Athletics @ Indians
August 20, 1917

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 4 10 0
Indians 4 12 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 4 10 0
Indians 5 12 1

Bill Wambsganss Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .268
OBP .500 .323
At Bats 3 399
Hits 1 107
• Singles 1 85
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 27
RBI’s 1 37

Elmer Myers Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 9 2
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League Park - August 20, 1917
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Fielder's Choice
Elmer Myers
Wally Schang
Stuffy McInnis
Roy Grover
Ray Bates
Whitey Witt
Ping Bodie
Amos Strunk
Charlie Jamieson
Bill Wambsganss
Elmer Smith
Braggo Roth
Ray Chapman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Athletics 4 10 0 6
Cleveland Indians 5 12 1 12
Winning Pitcher Guy Morton
Losing Pitcher Elmer Myers
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bill Wambsganss
Attendance 2,600
Time of Game 2 hours 10 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Wambsganss hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Chapman scores. Roth moves to third. Smith moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Harris hits a popup in front of the plate. Schang settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Smith takes first base on ball four. Roth moves to second.
Bottom 9 Roth takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Elmer Myers now pitching. Chapman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Strunk who is chasing the ball. Chapman reaches third base with a triple.
Top 9 Jamieson strikes out.
Top 9 Otis Lawry pinch hits for Socks Seibold. Lawry hits a fly ball into left field. Graney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schang tags and scores.
Top 9 Witt hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McInnis scores. Schang moves to third. Witt moves to second.
Top 9 Schang hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Strunk scores. McInnis moves to third.
Top 9 McInnis bunts towards the mound. Morton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Strunk moves to second.
Top 9 Strunk hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Bates strikes out.
Bottom 8 Graney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grover scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Morton bunts towards the mound. Seibold fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Neill moves to second.
Bottom 8 O'Neill hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Turner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grover scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bodie hits a popup towards short. Chapman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Grover hits a fly ball into center field. Roth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jamieson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jamieson for the out.
Bottom 7 Wambsganss strikes out.
Bottom 7 The umpire calls a balk on Seibold Smith moves to third. Harris moves to second.
Bottom 7 There goes Graney, trying to steal home. The slide, and he is safe. Graney steals home.
Bottom 7 Harris takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 7 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Roth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Graney moves to third.
Bottom 7 Chapman bunts towards the mound. Seibold fields it and throws to first for the out. Graney moves to second.
Bottom 7 Graney takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Seibold hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chapman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Witt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Turner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Schang hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wambsganss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Morton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Turner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bates settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McInnis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Strunk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Turner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bates hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wambsganss hits a fly ball into center field. Strunk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Strunk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Roth moves to second.
Bottom 5 Roth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Chapman strikes out.
Top 5 Bodie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chapman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Grover hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Jamieson hits a fly ball into left field. Graney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Graney hits a fly ball into center field. Strunk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Morton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Socks Seibold now pitching. O'Neill hits a fly ball into left field. Bodie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Eddie Bacon pinch hits for Win Noyes. Bacon hits a popup towards third. Turner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Witt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Witt for the out. McInnis moves to third. Schang moves to second.
Top 4 Schang takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 McInnis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Roth. McInnis reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Strunk hits a fly ball into left field. Graney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There go the runners. The throw from Schang to Bates. The throw back to home, and Wambsganss is out at the plate.
Bottom 3 Turner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Harris scores. Wambsganss moves to third.
Bottom 3 Wambsganss hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smith scores. Harris moves to second.
Bottom 3 Harris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chapman scores.
Bottom 3 Roth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Chapman moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Chapman. The throw from Schang and he is safe. Chapman steals second.
Bottom 3 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Graney hits a fly ball into left field. Bodie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bates hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Top 3 Bodie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Grover bunts in front of the plate. O'Neill throws to second. Safe. Over to first, and Grover is out. Jamieson moves to second.
Top 3 Jamieson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wambsganss misplays the ball. That's an error on Wambsganss.
Bottom 2 Morton strikes out.
Bottom 2 O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wambsganss moves to third.
Bottom 2 Turner bunts towards the mound. Noyes fields it and throws to first for the out. Wambsganss moves to second.
Bottom 2 Wambsganss takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Noyes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wambsganss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Witt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schang scores. Witt moves to second.
Top 2 Schang hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Roth. Schang reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 McInnis hits a fly ball into left field. Graney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Strunk hits a fly ball into center field. Roth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grover scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Roth moves to third.
Bottom 1 Roth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 There goes Chapman. The throw from Schang and he is out, Grover applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Graney hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Jamieson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bates hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chapman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Bodie hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Grover hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wambsganss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Jamieson hits a popup towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.