fly ball into center field. Vollmer 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 5/11/1949 -- Washington at Detroit (D)
Washington AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Coan G, lf 5 2 3 0 Lake E, ss 3 0 0 0
Lewis B, rf 4 0 0 0 Kolloway D, 2b 4 0 1 0
Kozar A, 2b 5 1 1 1 Kell G, 3b 4 0 1 1
Vollmer C, cf 4 2 2 2 Wertz V, rf 3 0 0 0
Yost E, 3b 3 2 2 1 Wakefield D, lf 4 0 0 0
Robinson E, 1b 4 2 3 3 Robinson A, c 3 0 0 0
Dente S, ss 5 1 1 2 Groth J, cf 3 0 0 0
Evans A, c 3 0 1 1 Vico S, 1b 3 0 0 0
Calvert P, p 2 1 1 0 Overmire S, p 0 0 0 0
Welteroth D, p 3 0 0 0 Stuart M, p 1 0 0 0
Campbell P, ph 1 1 1 0
Kretlow L, p 0 0 0 0
Evers H, ph 1 0 0 0
Rogovin S, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 11 14 10 30 1 3 1
Washington 520 000 400 -- 11
Detroit 000 001 000 -- 1
Washington IP H R ER BB SO
Calvert P (W) 4.0 1 0 0 1 2
Welteroth D (S) 5.0 2 1 1 1 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Overmire S (L)* 1.0 6 7 6 1 0
Stuart M 5.0 3 0 0 4 3
Kretlow L 2.0 4 4 4 1 1
Rogovin S 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 2nd
E -- Lake E, Wertz V
DP -- Detroit 2
LOB -- Washington 7, Detroit 4
3B -- Kozar A
HR -- Robinson E
CS -- Vollmer C
T -- 2:17
A -- 6811
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