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Tigers
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
July 30, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 30, 1939 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
| Date | July 30, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 30, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bobo Newsom |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bill Beckmann |
| Ballpark | Shibe Park |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: Bill Grieve 2B: (none) 3B: Eddie Rommel |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Barney McCosky | Center Fielder |
| Benny McCoy | Second Baseman |
| Earl Averill | Left Fielder |
| Hank Greenberg | First Baseman |
| Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
| Pete Fox | Right Fielder |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Catcher |
| Frank Croucher | Shortstop |
| Bobo Newsom | Pitcher |
| Del Baker | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
| Dick Siebert | First Baseman |
| Dee Miles | Center Fielder |
| Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Frankie Hayes | Catcher |
| Bill Nagel | Second Baseman |
| Skeeter Newsome | Shortstop |
| Dario Lodigiani | Third Baseman |
| Bill Beckmann | Pitcher |
| Earle Mack | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
July 30, 1939
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Beckmann
McCosky hits a popup, foul, towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCoy vs. Beckmann
McCoy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Beckmann
Averill hits a fly ball into center field. Miles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Newsom
Moses hits a line drive into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Newsom
Siebert hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miles vs. Newsom
Miles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Beckmann
Greenberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Higgins vs. Beckmann
Higgins hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Beckmann
Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Greenberg moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tebbetts vs. Beckmann
There's a wild pitch. Greenberg moves to third. Fox moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Tebbetts vs. Beckmann
Tebbetts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Croucher vs. Beckmann
Croucher hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Greenberg tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Newsom vs. Beckmann
Newsom hits a line drive towards short. Newsome reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Newsom
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Newsom
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nagel vs. Newsom
Nagel strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Beckmann
McCosky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCoy vs. Beckmann
McCoy hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Miles. McCoy reaches second base with a double. McCosky goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Averill vs. Beckmann
Averill hits a fly ball into center field. Miles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Greenberg vs. Beckmann
Greenberg takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Higgins vs. Beckmann
Higgins hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Beckmann
Fox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tebbetts vs. Beckmann
Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Newsom
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lodigiani vs. Newsom
Lodigiani hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beckmann vs. Newsom
Beckmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lodigiani moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moses vs. Newsom
Moses hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Siebert vs. Newsom
Siebert takes first base on ball four. Lodigiani moves to third. Beckmann moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Miles vs. Newsom
Miles strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Croucher vs. Beckmann
Croucher hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Croucher reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newsom vs. Beckmann
Newsom bunts towards the mound. Beckmann fields it and throws to first for the out. Croucher moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McCosky vs. Beckmann
McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. Miles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McCoy vs. Beckmann
McCoy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Newsom
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Newsom
Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nagel vs. Newsom
Nagel strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Beckmann
Averill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Beckmann
Greenberg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Greenberg reaches second base with a double. Averill moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Higgins vs. Beckmann
Higgins hits a fly ball into center field. Miles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Averill tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fox vs. Beckmann
Fox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tebbetts vs. Beckmann
Fox is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tebbetts vs. Beckmann
Tebbetts bunts towards first. Siebert fields the ball and throws to Beckmann covering. Safe. Greenberg scores. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Croucher vs. Beckmann
Croucher strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Newsom
Newsome hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lodigiani vs. Newsom
Lodigiani hits a popup towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beckmann vs. Newsom
Beckmann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Beckmann for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsom vs. Dean
Chubby Dean now pitching.
Newsom hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Dean
McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nagel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCoy vs. Dean
McCoy hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Newsom
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newsom fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebert vs. Newsom
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miles vs. Newsom
Miles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Dean
Eddie Collins now playing right field.
Averill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Dean
Greenberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Dean
Higgins hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Dean
Fox hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Dean
Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lodigiani fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Newsom
Roy Cullenbine now playing left field.
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Newsom
Hayes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cullenbine. Hayes reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gantenbein vs. Newsom
Joe Gantenbein pinch hits for Bill Nagel.
Gantenbein hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chapman vs. Newsom
Sam Chapman pinch hits for Skeeter Newsome.
Chapman strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Croucher vs. Dean
Wayne Ambler now playing shortstop. Joe Gantenbein now playing second base. Eric Tipton now playing left field.
Croucher hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsom vs. Dean
Newsom strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Dean
McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCoy vs. Dean
McCoy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lodigiani vs. Newsom
Lodigiani hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dean vs. Newsom
Dean hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Newsom
Collins strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cullenbine vs. Dean
Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Dean
Greenberg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Collins. Greenberg reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Higgins vs. Dean
Higgins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Greenberg moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fox vs. Dean
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fox vs. Dean
Fox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tebbetts vs. Dean
Tebbetts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Higgins scores. Fox moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Croucher vs. Dean
Croucher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler misplays the ball. That's an error on Ambler. Fox scores. Tebbetts moves to third. Croucher moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 13 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Newsom vs. Dean
Newsom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lodigiani fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Tebbetts scores. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 14 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCosky vs. Dean
McCosky hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Collins. McCosky reaches second base with a double. Newsom moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 14 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McCoy vs. Dean
McCoy hits a fly ball into right field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 14 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Newsom
Siebert hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 14 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miles vs. Newsom
Miles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 14 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tipton vs. Newsom
Tipton strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/30/1939, game 1 -- Detroit at Philadelphia
Detroit AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
McCosky B, cf 6 1 2 0 Moses W, rf 3 0 1 0
McCoy B, 2b 6 1 1 1 Collins E, rf 1 0 0 0
Averill E, lf 4 1 1 0 Siebert D, 1b 3 0 0 0
Cullenbine R, lf 1 0 0 0 Miles D, cf 4 0 0 0
Greenberg H, 1b 4 5 4 1 Johnson B, lf 3 0 0 0
Higgins P, 3b 4 2 2 4 Tipton E, lf 1 0 0 0
Fox P, rf 2 2 2 1 Hayes F, c 3 0 1 0
Tebbetts B, c 4 1 2 2 Nagel B, 2b 2 0 0 0
Croucher F, ss 4 1 2 3 Gantenbein J, ph-2b 1 0 0 0
Newsom B, p 4 0 0 1 Newsome S, ss 2 0 0 0
Chapman S, ph 1 0 0 0
Ambler W, ss 0 0 0 0
Lodigiani D, 3b 3 0 2 0
Beckmann B, p 2 0 1 0
Dean C, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 14 16 13 30 0 5 0
Detroit 014 020 214 -- 14
Philadelphia 000 000 000 -- 0
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Newsom B (W) 9.0 5 0 0 1 8
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Beckmann B (L) 5.0 9 7 7 4 1
Dean C 4.0 7 7 6 1 1
E -- Ambler W 2
DP -- Detroit 2, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Detroit 6, Philadelphia 4
2B -- McCoy B, Croucher F, Greenberg H 2, Hayes F, McCosky B
HR -- Higgins P, Greenberg H, Fox P, Croucher F
SB -- Higgins P, Greenberg H
SH -- Newsom B
SF -- Croucher F, Higgins P
WP -- Beckmann B
T -- 2:05
A -- 0
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