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Tigers
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
July 5, 1921
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Browns and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 5, 1921 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | July 5, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Browns
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 5, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | St. Louis Browns |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Howard Ehmke |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Emilio Palmero |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 750 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 23 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Wilson 1B: George Hildebrand 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lu Blue | First Baseman |
| Donie Bush | Shortstop |
| Chick Shorten | Center Fielder |
| Harry Heilmann | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Veach | Left Fielder |
| Bob Jones | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Bassler | Catcher |
| Ralph Young | Second Baseman |
| Howard Ehmke | Pitcher |
| Ty Cobb | Manager |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jack Tobin | Right Fielder |
| Frank Ellerbe | Third Baseman |
| Ken Williams | Left Fielder |
| Baby Doll Jacobson | Center Fielder |
| Hank Severeid | Catcher |
| Jim Riley | Second Baseman |
| Marty McManus | First Baseman |
| Jimmy Austin | Shortstop |
| Emilio Palmero | Pitcher |
| Lee Fohl | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
July 5, 1921
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Palmero
Blue hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Riley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Palmero
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Palmero fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shorten vs. Palmero
Shorten hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tobin vs. Ehmke
Tobin hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Shorten, who is chasing the ball. Tobin reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ellerbe vs. Ehmke
Ellerbe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blue scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ellerbe for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Williams vs. Ehmke
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tobin tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jacobson vs. Ehmke
Jacobson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Palmero
Heilmann takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Palmero
Veach bunts towards third. Ellerbe fields it and throws to first for the out. Heilmann moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Palmero
Jones hits a popup towards first. McManus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bassler vs. Palmero
Bassler hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Jacobson throws the ball in to McManus who tags Bassler trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Heilmann scores. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Severeid vs. Ehmke
Severeid hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Riley vs. Ehmke
Riley hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McManus vs. Ehmke
McManus is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Palmero
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ehmke vs. Palmero
Ehmke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Palmero fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blue vs. Palmero
Blue hits a fly ball into center field. Jacobson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bush vs. Palmero
Palmero fires to first and has Ehmke trapped. There's the throw to Austin who tags Ehmke for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Austin vs. Ehmke
Austin hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Palmero vs. Ehmke
Palmero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tobin vs. Ehmke
Tobin hits a line drive into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Palmero
Bush hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Severeid settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shorten vs. Palmero
Shorten hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Palmero
Heilmann hits a fly ball into center field. Jacobson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Palmero
Veach hits a fly ball into center field. Jacobson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellerbe vs. Ehmke
Ellerbe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Ehmke
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jacobson vs. Ehmke
Jacobson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Shorten. Jacobson reaches second base with a double. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Severeid vs. Ehmke
Severeid hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Riley vs. Ehmke
Riley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ehmke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Palmero
Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bassler vs. Palmero
Bassler bunts towards first. McManus scoops it up and throws to first, with Riley covering, for the out. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Palmero
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Austin fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ehmke vs. Palmero
Ehmke hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McManus vs. Ehmke
McManus hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Austin vs. Ehmke
Austin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Palmero vs. Ehmke
Palmero hits a fly ball into center field. Shorten settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Palmero
Dud Lee now playing shortstop.
Blue takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bush vs. Palmero
There goes Blue. The throw from Severeid and he is out, Lee applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Palmero
Bush hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shorten vs. Palmero
There goes Bush. The throw from Severeid and he is out, Lee applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shorten vs. Palmero
Shorten hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Palmero
Heilmann hits a popup towards second. Riley can't make a play. That's a base hit. Shorten moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Veach vs. Palmero
Veach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Riley fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Riley. Shorten scores. Heilmann moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Palmero
Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Heilmann scores. Veach moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bassler vs. Palmero
Bassler hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tobin vs. Ehmke
Tobin hits a popup into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ellerbe vs. Ehmke
Ellerbe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Ehmke
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Palmero
Young hits a popup towards third. Ellerbe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ehmke vs. Palmero
Ehmke hits a fly ball towards right. Tobin settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Tobin. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blue vs. Palmero
Blue takes first base on ball four. Ehmke moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bush vs. Palmero
That's a pickoff. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jacobson vs. Ehmke
Jacobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Severeid vs. Ehmke
Severeid hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Riley vs. Ehmke
Riley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McManus vs. Ehmke
McManus hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Veach. McManus reaches second base with a double. Riley moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lee vs. Ehmke
Lee hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Palmero
Bush takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shorten vs. Palmero
Shorten hits a popup towards third. Ellerbe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Palmero
Heilmann hits a fly ball into center field. Jacobson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Palmero
Veach takes first base on ball four. Bush moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Palmero
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. McManus scoops it up and throws to first, with Palmero covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Palmero vs. Ehmke
Palmero hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ehmke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tobin vs. Ehmke
Tobin bunts towards the mound. Ehmke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellerbe vs. Ehmke
Ellerbe is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Ehmke
Williams hits a popup towards short. Bush settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bassler vs. Palmero
Bassler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Palmero
Young takes first base on ball four. Bassler moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ehmke vs. Palmero
Ehmke bunts towards third. Ellerbe fields it and throws to first for the out. Bassler moves to third. Young moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Blue vs. Palmero
Blue hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bassler scores. Young scores. Blue moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bush vs. Palmero
Bush hits a fly ball into center field. Jacobson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shorten vs. Palmero
Shorten hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jacobson vs. Ehmke
Jacobson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Browns, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Severeid vs. Ehmke
Severeid hits a line drive into center field. Shorten settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Browns, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Riley vs. Ehmke
Riley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ehmke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Browns, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McManus vs. Ehmke
McManus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ehmke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/5/1921 -- DET at SLA (D)
DET AB R H RBI SLA AB R H RBI
Lu Blue, 1b 3 0 1 2 Jack Tobin, rf 4 1 2 0
Donie Bush, ss 4 0 1 0 Frank Ellerbe, 3b 3 0 0 0
Chick Shorten, cf 5 1 2 0 Ken Williams, lf 2 0 0 1
Harry Heilmann, rf 3 2 1 0 William Jacobson, cf 4 1 2 1
Bobby Veach, lf 2 0 0 0 Hank Severeid, c 4 0 1 0
Bob Jones, 3b 4 0 2 1 Jim Riley, 2b 4 0 0 0
Johnny Bassler, c 2 1 1 1 Marty McManus, 1b 4 0 1 0
Ralph Young, 2b 2 1 0 0 Jimmy Austin, ss 2 0 0 0
Howard Ehmke, p 3 0 0 0 Dud Lee, ss 1 0 0 0
Emilio Palmero, p 3 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
28 5 8 4 31 2 6 2
DET 010 002 002 -- 5
SLA 100 000 001 -- 2
DET IP H R ER BB SO
Howard Ehmke (W) 9.0 6 2 2 1 2
SLA IP H R ER BB SO
Emilio Palmero (L) 9.0 8 5 3 8 0
E -- Jim Riley, Jack Tobin
DP -- DET 1, SLA 1
LOB -- DET 7, SLA 5
2B -- William Jacobson, Marty McManus
3B -- Jack Tobin
HR -- William Jacobson
CS -- Lu Blue, Donie Bush
SH -- Bobby Veach, Johnny Bassler, Howard Ehmke
SF -- Ken Williams
HBP -- by Howard Ehmke (Frank Ellerbe)
T -- 3:23
A -- 750
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