Tigers @ Athletics
August 23, 1916

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Bottom 1	R	H	E
Tigers	4	3	0
Athletics	0	0	1

Bottom 1	R	H	E
Tigers	4	3	0
Athletics	0	0	1

Whitey Witt Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.228
OBP	.000	.302
At Bats	0	360
Hits	0	82
• Singles	0	65
• Doubles	0	8
• Triples	0	8
• Home Runs	0	1
Walks	0	38
RBI’s	0	21

George Cunningham Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
5	10	2

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Shibe Park - August 23, 1916

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George Cunningham

Tubby Spencer

George Burns

Ralph Young

Ossie Vitt

Donie Bush

Bobby Veach

Ty Cobb

Sam Crawford

Whitey Witt

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 1 Out

Witt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 1 Cunningham strikes out.

Top 1 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Strunk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Young bunts towards the mound. Sheehan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Veach scores. Burns moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 1 Tom Sheehan now pitching. Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lajoie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Veach moves to third.

Top 1 Crawford hits a fly ball into center field. Strunk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cobb tags and scores. Veach tags and moves to second.

Top 1 Veach hits a ball on the ground towards third. McElwee fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on McElwee.

Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Vitt scores. Bush scores. Cobb moves to third.

Top 1 Cobb bunts for a single. Vitt moves to third. Bush moves to second.

Top 1 Bush takes first base on ball four. Vitt moves to second.

Top 1 Vitt takes first base on ball four.

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