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Browns
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
August 3, 1929
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Browns, played on August 3, 1929 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 3, 1929 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Browns
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 3, 1929 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Browns |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sam Gray |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Lefty Grove |
| Ballpark | Shibe Park |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 30,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Guthrie 1B: George Hildebrand 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lu Blue | First Baseman |
| Frank O'Rourke | Third Baseman |
| Heinie Manush | Left Fielder |
| Fred Schulte | Center Fielder |
| Red Kress | Shortstop |
| Earl McNeely | Right Fielder |
| Ski Melillo | Second Baseman |
| Wally Schang | Catcher |
| Sam Gray | Pitcher |
| Dan Howley | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Max Bishop | Second Baseman |
| Mule Haas | Center Fielder |
| Mickey Cochrane | Catcher |
| Al Simmons | Left Fielder |
| Jimmie Foxx | First Baseman |
| Bing Miller | Right Fielder |
| Sammy Hale | Third Baseman |
| Joe Boley | Shortstop |
| Lefty Grove | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Browns
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
August 3, 1929
Top 1
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Grove
Blue hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bishop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Rourke vs. Grove
O'Rourke hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manush vs. Grove
Manush hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Haas. Manush reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schulte vs. Grove
The ball gets by Cochrane for a passed ball. Manush moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schulte vs. Grove
Schulte hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Manush scores. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kress vs. Grove
Kress hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Miller who is chasing the ball. Kress reaches third base with a triple. Schulte goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McNeely vs. Grove
McNeely hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kress scores. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melillo vs. Grove
Melillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McNeely moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schang vs. Grove
Schang hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McNeely scores. Melillo moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gray vs. Grove
There's a wild pitch. Melillo moves to third. Schang moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gray vs. Yerkes
Carroll Yerkes now pitching.
Gray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Browns, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bishop vs. Gray
Bishop hits a line drive towards right. McNeely chases it down, and drops it. That's an error on McNeely. Bishop moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Haas vs. Gray
Haas hits a line drive into center field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cochrane vs. Gray
Cochrane hits a fly ball into center field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Simmons vs. Gray
Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bishop scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foxx vs. Gray
Foxx hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simmons moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Miller vs. Gray
Miller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simmons scores. Foxx moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hale vs. Gray
Hale strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Browns, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Yerkes
Blue takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
O'Rourke vs. Quinn
Jack Quinn now pitching.
O'Rourke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blue moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Manush vs. Quinn
Manush hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blue tags and scores. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schulte vs. Quinn
Quinn fires to first and has O'Rourke trapped. There's the throw to Boley who tags O'Rourke for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Quinn
Schulte hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx scoops it up and throws to first, with Quinn covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boley vs. Gray
Boley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Melillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quinn vs. Gray
Quinn is called out on strikes. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bishop vs. Gray
Bishop hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haas vs. Gray
Haas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Quinn
Kress hits a fly ball into center field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNeely vs. Quinn
McNeely hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cochrane settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melillo vs. Quinn
Melillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bishop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cochrane vs. Gray
Cochrane bunts towards third. O'Rourke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Gray
Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cochrane moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Foxx vs. Gray
Foxx hits a popup towards short. Kress settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Miller vs. Gray
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gray fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gray. Cochrane scores. Simmons moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hale vs. Gray
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schang vs. Quinn
Schang hits a line drive into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gray vs. Quinn
Gray hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Quinn
Blue hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blue for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boley vs. Gray
Boley hits a fly ball into center field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quinn vs. Gray
Quinn is called out on strikes. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bishop vs. Gray
Bishop hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Rourke vs. Quinn
O'Rourke hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cochrane settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manush vs. Quinn
Manush is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schulte vs. Quinn
Schulte hits a line drive into center field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kress vs. Quinn
Kress strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haas vs. Gray
Haas hits a popup towards first. Blue settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cochrane vs. Gray
Cochrane takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Gray
Simmons hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Melillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foxx vs. Gray
Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cochrane moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miller vs. Gray
Miller hits a fly ball into right field. McNeely settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNeely vs. Quinn
McNeely hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bishop settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melillo vs. Quinn
Melillo hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schang vs. Quinn
Schang takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gray vs. Quinn
Gray hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Quinn, and towards Bishop, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Gray
Hale hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Melillo reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boley vs. Gray
Boley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Quinn vs. Gray
Quinn strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bishop vs. Gray
Bishop hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Manush. Bishop reaches second base with a double. Boley goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Haas vs. Gray
Haas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Quinn
Blue hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Rourke vs. Quinn
O'Rourke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manush vs. Quinn
Manush hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Quinn
Schulte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kress vs. Quinn
Kress hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Simmons chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards third. Hale fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Hale. Schulte goes all the way around to score. Kress moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 7 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McNeely vs. Quinn
McNeely hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Kress scores. View Play -
Browns, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melillo vs. Quinn
Melillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bishop fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McNeely moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schang vs. Quinn
Schang hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bishop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Browns, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cochrane vs. Gray
Cochrane takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Gray
Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cochrane moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Foxx vs. Gray
Foxx hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Browns, 8 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Gray
Miller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 8 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
French vs. Ogden
Jack Ogden now pitching. Walt French pinch hits for Sammy Hale.
French hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miller moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 8 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boley vs. Ogden
Boley strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 8 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Orwoll vs. Ogden
Ossie Orwoll pinch hits for Jack Quinn.
Orwoll hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Melillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 8 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bishop vs. Ogden
Bishop hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Browns, 8 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ogden vs. Earnshaw
Jim Cronin now playing third base. George Earnshaw now pitching.
Ogden hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx scoops it up and throws to first, with Earnshaw covering, for the out. View Play -
Browns, 8 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Earnshaw
Blue hits a line drive towards first. Foxx reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 8 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Rourke vs. Earnshaw
O'Rourke is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Browns, 8 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haas vs. Ogden
Haas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McNeely who is chasing the ball. Haas reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Browns, 8 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cochrane vs. Ogden
Cochrane hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Melillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 8 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Simmons vs. Ogden
Simmons hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Haas scores. View Play -
Browns, 8 - Athletics, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foxx vs. Ogden
Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ogden fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/3/1929 -- St.Louis at Philadelphia (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Blue L, 1b 4 2 1 1 Bishop M, 2b 5 1 2 1
O'Rourke F, 3b 5 0 1 0 Haas M, cf 5 1 1 0
Manush H, lf 2 1 1 1 Cochrane M, c 3 2 1 0
Schulte F, cf 4 2 2 1 Simmons A, lf 5 2 4 2
Kress R, ss 4 2 2 2 Foxx J, 1b 5 1 3 3
McNeely E, rf 4 1 2 2 Miller B, rf 3 0 1 2
Melillo S, 2b 4 0 2 0 Hale S, 3b 3 0 0 0
Schang W, c 3 0 1 1 French W, ph 1 0 1 0
Gray S, p 3 0 0 0 Cronin J, 3b 0 0 0 0
Ogden J, p 1 0 0 0 Boley J, ss 4 1 1 0
Grove L, p 0 0 0 0
Yerkes C, p 0 0 0 0
Quinn J, p 3 0 0 0
Orwoll O, ph 1 0 0 0
Earnshaw G, p 0 0 0 0
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34 8 12 8 38 8 14 8
St.Louis 410 000 30 -- 8
Philadelphia 201 001 31 -- 8
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Gray S* 6.0 11 7 5 3 4
Ogden J 2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Grove L 0.2 6 4 4 0 0
Yerkes C+ 0.1 0 1 1 1 0
Quinn J 6.0 6 3 3 1 1
Earnshaw G 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 4 batters in 7th
+ Pitched to 1 batter in 2nd
E -- McNeely E, Gray S, Hale S
DP -- St.Louis 2
LOB -- St.Louis 6, Philadelphia 9
2B -- Manush H, Bishop M, Kress R
3B -- Kress R, Haas M
HR -- Blue L, Foxx J
SF -- Manush H
HBP -- by Quinn J (Manush H)
WP -- Grove L
PB -- Cochrane M
T -- 2:00
A -- 30000
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