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Tigers 4 @ Athletics 5
Shibe Park
September 20, 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 September 20, 1939 at Shibe Park. The home team Athletics beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 20, 1939 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 4 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Philadelphia Athletics
R: 5 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherGeorge Caster  
Losing PitcherAl Benton  
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Game Winning RBIJoe Gantenbein 

Game Info

DateSeptember 20, 1939 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherFred Hutchinson  
Home Starting PitcherLynn Nelson  
BallparkShibe Park 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance500 
Time of Game2 hours 31 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Cal Hubbard
1B: Lou Kolls
2B: (none)
3B: Eddie Rommel

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Barney McCosky  Center Fielder 
Benny McCoy  Shortstop 
Charlie Gehringer  Second Baseman 
Hank Greenberg  First Baseman 
Rudy York  Catcher 
Pinky Higgins  Third Baseman 
Pete Fox  Right Fielder 
Roy Cullenbine  Left Fielder 
Fred Hutchinson  Pitcher 
Del Baker  Manager 

Philadelphia Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Wally Moses  Right Fielder 
Al Brancato  Third Baseman 
Bob Johnson  Left Fielder 
Frankie Hayes  Catcher 
Dick Siebert  First Baseman 
Sam Chapman  Center Fielder 
Fred Chapman  Shortstop 
Dario Lodigiani  Second Baseman 
Lynn Nelson  Pitcher 
Earle Mack  Manager 

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Tigers 4 @ Athletics 5
Shibe Park
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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/20/1939 -- Detroit at Philadelphia (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
McCosky B, cf         6  0  0  0   Moses W, rf           4  1  2  0   
McCoy B, ss           6  0  1  1   Brancato A, 3b        2  0  0  0   
Gehringer C, 2b       6  0  0  0   Newsome S, ss         1  0  0  0   
Greenberg H, 1b       6  1  3  1   Miles D, ph           1  0  0  0   
York R, c             5  1  1  0   McNamara B, ss        0  0  0  0   
Higgins P, 3b         6  0  0  0   Nagel B, ph-3b        1  0  0  0   
Fox P, rf             5  0  1  0   Johnson B, lf         5  1  2  2   
Cullenbine R, lf      4  1  1  0   Hayes F, c            6  1  1  0   
Hutchinson F, p       4  1  1  2   Siebert D, 1b         5  1  1  0   
Benton A, p           0  0  0  0   Chapman S, cf         5  0  1  0   
                                   Chapman F, ss         2  0  0  0   
                                   Gantenbein J, 3b-ss   4  1  2  2   
                                   Lodigiani D, 2b       5  0  1  0   
                                   Nelson L, p           4  0  1  0   
                                   Brucker E, ph         0  0  0  1   
                                   Caster G, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     48  4  8  4                        45  5 11  5

Detroit          000 011 000 002 0 --  4
Philadelphia     200 000 000 002 1 --  5
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hutchinson F         11.2  9  4  4  3  2
Benton A (L)          0.2  2  1  1  2  1

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Nelson L             12.0  8  4  4  3  3
Caster G (W)          1.0  0  0  0  0  1

E -- Siebert D
LOB -- Detroit 8, Philadelphia 10
2B -- Moses W, Greenberg H, Cullenbine R, Hutchinson F, Siebert D
3B -- Hayes F
HR -- Johnson B, Greenberg H
CS -- Moses W
SH -- Brancato A
SF -- Brucker E
T -- 2:31
A -- 500

    

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