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Indians
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
June 15, 1947
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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 June 15, 1947 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
| Date | June 15, 1947 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 15, 1947 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mel Harder |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dick Fowler |
| Ballpark | Shibe Park |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: Joe Rue 2B: (none) 3B: Joe Paparella |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Metkovich | Center Fielder |
| Hal Peck | Right Fielder |
| Pat Seerey | Left Fielder |
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Les Fleming | First Baseman |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Jim Hegan | Catcher |
| Mel Harder | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Joost | Shortstop |
| Barney McCosky | Left Fielder |
| Elmer Valo | Right Fielder |
| George Binks | First Baseman |
| Sam Chapman | Center Fielder |
| Buddy Rosar | Catcher |
| Pete Suder | Second Baseman |
| Hank Majeski | Third Baseman |
| Dick Fowler | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
June 15, 1947
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Fowler
Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Suder fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peck vs. Fowler
Peck 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: 1--
Seerey vs. Fowler
Seerey hits a fly ball into left field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Fowler
Boudreau hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Harder
Joost hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Harder
McCosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valo vs. Harder
Valo takes first base on ball four. McCosky moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Binks vs. Harder
Binks hits a fly ball into left field. Seerey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chapman vs. Harder
Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCosky scores. Valo moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rosar vs. Harder
Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fleming vs. Fowler
Fleming hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Fowler
Gordon bunts towards first. Binks fields the ball and throws to Fowler covering. Safe. Fleming moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keltner vs. Fowler
Keltner hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fleming moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hegan vs. Fowler
Hegan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Hegan reaches second base with a double. Fleming scores. Gordon goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harder vs. Fowler
Harder strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Metkovich vs. Fowler
Metkovich hits a fly ball into left field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suder vs. Harder
Suder hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Majeski vs. Harder
Majeski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harder fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fowler vs. Harder
Fowler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peck vs. Fowler
Peck hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Suder scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seerey vs. Fowler
Seerey hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Fowler
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Harder
Joost hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Harder
McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valo vs. Harder
Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fleming vs. Fowler
Fleming takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Fowler
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Fowler
Keltner takes first base on ball four. Fleming moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hegan vs. Fowler
Hegan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fleming scores. Keltner moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harder vs. Fowler
Harder hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rosar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Metkovich vs. Savage
Bob Savage now pitching.
Metkovich hits a fly ball into left field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Binks vs. Harder
Binks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Harder
Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosar vs. Harder
Rosar hits a line drive into left field. Seerey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Suder vs. Harder
Suder hits a popup towards short. Boudreau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peck vs. Savage
Peck hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Peck reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Seerey vs. Savage
Seerey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Majeski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boudreau vs. Savage
Boudreau hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Boudreau reaches second base with a double. Peck scores. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fleming vs. Savage
Fleming hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gordon vs. Savage
Gordon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Majeski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Majeski vs. Harder
Majeski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Savage vs. Harder
Savage hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Harder
Joost strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Savage
Keltner hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Savage
Hegan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rosar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harder vs. Savage
Harder strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Harder
McCosky hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Peck. McCosky reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Valo vs. Harder
Valo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McCosky moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Binks vs. Harder
Binks hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Chapman vs. Harder
Chapman hits a fly ball into left field. Seerey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McCosky scores. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosar vs. Harder
Rosar hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Valo moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Suder vs. Klieman
Ed Klieman now pitching.
Suder hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Savage
Metkovich hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peck vs. Savage
Peck strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seerey vs. Savage
Seerey hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Majeski vs. Klieman
Majeski strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fain vs. Klieman
Ferris Fain pinch hits for Bob Savage.
Fain hits a popup towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Klieman
Joost strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Coleman
Joe Coleman now pitching.
Boudreau hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fleming vs. Coleman
Fleming hits a fly ball into left field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Coleman
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Coleman
Keltner takes first base on ball four. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hegan vs. Coleman
Hegan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boudreau scores. Keltner moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Klieman vs. Coleman
There go the runners. The throw from Rosar to Joost covering second. The throw back to home, and Keltner is out at the plate. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Klieman
McCosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valo vs. Klieman
Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Binks vs. Klieman
Binks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Klieman
Chapman takes first base on ball four. Binks moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rosar vs. Klieman
Rosar hits a fly ball into right field. Peck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klieman vs. Coleman
Klieman strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metkovich vs. Coleman
Metkovich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peck vs. Coleman
Peck hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seerey vs. Coleman
Seerey takes first base on ball four. Metkovich moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boudreau vs. Coleman
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suder vs. Klieman
Suder hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Klieman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Majeski vs. Klieman
Majeski hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Klieman
Dick Adams pinch hits for Joe Coleman.
Adams hits a popup towards first. Fleming settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/15/1947, game 1 -- Cleveland at Philadelphia (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Metkovich G, cf 5 0 2 0 Joost E, ss 4 0 0 0
Peck H, rf 5 1 1 0 McCosky B, lf 4 2 3 0
Seerey P, lf 4 0 0 0 Valo E, rf 3 0 1 0
Boudreau L, ss 5 1 2 1 Binks G, 1b 4 0 0 0
Fleming L, 1b 3 2 1 0 Chapman S, cf 3 0 2 2
Gordon J, 2b 4 1 1 0 Rosar B, c 4 0 1 0
Keltner K, 3b 2 0 0 0 Suder P, 2b 4 0 0 0
Hegan J, c 4 0 3 4 Majeski H, 3b 4 0 0 0
Harder M, p 3 0 0 0 Fowler D, p 1 0 0 0
Klieman E, p 1 0 0 0 Savage B, p 1 0 0 0
Fain F, ph 1 0 0 0
Coleman J, p 0 0 0 0
Adams D, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 5 10 5 34 2 7 2
Cleveland 020 110 010 -- 5
Philadelphia 100 001 000 -- 2
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Harder M (W) 5.2 6 2 2 1 1
Klieman E (S) 3.1 1 0 0 1 2
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Fowler D (L) 3.2 5 3 3 2 1
Savage B 3.1 2 1 1 0 2
Coleman J 2.0 3 1 1 2 2
LOB -- Cleveland 8, Philadelphia 7
2B -- Hegan J, Peck H, Boudreau L, McCosky B
CS -- Keltner K
T -- 2:10
A -- 0
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