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Tigers
@ Indians
League Park
August 8, 1931
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 8, 1931 at League Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 8, 1931 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 8, 1931 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Earl Whitehill |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Wes Ferrell |
| Ballpark | League Park |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 1 minute |
| Umpires | HP: Red Ormsby 1B: Bill McGowan 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Roy Johnson | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
| John Stone | Left Fielder |
| Dale Alexander | First Baseman |
| George Quellich | Right Fielder |
| Billy Rogell | Shortstop |
| Marv Owen | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Grabowski | Catcher |
| Earl Whitehill | Pitcher |
| Bucky Harris | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Seeds | Right Fielder |
| Odell Hale | Second Baseman |
| Earl Averill | Center Fielder |
| Ed Morgan | First Baseman |
| Joe Vosmik | Left Fielder |
| Willie Kamm | Third Baseman |
| Luke Sewell | Catcher |
| Ed Montague | Shortstop |
| Wes Ferrell | Pitcher |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Indians
League Park
August 8, 1931
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Ferrell
Johnson hits a line drive towards first. Morgan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Ferrell
Gehringer hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stone vs. Ferrell
Stone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alexander vs. Ferrell
Alexander hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Vosmik. Alexander reaches second base with a double. Stone goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Quellich vs. Ferrell
Quellich hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seeds vs. Whitehill
Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rogell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Whitehill
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards third. Owen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Whitehill
Averill strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rogell vs. Ferrell
Rogell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Owen vs. Ferrell
Owen strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grabowski vs. Ferrell
Grabowski takes first base on ball four. Rogell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitehill vs. Ferrell
Whitehill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rogell scores. Grabowski moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Ferrell
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Whitehill
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rogell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vosmik vs. Whitehill
Vosmik hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kamm vs. Whitehill
Kamm hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Ferrell
Gehringer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stone vs. Ferrell
There goes Gehringer. The throw from Sewell and he is out, Montague applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stone vs. Ferrell
Stone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alexander vs. Ferrell
Alexander hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Stone moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Quellich vs. Ferrell
Quellich hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stone scores. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rogell vs. Ferrell
Rogell hits a popup into right center field, beyond the reach of Averill. Rogell reaches second base with a double. Alexander goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Owen vs. Ferrell
Owen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grabowski vs. Ferrell
Grabowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kamm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Whitehill
Sewell hits a fly ball into left field. Stone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montague vs. Whitehill
Montague hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rogell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrell vs. Whitehill
Ferrell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stone. Ferrell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Seeds vs. Whitehill
Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Owen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehill vs. Ferrell
Whitehill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale misplays the ball. That's an error on Hale. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Ferrell
Johnson takes first base on ball four. Whitehill moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gehringer vs. Brown
Clint Brown now pitching.
Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitehill moves to third. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Stone vs. Brown
Stone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale fields it and throws to second for the out. Whitehill scores. Johnson moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Alexander vs. Brown
Alexander hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Stone moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Quellich vs. Brown
Quellich hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stone moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rogell vs. Brown
Rogell hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Montague fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Whitehill
Hale hits a line drive into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Whitehill
Averill hits a line drive towards first. Alexander reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Whitehill
Morgan hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vosmik vs. Whitehill
Vosmik hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Brown
Owen hits a line drive into right field. Seeds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grabowski vs. Brown
Grabowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Montague scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehill vs. Brown
Whitehill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morgan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Whitehill for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kamm vs. Whitehill
Kamm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Owen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Whitehill
Sewell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Owen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montague vs. Whitehill
Montague takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Whitehill
Brown strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Brown
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Brown
Johnson is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gehringer vs. Brown
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stone vs. Brown
Stone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Brown
Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kamm can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Quellich vs. Brown
Quellich hits a fly ball into right field. Seeds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seeds vs. Whitehill
Seeds hits a popup, foul, towards first. Alexander settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Whitehill
Hale hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Whitehill
Averill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Whitehill
Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Averill moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vosmik vs. Whitehill
Vosmik is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rogell vs. Brown
Rogell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Owen vs. Brown
Owen bunts towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. Rogell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grabowski vs. Brown
Grabowski hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitehill vs. Brown
Whitehill hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kamm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kamm vs. Whitehill
Kamm hits a fly ball into left field. Stone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Whitehill
Sewell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Montague vs. Whitehill
Montague strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Whitehill
Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Quellich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Brown
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kamm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Brown
Gehringer hits a fly ball into right field. Seeds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stone vs. Brown
Stone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seeds vs. Whitehill
Hub Walker now playing center field. Roy Johnson now playing right field.
Seeds hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Whitehill
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards third. Owen juggles the ball. That's an error on Owen. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Whitehill
Averill hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Whitehill
Morgan strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Brown
Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards short. Montague scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Brown
Walker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rogell vs. Brown
Rogell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sewell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Owen vs. Brown
Owen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kamm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vosmik vs. Whitehill
Vosmik hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kamm vs. Whitehill
Kamm hits a line drive into right field. Johnson picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Johnson. Kamm moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sewell vs. Whitehill
Sewell hits a fly ball into left field. Stone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Montague vs. Whitehill
There goes Kamm. The throw from Grabowski and he is safe. Kamm steals third. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Montague vs. Whitehill
Montague hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/8/1931 -- Detroit at Cleveland (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Johnson R, cf-rf 4 2 1 0 Seeds B, rf 4 0 0 0
Gehringer C, 2b 4 0 1 0 Hale O, 2b 4 0 1 0
Stone J, lf 4 2 1 2 Averill E, cf 4 0 0 0
Alexander D, 1b 5 1 4 2 Morgan E, 1b 4 1 2 1
Quellich G, rf 4 0 0 1 Vosmik J, lf 4 0 1 0
Walker H, cf 0 0 0 0 Kamm W, 3b 4 0 1 0
Rogell B, ss 5 1 3 1 Sewell L, c 4 0 1 0
Owen M, 3b 3 0 0 0 Montague E, ss 3 0 0 0
Grabowski J, c 3 0 0 0 Ferrell W, p 1 0 1 0
Whitehill E, p 4 1 1 1 Brown C, p 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 7 11 7 34 1 7 1
Detroit 112 201 000 -- 7
Cleveland 000 100 000 -- 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehill E (W) 9.0 7 1 1 1 5
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Ferrell W (L)* 3.0 6 6 5 5 1
Brown C 6.0 5 1 0 1 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 4th
E -- Hale O, Montague E, Owen M, Johnson R
DP -- Detroit 1, Cleveland 1
LOB -- Detroit 9, Cleveland 7
2B -- Alexander D, Rogell B, Ferrell W
HR -- Morgan E
SB -- Kamm W
CS -- Gehringer C
SH -- Owen M
T -- 2:01
A -- 0
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