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Indians
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
September 17, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Cleveland Indians, played on September 17, 1939 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 17, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 17, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Feller |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Les McCrabb |
| Ballpark | Shibe Park |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Eddie Rommel 1B: Cal Hubbard 2B: (none) 3B: Lou Kolls |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Roy Weatherly | Left Fielder |
| Ben Chapman | Center Fielder |
| Odell Hale | Second Baseman |
| Bruce Campbell | Right Fielder |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Oscar Grimes | First Baseman |
| Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
| Bob Feller | Pitcher |
| Ossie Vitt | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
| Al Brancato | Third Baseman |
| Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Frankie Hayes | Catcher |
| Dick Siebert | First Baseman |
| Sam Chapman | Center Fielder |
| Fred Chapman | Shortstop |
| Dario Lodigiani | Second Baseman |
| Les McCrabb | Pitcher |
| Earle Mack | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
September 17, 1939
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. McCrabb
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chapman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. McCrabb
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Weatherly for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. McCrabb
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chapman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Feller
Moses hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brancato vs. Feller
Brancato hits a line drive towards third. Keltner reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Feller
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. McCrabb
Hale hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. McCrabb
Campbell strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. McCrabb
Keltner strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Feller
Hayes hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Feller
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale misplays the ball. That's an error on Hale. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Feller
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale misplays the ball. That's an error on Hale. Siebert moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chapman vs. Feller
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Chapman vs. Feller
Chapman strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lodigiani vs. Feller
Lodigiani is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McCrabb vs. Feller
McCrabb strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. McCrabb
Grimes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. McCrabb
Hemsley strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Feller vs. McCrabb
Feller strikes out. There goes Grimes. The throw from Hayes to second, and Grimes is out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Feller
Moses strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brancato vs. Feller
Brancato strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Feller
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Feller
There goes Johnson. The throw from Hemsley and he is safe. Johnson steals second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hayes vs. Feller
Hayes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Siebert vs. Feller
Siebert hits a popup, foul, towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. McCrabb
Boudreau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weatherly vs. McCrabb
Weatherly takes first base on ball four. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chapman vs. McCrabb
Chapman bunts towards third. Brancato fields it and throws to first for the out. Boudreau moves to third. Weatherly moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hale vs. McCrabb
Hale hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boudreau scores. Weatherly moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Campbell vs. McCrabb
Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Feller
Chapman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Feller
Chapman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lodigiani vs. Feller
Lodigiani hits a fly ball towards right field. Campbell drops the ball. He retrieves the ball and throws it towards the infield. Boudreau tags Chapman out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCrabb vs. Feller
Hemsley fires to first and picks off Lodigiani. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. McCrabb
Keltner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. McCrabb
Grimes hits a popup, foul, towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. McCrabb
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCrabb fields it and throws to first for the out. Keltner moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Feller vs. McCrabb
Feller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCrabb vs. Feller
McCrabb strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Feller
Moses hits a popup towards short. Boudreau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brancato vs. Feller
Brancato hits a fly ball towards center. Chapman settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Chapman. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Feller
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. McCrabb
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. McCrabb
Weatherly hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. McCrabb
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brancato fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Feller
Hayes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebert vs. Feller
Siebert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hayes moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Chapman vs. Feller
Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hayes scores. Siebert moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miles vs. Feller
Dee Miles pinch hits for Fred Chapman.
Miles hits a fly ball towards right field. Campbell makes the catch and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Campbell. Siebert moves to third. Chapman moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lodigiani vs. Feller
Lodigiani is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dean vs. Feller
Chubby Dean pinch hits for Les McCrabb.
Dean hits a fly ball into left field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Siebert tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moses vs. Feller
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimes scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moses for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Caster
Bill Lillard now playing shortstop. George Caster now pitching.
Hale hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Hale reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campbell vs. Caster
Campbell hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hale moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Keltner vs. Caster
Keltner hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hale tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Caster
Grimes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brancato vs. Feller
Brancato hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Feller fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Feller
Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Weatherly. Johnson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hayes vs. Feller
Hayes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Siebert vs. Feller
Siebert hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Caster
Hemsley hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Feller vs. Caster
Feller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caster fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Caster
Boudreau hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Feller
Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lillard vs. Feller
Lillard bunts towards the mound. Feller juggles the ball. That's an error on Feller. Chapman moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lodigiani vs. Feller
Lodigiani bunts towards the mound. Feller fields it and throws to first for the out. Chapman moves to third. Lillard moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gantenbein vs. Feller
Joe Gantenbein pinch hits for George Caster.
Gantenbein hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Chapman scores. Lillard scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Feller
Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gantenbein moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brancato vs. Feller
Brancato strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Feller
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Potter
Nels Potter now pitching.
Weatherly strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Potter
Chapman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Chapman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hale vs. Potter
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campbell vs. Potter
Campbell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keltner vs. Potter
Keltner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/17/1939, game 1 -- Cleveland at Philadelphia
Cleveland AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Boudreau L, ss 4 1 1 0 Moses W, rf 5 0 1 0
Weatherly R, lf 3 0 0 0 Brancato A, 3b 5 0 0 0
Chapman B, cf 3 0 1 0 Johnson B, lf 4 0 1 0
Hale O, 2b 4 1 2 1 Hayes F, c 3 1 1 0
Campbell B, rf 3 0 0 0 Siebert D, 1b 4 1 1 0
Keltner K, 3b 3 0 1 1 Chapman S, cf 4 1 2 1
Grimes O, 1b 2 0 0 0 Chapman F, ss 1 0 0 0
Hemsley R, c 3 0 0 0 Miles D, ph 1 0 0 0
Feller B, p 3 0 0 0 Lillard B, ss 0 1 0 0
Lodigiani D, 2b 1 0 0 0
McCrabb L, p 2 0 0 0
Dean C, ph 0 0 0 1
Caster G, p 0 0 0 0
Gantenbein J, ph 1 0 1 2
Potter N, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
28 2 5 2 31 4 7 4
Cleveland 000 100 100 -- 2
Philadelphia 000 002 02x -- 4
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Feller B (L) 8.0 7 4 3 5 7
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
McCrabb L 6.0 3 1 1 2 4
Caster G (W) 2.0 1 1 1 0 0
Potter N (S) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
E -- Hale O 2, Campbell B 2, Chapman B, Feller B
DP -- Philadelphia 2
LOB -- Cleveland 4, Philadelphia 11
2B -- Hale O, Johnson B, Chapman B
SB -- Chapman S, Siebert D, Johnson B
SH -- Chapman B, Lillard B, Lodigiani D
SF -- Dean C, Keltner K
T -- 2:00
A -- 0
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