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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
June 5, 1937
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on June 5, 1937 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
Date | June 5, 1937 |
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Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | June 5, 1937 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | George Caster |
Home Starting Pitcher | John Whitehead |
Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 1 hour 43 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: Steve Basil 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jack Rothrock | Center Fielder |
Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
Earle Brucker | Catcher |
Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
Rusty Peters | Third Baseman |
Wayne Ambler | Second Baseman |
Skeeter Newsome | Shortstop |
Chubby Dean | First Baseman |
George Caster | Pitcher |
Connie Mack | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rip Radcliff | Left Fielder |
Mike Kreevich | Center Fielder |
Dixie Walker | Right Fielder |
Zeke Bonura | First Baseman |
Luke Appling | Shortstop |
Jackie Hayes | Second Baseman |
Tony Piet | Third Baseman |
Luke Sewell | Catcher |
John Whitehead | Pitcher |
Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
June 5, 1937
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rothrock vs. Whitehead
Rothrock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rothrock for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Whitehead
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moses for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brucker vs. Whitehead
Brucker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Whitehead
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Whitehead fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Caster
Radcliff hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Radcliff reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kreevich vs. Caster
Kreevich strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Walker vs. Caster
Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Rothrock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonura vs. Caster
Bonura takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Appling vs. Caster
Appling takes first base on ball four. Radcliff moves to third. Bonura moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hayes vs. Caster
Hayes hits a popup towards first. Dean settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Whitehead
Peters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Piet fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ambler vs. Whitehead
Ambler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newsome vs. Whitehead
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards third. Piet fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piet vs. Caster
Piet hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sewell vs. Caster
Sewell hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Caster
Whitehead hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piet moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Radcliff vs. Caster
Radcliff hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kreevich vs. Caster
Kreevich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caster fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Whitehead
Dean hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walker. Dean reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Caster vs. Whitehead
Caster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rothrock vs. Whitehead
Rothrock bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moses vs. Whitehead
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hayes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Caster
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Peters fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Caster
Bonura hits a line drive towards short. Newsome reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Appling vs. Caster
Appling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brucker vs. Whitehead
Brucker hits a fly ball into center field. Kreevich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Whitehead
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peters vs. Whitehead
Peters hits a fly ball towards left. Radcliff catches it and throws to first to double up Johnson. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Caster
Hayes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piet vs. Caster
Piet strikes out. There goes Hayes. The throw from Brucker to second, and Hayes is out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Caster
Sewell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ambler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Caster
Whitehead strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ambler vs. Whitehead
Ambler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newsome vs. Whitehead
Newsome bunts towards first. Bonura scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Newsome for the out. Ambler moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dean vs. Whitehead
Dean hits a popup towards short. Appling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Caster vs. Whitehead
Caster hits a line drive towards third. Piet reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Caster
Radcliff hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kreevich vs. Caster
Kreevich hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Caster
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dean scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Walker for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rothrock vs. Whitehead
Rothrock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hayes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Whitehead
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hayes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brucker vs. Whitehead
Brucker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Whitehead
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brucker moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Peters vs. Whitehead
Peters hits a line drive into center field. Kreevich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Caster
Bonura hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Appling vs. Caster
Appling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Caster
There goes Appling. The throw from Brucker and he is out, Ambler applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Caster
Hayes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piet vs. Caster
There's a wild pitch. Hayes moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Piet vs. Caster
Piet is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sewell vs. Caster
Sewell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brucker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ambler vs. Whitehead
Ambler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Whitehead
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards third. Piet fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Whitehead
Dean hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hayes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Caster
Whitehead hits a fly ball into center field. Rothrock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Caster
Radcliff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kreevich vs. Caster
Kreevich hits a fly ball into center field. Rothrock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caster vs. Whitehead
Caster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rothrock vs. Whitehead
Rothrock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hayes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Whitehead
Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brucker vs. Whitehead
Brucker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Caster
Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Rothrock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Caster
Bonura hits a fly ball into center field. Rothrock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Appling vs. Caster
Appling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Caster
Hayes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Appling moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Piet vs. Caster
Piet hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moses. Piet reaches second base with a double. Appling scores. Hayes moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sewell vs. Caster
Sewell hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Whitehead
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Whitehead
Peters hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ambler vs. Whitehead
Ambler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Peters moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Newsome vs. Whitehead
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling fields it and throws to second for the out. Peters moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dean vs. Whitehead
Dean takes first base on ball four. Newsome moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Nelson vs. Whitehead
Lynn Nelson pinch hits for George Caster.
Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Whitehead fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/5/1937 -- Philadelphia at Chicago (D) Philadelphia AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Rothrock J, cf 4 0 0 0 Radcliff R, lf 4 0 1 0 Moses W, rf 4 0 1 0 Kreevich M, cf 4 0 0 0 Brucker E, c 4 0 2 0 Walker D, rf 4 0 0 0 Johnson B, lf 4 0 2 0 Bonura Z, 1b 3 1 1 1 Peters R, 3b 4 0 1 0 Appling L, ss 3 1 2 0 Ambler W, 2b 3 0 2 0 Hayes J, 2b 2 0 1 0 Newsome S, ss 3 0 0 0 Piet T, 3b 4 0 2 1 Dean C, 1b 3 0 1 0 Sewell L, c 4 0 1 0 Caster G, p 3 0 0 0 Whitehead J, p 3 0 1 0 Nelson L, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 0 9 0 31 2 9 2 Philadelphia 000 000 000 -- 0 Chicago 000 001 01x -- 2 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Caster G (L) 8.0 9 2 2 4 4 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Whitehead J (W) 9.0 9 0 0 2 1 DP -- Philadelphia 1, Chicago 2 LOB -- Philadelphia 9, Chicago 9 2B -- Radcliff R, Dean C, Piet T HR -- Bonura Z CS -- Hayes J, Appling L SH -- Newsome S WP -- Caster G T -- 1:43 A -- 0
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