Red Sox @ Athletics
April 23, 1938

Back Home

Bottom 2	R	H	E
Red Sox	3	4	0
Athletics	0	0	0

Bottom 2	R	H	E
Red Sox	3	4	0
Athletics	1	1	0

Bob Johnson Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.400
OBP	.000	.538
At Bats	0	10
Hits	0	4
• Singles	0	2
• Doubles	0	0
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	1
Walks	0	3
RBI’s	0	3

Lefty Grove Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	0	0

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

Close

Shibe Park - April 23, 1938

•

Home Run

Lefty Grove

Gene Desautels

Jimmie Foxx

Bobby Doerr

Pinky Higgins

Joe Cronin

Joe Vosmik

Doc Cramer

Ben Chapman

Bob Johnson

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Johnson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Return to all plays in text

PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 2 Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Grove strikes out.

Top 2 Desautels hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Haas strikes out.

Bottom 1 Werber strikes out.

Bottom 1 Finney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Doerr hits a popup towards short. Ambler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Bud Thomas now pitching. Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hasson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chapman for the out. Higgins moves to third.

Top 1 Higgins hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Finney. Higgins reaches second base with a double. Cronin goes all the way around to score.

Top 1 Cronin takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Foxx hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 1 Vosmik hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Finney. Vosmik reaches second base with a double.

Top 1 There goes Cramer. The throw from Hayes and he is out, Ambler applying the tag.

Top 1 Cramer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Copyright © 2010-2025 by Back To Baseball, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org

Back To Baseball makes no guarantees of accuracy for the information that is supplied.

We have chosen images from the Wikimedia Commons which we believe are in the public domain or under a creative commons license. If you believe we are using an image inappropriately, please contact us for prompt removal.

Questions? Comments? Contact us at info@backtobaseball.com