Tigers @ Yankees
August 16, 1922

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 7 12 0
Yankees 3 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 7 12 0
Yankees 3 9 1

Whitey Witt Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .311
OBP .250 .411
At Bats 3 370
Hits 0 115
• Singles 0 99
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 1 64
RBI’s 0 27

Syl Johnson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 1
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Polo Grounds - August 16, 1922
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Single
Syl Johnson
Johnny Bassler
Lu Blue
George Cutshaw
Bob Jones
Topper Rigney
Bobby Veach
Ty Cobb
Harry Heilmann
Whitey Witt
Elmer Smith
Everett Scott
 
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Witt bunts towards the mound. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Scott moves to third. Smith moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Elmer Smith pinch hits for Carl Mays. Smith hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Scott moves to second.
Bottom 9 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Ward strikes out.
Bottom 9 Meusel strikes out.
Top 9 Cobb hits a fly ball into center field. Witt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jones hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is bouncing around. Ruth is chasing the ball. Jones rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park three run home run.
Top 9 Blue hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rigney scores. Johnson moves to second.
Top 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Rigney moves to second.
Top 9 Bassler hits a fly ball into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rigney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Schang hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Pipp hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ruth hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bassler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dugan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Veach hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. There goes Jones trying to get to third. Meusel throws the ball in to Dugan who tags Jones for the out.
Top 8 Cobb bunts towards the mound. Mays fields it and throws to first for the out. Jones moves to second.
Top 8 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Dugan hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Witt hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Blue hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ward misplays the ball. That's an error on Ward.
Top 7 Bassler hits a fly ball into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rigney hits a line drive into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ward hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Meusel hits a popup, foul, towards short. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mays fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Heilmann hits a fly ball into center field. Witt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Veach hits a line drive into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Schang hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Pipp. The throw from Bassler and he is safe. Pipp steals second.
Bottom 5 Pipp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ruth hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Dugan strikes out.
Bottom 5 Syl Johnson now pitching. Witt hits a line drive into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cobb hits a fly ball into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mays fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Blue hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clark scores.
Top 5 Danny Clark pinch hits for Herman Pillette. Clark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Meusel. Clark reaches second base with a double. Rigney scores. Bassler goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Bassler takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Rigney hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Meusel. Rigney reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw fields it and throws to home to get Schang. Meusel moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Ward bunts towards the mound. Pillette fields it and throws to first for the out. Schang moves to third. Meusel moves to second.
Bottom 4 Meusel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schang moves to second.
Bottom 4 Schang takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Pipp hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Heilmann hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pipp settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Veach hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Jones hits a line drive towards the mound. Mays reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blue scoops it up and throws to first, with Pillette covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Dugan hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Witt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blue scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Witt for the out.
Top 3 Blue hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Pillette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bassler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pipp scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bassler for the out.
Bottom 2 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Scott hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ward bunts towards the mound. Pillette fields it and throws to first for the out. Meusel moves to second.
Bottom 2 Meusel hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Rigney hits a popup towards short. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mays fields it and throws to first for the out. Veach moves to second.
Top 2 Heilmann hits a fly ball into center field. Witt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Veach hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Schang hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pipp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Witt scores. Ruth moves to third.
Bottom 1 Ruth hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Cobb. Ruth reaches second base with a double. Witt moves to third.
Bottom 1 Dugan hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Witt takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Cobb hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schang settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jones bunts towards first. Pipp catches it and throws to Ward, who tags Blue for the double play.
Top 1 Blue hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.