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Browns 3 @ Athletics 7
Shibe Park
August 8, 1937

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Browns, played on August 8, 1937 at Shibe Park. The home team Athletics beat the visiting Browns with a score of 7 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 8, 1937 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Browns
R: 3 H: 6 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 3
Hits: 6
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Philadelphia Athletics
R: 7 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 7
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherHerman Fink  
Losing PitcherBill Trotter  
SaveLynn Nelson  
Game Winning RBIBilly Werber 

Game Info

DateAugust 8, 1937 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Browns 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherBill Trotter  
Home Starting PitcherBud Thomas  
BallparkShibe Park 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance7,500 
Time of Game1 hour 56 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Steve Basil
1B: Harry Geisel
2B: (none)
3B: Bill Summers

St. Louis Browns Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Knickerbocker  Shortstop 
Sam West  Center Fielder 
Joe Vosmik  Left Fielder 
Harlond Clift  Third Baseman 
Beau Bell  Right Fielder 
Harry Davis  First Baseman 
Tom Carey  Second Baseman 
Rollie Hemsley  Catcher 
Bill Trotter  Pitcher 
Jim Bottomley  Manager 

Philadelphia Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Wally Moses  Right Fielder 
Chubby Dean  First Baseman 
Billy Werber  Third Baseman 
Bob Johnson  Left Fielder 
Jesse Hill  Center Fielder 
Rusty Peters  Second Baseman 
Ace Parker  Shortstop 
Earle Brucker  Catcher 
Bud Thomas  Pitcher 
Connie Mack  Manager 

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Browns 3 @ Athletics 7
Shibe Park
August 8, 1937

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         Game of 8/8/1937, game 2 -- St.Louis at Philadelphia (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Knickerbocker B, ss   5  0  1  0   Moses W, rf           4  2  4  2   
West S, cf            3  1  1  0   Dean C, 1b            3  1  1  0   
Vosmik J, lf          5  0  2  2   Werber B, 3b          4  0  1  2   
Clift H, 3b           4  0  0  0   Johnson B, lf         4  0  0  1   
Bell B, rf            4  1  1  0   Hill J, cf            4  1  2  0   
Davis H, 1b           3  0  0  1   Peters R, 2b          4  1  0  0   
Carey T, 2b           3  0  0  0   Parker A, ss          4  1  0  0   
Hemsley R, c          3  0  0  0   Brucker E, c          4  1  2  1   
Allen E, ph           1  0  0  0   Thomas B, p           1  0  0  0   
Trotter B, p          1  1  0  0   Fink H, p             1  0  0  0   
Bottomley J, ph       1  0  0  0   Nelson L, p           1  0  1  1   
Bonetti J, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Huffman B, ph         1  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  3  6  3                        34  7 11  7

St.Louis         001 011 000 --  3
Philadelphia     201 100 12x --  7

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Trotter B (L)         6.0  8  4  4  0  4
Bonetti J             2.0  3  3  1  2  0

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Thomas B              3.0  2  1  1  3  4
Fink H (W)            3.0  2  2  2  1  0
Nelson L (S)          3.0  2  0  0  1  1

E -- Knickerbocker B, Clift H, Werber B
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 9, Philadelphia 7
2B -- Vosmik J, Knickerbocker B, Moses W
3B -- Brucker E, Bell B
HR -- Moses W
SB -- Hill J
SH -- Dean C, Moses W
T -- 1:56
A -- 7500

    

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