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White Sox
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
August 4, 1917
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago White Sox, played on August 4, 1917 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 4, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 4, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lefty Williams |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jing Johnson |
| Ballpark | Shibe Park |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 12,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Barry McCormick 1B: George Hildebrand 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Nemo Leibold | Right Fielder |
| Buck Weaver | Third Baseman |
| Eddie Collins | Second Baseman |
| Shoeless Joe Jackson | Left Fielder |
| Happy Felsch | Center Fielder |
| Chick Gandil | First Baseman |
| Swede Risberg | Shortstop |
| Byrd Lynn | Catcher |
| Lefty Williams | Pitcher |
| Pants Rowland | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Charlie Jamieson | Right Fielder |
| Roy Grover | Second Baseman |
| Ping Bodie | Left Fielder |
| Amos Strunk | Center Fielder |
| Stuffy McInnis | First Baseman |
| Wally Schang | Third Baseman |
| Billy Meyer | Catcher |
| Whitey Witt | Shortstop |
| Jing Johnson | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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White Sox
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
August 4, 1917
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leibold vs. Johnson
Leibold hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schang fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weaver vs. Johnson
Weaver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schang fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Johnson
Collins hits a popup towards short. Witt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jamieson vs. Williams
Jamieson strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grover vs. Williams
Grover hits a ball on the ground towards third. Weaver fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bodie vs. Williams
Bodie hits a line drive into center field. Felsch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Johnson
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schang fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Felsch vs. Johnson
Felsch hits a ball on the ground towards second. Grover can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gandil vs. Johnson
Gandil hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witt fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strunk vs. Williams
Strunk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Risberg can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McInnis vs. Williams
McInnis hits a popup towards first. Gandil settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schang vs. Williams
Schang hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meyer vs. Williams
Meyer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Risberg vs. Johnson
Risberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lynn vs. Johnson
Lynn bunts in front of the plate. Meyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Risberg moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Johnson
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Leibold vs. Johnson
Leibold hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schang can't make a play. That's a base hit. Risberg moves to third. Williams moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Weaver vs. Johnson
Weaver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson throws to home for one, and Meyer throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Williams scores. Leibold moves to third. Weaver moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Collins vs. Johnson
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Witt vs. Williams
Witt hits a popup towards third. Weaver settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Williams
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jamieson vs. Williams
Jamieson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grover vs. Williams
There goes Jamieson. The throw from Lynn and he is safe. Jamieson steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grover vs. Williams
Grover hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jackson. Grover reaches second base with a double. Jamieson scores. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bodie vs. Williams
Bodie hits a fly ball into right field. Leibold settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Johnson
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grover scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Felsch vs. Johnson
Felsch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schang fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gandil vs. Johnson
Gandil hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Risberg vs. Johnson
Risberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gandil moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lynn vs. Johnson
Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witt misplays the ball. That's an error on Witt. Gandil moves to third. Risberg moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Williams vs. Johnson
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grover scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strunk vs. Williams
Strunk hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gandil scoops it up and throws to first, with Williams covering, for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McInnis vs. Williams
McInnis hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schang vs. Williams
Schang strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leibold vs. Johnson
Leibold takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weaver vs. Johnson
Weaver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Johnson
Collins hits a fly ball, foul, for a double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyer vs. Williams
Meyer hits a popup towards first. Gandil settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Witt vs. Williams
Witt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Risberg misplays the ball. That's an error on Risberg. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Williams
Johnson takes first base on ball four. Witt moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jamieson vs. Williams
Jamieson strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grover vs. Williams
Grover hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Johnson
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grover misplays the ball. That's an error on Grover. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Felsch vs. Johnson
Felsch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witt fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gandil vs. Johnson
Gandil hits a fly ball into right field. Jamieson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bodie vs. Williams
Bodie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Risberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strunk vs. Williams
Strunk hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McInnis vs. Williams
McInnis hits a fly ball into center field. Felsch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Risberg vs. Johnson
Risberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schang settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Johnson
Lynn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Johnson
Meyer fires to first and picks off Lynn. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Johnson
Williams strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schang vs. Williams
Schang hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meyer vs. Williams
Meyer bunts towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. Schang moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Witt vs. Williams
Witt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schang moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Williams
Johnson hits a line drive towards left. Jackson catches it and throws to home to double up Schang. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leibold vs. Johnson
Leibold hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weaver vs. Johnson
Weaver hits a ball on the ground towards second. Grover can't make a play. That's a base hit. Leibold moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Collins vs. Johnson
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Witt fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Leibold moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jackson vs. Johnson
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grover has Leibold trapped. There's the throw to Meyer and over to Schang, who tags Leibold for the out. Collins moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Felsch vs. Johnson
Felsch hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Collins moves to third. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gandil vs. Johnson
Gandil hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jamieson who is chasing the ball. Gandil reaches third base with a triple. Collins scores. Jackson scores. Felsch goes all the way around to score. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Risberg vs. Johnson
Risberg strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jamieson vs. Williams
Jamieson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grover vs. Williams
Grover hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bodie vs. Williams
Bodie hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strunk vs. Williams
Strunk hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McInnis vs. Williams
McInnis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schang vs. Williams
Schang is hit by the pitch. McInnis moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meyer vs. Williams
Meyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McInnis moves to third. There goes Schang trying to get to third. Felsch throws the ball in to Weaver, who tags Schang for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Johnson
Eddie Murphy pinch hits for Byrd Lynn.
Murphy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Johnson
Williams bunts towards first. McInnis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Leibold vs. Johnson
Leibold hits a popup towards short. Witt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Weaver vs. Johnson
Weaver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grover scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Witt vs. Williams
Ray Schalk now catching.
Witt hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haley vs. Williams
Raymond Haley pinch hits for Jing Johnson.
Haley hits a fly ball into right field. Leibold settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jamieson vs. Williams
Jamieson strikes out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/4/1917, game 2 -- Chicago at PHA (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI PHA AB R H RBI
Leibold N, rf 4 0 2 0 Charlie Jamieson, rf 5 2 1 0
Weaver B, 3b 5 0 1 0 Roy Grover, 2b 4 0 1 1
Collins E, 2b 4 1 0 0 Ping Bodie, lf 4 1 1 2
Jackson S, lf 4 1 0 0 Amos Strunk, cf 4 0 1 0
Felsch H, cf 4 1 2 0 Stuffy McInnis, 1b 4 0 1 0
Gandil C, 1b 4 0 2 3 Wally Schang, 3b 3 0 1 0
Risberg S, ss 4 0 2 0 Billy Meyer, c 3 0 1 0
Lynn B, c 2 0 0 0 Whitey Witt, ss 4 0 1 0
Murphy E, ph 1 0 1 0 Jing Johnson, p 1 0 0 0
Schalk R, c 0 0 0 0 Ray Haley, ph 1 0 0 0
Williams L, p 2 1 0 0
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34 4 10 3 33 3 8 3
Chicago 001 000 030 -- 4
PHA 001 000 020 -- 3
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Williams L (W) 9.0 8 3 3 2 4
PHA IP H R ER BB SO
Jing Johnson (L) 9.0 10 4 3 3 2
E -- Billy Meyer, Whitey Witt, Risberg S, Roy Grover
DP -- Chicago 1, PHA 3
LOB -- Chicago 7, PHA 7
2B -- Roy Grover
3B -- Gandil C
HR -- Ping Bodie
SB -- Charlie Jamieson
SH -- Billy Meyer, Williams L
HBP -- by Williams L (Wally Schang)
T -- 2:05
A -- 12000
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