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Browns
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 31, 1951
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the St. Louis Browns, played on August 31, 1951 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Browns
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 31, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Browns |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim McDonald |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Lemon |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 23,088 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 43 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Grieve 1B: Bill Summers 2B: Bill McKinley 3B: Hank Soar |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Young | Second Baseman |
| Jim Delsing | Center Fielder |
| Matt Batts | Catcher |
| Cliff Mapes | Right Fielder |
| Ken Wood | Left Fielder |
| Hank Arft | First Baseman |
| Fred Marsh | Third Baseman |
| Bill Jennings | Shortstop |
| Jim McDonald | Pitcher |
| Zack Taylor | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dale Mitchell | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Avila | Second Baseman |
| Larry Doby | Center Fielder |
| Luke Easter | First Baseman |
| Al Rosen | Third Baseman |
| Barney McCosky | Right Fielder |
| Ray Boone | Shortstop |
| Jim Hegan | Catcher |
| Bob Lemon | Pitcher |
| Al Lopez | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Browns
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 31, 1951
Top 1
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Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Lemon
Young strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delsing vs. Lemon
Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Batts vs. Lemon
Batts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mapes vs. Lemon
Mapes is hit by the pitch. Batts moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wood vs. Lemon
Wood hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. McDonald
Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. McDonald
Avila takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doby vs. McDonald
Doby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Arft scoops it up and throws to first, with McDonald covering, for the out. Avila moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Easter vs. McDonald
Easter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Arft scoops it up and throws to first, with McDonald covering, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arft vs. Lemon
Arft is called out on strikes. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marsh vs. Lemon
Marsh strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jennings vs. Lemon
Jennings takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDonald vs. Lemon
McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. McDonald
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Marsh fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. McDonald
McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Marsh juggles the ball. That's an error on Marsh. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. McDonald
Boone takes first base on ball four. McCosky moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hegan vs. McDonald
Hegan hits a fly ball into left field. Wood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. McDonald
Lemon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Batts settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Lemon
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Delsing vs. Lemon
Delsing hits a popup towards short. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Batts vs. Lemon
Batts hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mitchell. Batts reaches second base with a double. Young moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mapes vs. Lemon
Mapes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wood vs. Lemon
Wood hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Young scores. View Play -
Browns, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Arft vs. Lemon
Arft hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Batts scores. Mapes moves to third. Arft moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Marsh vs. Lemon
Marsh is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. McDonald
Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. McDonald
Avila bunts towards the mound. McDonald fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doby vs. McDonald
Doby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Easter vs. McDonald
Easter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jennings vs. Lemon
Jennings hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Lemon
McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Lemon
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Delsing vs. Lemon
Delsing hits a fly ball into right field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. McDonald
Rosen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCosky vs. McDonald
McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. McDonald
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jennings fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Batts vs. Lemon
Batts hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mapes vs. Lemon
Mapes hits a fly ball into right field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Lemon
Wood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Arft vs. Lemon
Arft hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marsh vs. Lemon
Marsh strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. McDonald
Hegan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. McDonald
Lemon hits a popup towards third. Marsh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mitchell vs. McDonald
Mitchell hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Avila vs. McDonald
Avila hits a fly ball into left field. Wood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jennings vs. Lemon
Jennings hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDonald vs. Lemon
McDonald bunts towards first. Easter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McDonald for the out. Jennings moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Lemon
Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Easter fields the ball and throws to Lemon covering. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Delsing vs. Lemon
Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. McDonald
Doby hits a fly ball into right field. Mapes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easter vs. McDonald
Easter hits a line drive into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. McDonald
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Marsh fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Batts vs. Lemon
Batts strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mapes vs. Lemon
Mapes hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Lemon
Wood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Arft vs. Lemon
Arft hits a ball on the ground towards first. Easter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Arft for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. McDonald
McCosky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lehner vs. McDonald
Paul Lehner pinch hits for Ray Boone.
Lehner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Arft juggles the ball. That's an error on Arft. McCosky moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simpson vs. McDonald
Harry Simpson pinch hits for Jim Hegan.
Simpson hits a line drive towards center. Delsing catches it and throws to second to double up McCosky. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. McDonald
Lemon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. McDonald
Mitchell hits a fly ball into left field. Wood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Browns, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marsh vs. Lemon
Birdie Tebbetts now catching. Merl Combs now playing shortstop.
Marsh hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jennings vs. Lemon
Jennings strikes out. Tebbetts drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Jennings out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Lemon
McDonald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Brissie
Lou Brissie now pitching.
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Delsing vs. Brissie
There's a wild pitch. Young moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Delsing vs. Brissie
Delsing hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Browns, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. McDonald
Avila hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off McDonald, and towards Young, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. McDonald
Doby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Easter vs. McDonald
Easter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Arft fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. McDonald
Rosen takes first base on ball four. Easter moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCosky vs. McDonald
McCosky hits a fly ball into right field. Mapes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Browns, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Batts vs. Brissie
Batts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mapes vs. Brissie
Mapes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brissie fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Brissie
Wood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mapes moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Arft vs. Brissie
Arft hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mapes scores. Wood moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marsh vs. Brissie
Marsh hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Browns, 6 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. McDonald
Tebbetts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Combs vs. McDonald
Combs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tebbetts moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wynn vs. Paige
Satchel Paige now pitching. Early Wynn pinch hits for Lou Brissie.
Wynn takes first base on ball four. Tebbetts moves to third. Combs moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mitchell vs. Paige
Snuffy Stirnweiss pinch runs for Early Wynn.
Mitchell hits a popup, foul, towards short. Jennings settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Avila vs. Paige
Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Marsh fields it and throws to second for the out. Tebbetts scores. Combs moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Doby vs. Paige
There goes Avila. The throw from Batts and he is safe. Avila steals second. View Play -
Browns, 6 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Doby vs. Paige
Doby is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/31/1951 -- St.Louis at Cleveland (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Young B, 2b 4 1 2 0 Mitchell D, lf 5 0 0 0
Delsing J, cf 5 0 0 0 Avila B, 2b 4 0 1 1
Batts M, c 4 1 2 0 Doby L, cf 4 0 0 0
Mapes C, rf 3 1 0 0 Easter L, 1b 4 0 0 0
Wood K, lf 3 1 1 1 Rosen A, 3b 3 0 1 0
Arft H, 1b 5 1 3 4 McCosky B, rf 4 0 1 0
Marsh F, 3b 5 1 1 1 Boone R, ss 1 0 0 0
Jennings B, ss 3 0 1 0 Lehner P, ph 1 1 0 0
McDonald J, p 3 0 1 0 Tebbetts B, c 1 1 1 0
Paige S, p 0 0 0 0 Hegan J, c 1 0 0 0
Simpson H, ph 1 0 0 0
Combs M, ss 1 0 1 0
Lemon B, p 3 1 1 2
Brissie L, p 0 0 0 0
Wynn E, ph 0 0 0 0
Stirnweiss S, pr 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 11 6 33 3 6 3
St.Louis 002 020 011 -- 6
Cleveland 000 000 201 -- 3
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
McDonald J (W)* 8.0 6 3 3 5 0
Paige S (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon B (L) 7.1 9 5 5 5 7
Brissie L 1.2 2 1 1 1 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
E -- Marsh F, Arft H
DP -- St.Louis 2, Cleveland 2
LOB -- St.Louis 10, Cleveland 9
2B -- Batts M
HR -- Arft H, Lemon B, Marsh F
SB -- Avila B
SH -- McDonald J
HBP -- by Lemon B (Mapes C)
WP -- Brissie L
T -- 2:43
A -- 23088
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