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Athletics
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
May 8, 1937
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Browns and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on May 8, 1937 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 8, 1937 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Browns
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 8, 1937 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Home Team | St. Louis Browns |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Harry Kelley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Oral Hildebrand |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 53 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill McGowan 1B: George Moriarty 2B: (none) 3B: John Quinn |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jack Rothrock | Center Fielder |
| Billy Werber | Third Baseman |
| Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
| Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Chubby Dean | First Baseman |
| Frankie Hayes | Catcher |
| Skeeter Newsome | Shortstop |
| Bill Cissell | Second Baseman |
| Harry Kelley | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Harlond Clift | Third Baseman |
| Ethan Allen | Center Fielder |
| Joe Vosmik | Left Fielder |
| Beau Bell | Right Fielder |
| Rogers Hornsby | Second Baseman |
| Jim Bottomley | First Baseman |
| Bill Knickerbocker | Shortstop |
| Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
| Oral Hildebrand | Pitcher |
| Rogers Hornsby | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
May 8, 1937
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rothrock vs. Hildebrand
Rothrock hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Hildebrand
Werber takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Hildebrand
Moses hits a fly ball into center field. Allen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Hildebrand
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Kelley
Clift hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Kelley
Allen hits a line drive into center field. Rothrock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vosmik vs. Kelley
Vosmik hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Kelley
Bell hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Hildebrand
Dean hits a popup towards first. Bottomley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Hildebrand
Hayes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newsome vs. Hildebrand
Newsome hits a popup towards short. Knickerbocker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cissell vs. Hildebrand
Cissell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hayes moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kelley vs. Hildebrand
Kelley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hayes scores. Cissell moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rothrock vs. Hildebrand
Rothrock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Rothrock reaches second base with a double. Cissell scores. Kelley moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Werber vs. Hildebrand
Werber strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Kelley
Hornsby hits a popup towards first. Dean settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. Kelley
Bottomley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Knickerbocker vs. Kelley
Knickerbocker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cissell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bottomley moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hemsley vs. Kelley
Hemsley hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Hildebrand
Moses hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Hildebrand
Johnson takes first base on ball four. Moses moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dean vs. Hildebrand
Dean bunts towards the mound. Hildebrand fields it and throws to first for the out. Moses moves to third. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hayes vs. Hildebrand
Hayes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Vosmik. Hayes reaches second base with a double. Vosmik throws the ball in to Clift who tags Hayes trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Moses scores. Johnson scores. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Hildebrand
Newsome hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cissell vs. Hildebrand
There goes Newsome. The throw from Hemsley and he is safe. Newsome steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cissell vs. Hildebrand
Cissell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kelley vs. Hildebrand
Kelley hits a line drive into center field. Allen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hildebrand vs. Kelley
Hildebrand hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cissell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Kelley
Clift hits a line drive into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Kelley
Allen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vosmik vs. Kelley
Vosmik hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rothrock vs. Hildebrand
Rothrock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hildebrand fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Hildebrand
Werber hits a fly ball into center field. Allen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Hildebrand
Moses hits a fly ball into center field. Allen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Kelley
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Kelley
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. Kelley
Bottomley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Hildebrand
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Hildebrand
Dean hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Hildebrand
Hayes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dean moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Newsome vs. Hildebrand
Newsome hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dean scores. Hayes moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cissell vs. Caldwell
Earl Caldwell now pitching.
Cissell hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kelley vs. Caldwell
Kelley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caldwell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Kelley
Knickerbocker hits a fly ball into center field. Rothrock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Kelley
Hemsley hits a fly ball into center field. Rothrock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caldwell vs. Kelley
Caldwell is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rothrock vs. Caldwell
Rothrock hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Caldwell
Werber is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Caldwell
Moses hits a line drive into center field. Allen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Kelley
Clift hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Kelley
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vosmik vs. Kelley
Vosmik hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Caldwell
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Caldwell
Dean hits a ball on the ground towards short. Knickerbocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Caldwell
Hayes strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Kelley
Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. Kelley
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cissell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bottomley vs. Kelley
Bottomley hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dean settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Knickerbocker vs. Kelley
Knickerbocker hits a fly ball into center field. Rothrock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Caldwell
Newsome hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cissell vs. Caldwell
Cissell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bottomley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cissell for the out. Newsome moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kelley vs. Caldwell
Kelley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Knickerbocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Newsome moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rothrock vs. Caldwell
Rothrock hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Kelley
Hemsley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
West vs. Kelley
Sam West pinch hits for Earl Caldwell.
West takes first base on ball four. Hemsley moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clift vs. Kelley
There's a wild pitch. Hemsley moves to third. West moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Clift vs. Kelley
Clift hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Allen vs. Kelley
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hemsley scores. West moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Vosmik vs. Kelley
Vosmik hits a fly ball into center field. Rothrock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Trotter
Bill Trotter now pitching.
Werber hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Trotter
Moses hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Allen who is chasing the ball. Moses reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Johnson vs. Trotter
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dean vs. Trotter
Dean hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Kelley
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. Kelley
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. Kelley
Bottomley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Knickerbocker vs. Kelley
Knickerbocker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cissell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/8/1937 -- Philadelphia at St.Louis (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Rothrock J, cf 5 0 1 1 Clift H, 3b 4 0 0 0
Werber B, 3b 4 0 0 0 Allen E, cf 4 0 1 1
Moses W, rf 5 1 2 0 Vosmik J, lf 4 0 1 0
Johnson B, lf 4 1 0 0 Bell B, rf 3 0 1 0
Dean C, 1b 4 1 1 0 Hornsby R, 2b 4 0 0 0
Hayes F, c 3 1 2 2 Bottomley J, 1b 3 0 1 0
Newsome S, ss 4 0 3 1 Knickerbocker B, ss 4 0 0 0
Cissell B, 2b 3 1 1 0 Hemsley R, c 3 1 1 0
Kelley H, p 4 0 1 1 Hildebrand O, p 1 0 0 0
Caldwell E, p 1 0 0 0
West S, ph 0 0 0 0
Trotter B, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 5 11 5 31 1 5 1
Philadelphia 022 010 000 -- 5
St.Louis 000 000 010 -- 1
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Kelley H (W) 9.0 5 1 1 3 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Hildebrand O (L) 4.1 9 5 5 4 1
Caldwell E 3.2 1 0 0 0 2
Trotter B 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
DP -- Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 9, St.Louis 6
2B -- Rothrock J, Hayes F
3B -- Moses W
SB -- Newsome S
SH -- Dean C
WP -- Kelley H
T -- 1:53
A -- 0
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