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Browns
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 8, 1931
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the St. Louis Browns, played on August 8, 1931 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 8, 1931 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Browns
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Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 8, 1931 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Browns |
Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sam Gray |
Home Starting Pitcher | Tommy Thomas |
Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 1 hour 47 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Brick Owens 1B: Bick Campbell 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
Name | Position |
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Fred Schulte | Center Fielder |
Ski Melillo | Second Baseman |
Goose Goslin | Left Fielder |
Red Kress | Right Fielder |
Lin Storti | Third Baseman |
Jack Burns | First Baseman |
Benny Bengough | Catcher |
Jim Levey | Shortstop |
Sam Gray | Pitcher |
Bill Killefer | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lu Blue | First Baseman |
Billy Sullivan | Third Baseman |
Carl Reynolds | Right Fielder |
Lew Fonseca | Left Fielder |
Johnny Watwood | Center Fielder |
John Kerr | Second Baseman |
Bill Cissell | Shortstop |
Frank Grube | Catcher |
Tommy Thomas | Pitcher |
Donie Bush | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Browns
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 8, 1931
Top 1
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Browns, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Thomas
Schulte hits a fly ball into center field. Watwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melillo vs. Thomas
Melillo hits a fly ball into left field. Fonseca settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goslin vs. Thomas
Goslin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Grube settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Browns, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Gray
Blue hits a popup towards third. Storti juggles the ball. That's an error on Storti. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sullivan vs. Gray
Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reynolds vs. Gray
Reynolds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sullivan moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fonseca vs. Gray
Fonseca hits a ball on the ground towards third. Storti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sullivan moves to third. Reynolds moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Watwood vs. Gray
Watwood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Levey fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Levey. Sullivan scores. Reynolds moves to third. Fonseca moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kerr vs. Gray
Kerr hits a fly ball towards cemter. Schulte catches it and throws to home to double up Reynolds. View Play
Top 2
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Browns, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Thomas
Kress strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Storti vs. Thomas
Storti hits a line drive into right field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Thomas
Burns hits a fly ball into center field. Watwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Browns, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cissell vs. Gray
Cissell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grube vs. Gray
There goes Cissell. The throw from Bengough and he is safe. Cissell steals second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grube vs. Gray
Grube hits a line drive into left field. Goslin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Gray
There goes Cissell. The throw from Bengough and he is out, Storti applying the tag. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Gray
Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blue vs. Gray
Blue hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Kress picks up the ball and throws it away. That's a double and an error on Kress. Thomas goes all the way around to score. Blue moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sullivan vs. Gray
Sullivan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Burns settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bengough vs. Thomas
Bengough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cissell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Levey vs. Thomas
Levey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gray vs. Thomas
Gray is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Gray
Reynolds hits a popup towards first. Burns settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fonseca vs. Gray
Fonseca hits a fly ball into center field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watwood vs. Gray
Watwood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Goslin. Watwood reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kerr vs. Gray
Kerr hits a line drive into right field. Kress settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Thomas
Schulte hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melillo vs. Thomas
Melillo hits a fly ball into left field. Fonseca settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goslin vs. Thomas
Goslin hits a fly ball into center field. Watwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kress vs. Thomas
Kress hits a popup towards first. Blue settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cissell vs. Gray
Cissell hits a fly ball into left field. Goslin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grube vs. Gray
Grube takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Gray
Thomas bunts towards the mound. Gray fields it and throws to first for the out. Grube moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blue vs. Gray
Blue hits a ball on the ground towards short. Levey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Storti vs. Thomas
Storti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Thomas
Burns hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bengough vs. Thomas
Bengough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Burns moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Levey vs. Thomas
Levey hits a fly ball into left field. Fonseca settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gray vs. Thomas
Gray hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cissell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Gray
Sullivan bunts towards third. Storti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reynolds vs. Gray
Reynolds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sullivan moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fonseca vs. Gray
There goes Reynolds. The throw from Bengough and he is safe. Reynolds steals second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fonseca vs. Gray
Fonseca hits a line drive to left field. Goslin throws towards the plate. Bengough fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bengough. Sullivan scores. Reynolds scores. Fonseca moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Watwood vs. Gray
Watwood strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kerr vs. Gray
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Levey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fonseca scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cissell vs. Gray
Cissell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Levey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Browns, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Thomas
Schulte hits a fly ball towards center. Watwood settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Watwood. Schulte moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Melillo vs. Thomas
Melillo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Fonseca. Melillo reaches second base with a double. Schulte scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Goslin vs. Thomas
Goslin hits a fly ball into center field. Watwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Melillo moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kress vs. Thomas
Kress hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Storti vs. Thomas
Storti hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blue scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Storti for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grube vs. Gray
Grube hits a ball on the ground towards third. Storti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Gray
Thomas takes first base on ball four. Grube moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blue vs. Gray
Blue bunts towards third. Storti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Grube moves to third. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sullivan vs. Gray
Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Burns fields it and throws to home to get Grube. Thomas moves to third. Blue moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Reynolds vs. Gray
Reynolds hits a fly ball into right field. Kress settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fonseca vs. Gray
Fonseca hits a line drive into left field. Goslin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Thomas
Burns hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Grube settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bengough vs. Thomas
Bengough hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Thomas, and towards Kerr, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Levey vs. Thomas
Levey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watwood vs. Gray
Watwood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Gray
Kerr strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cissell vs. Gray
Cissell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Levey throws to second for one, and Melillo throws to first, and Burns drops the ball. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grube vs. Gray
There goes Cissell. The throw from Bengough and he is safe. Cissell steals second. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grube vs. Gray
Grube takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Gray
Thomas hits a line drive into center field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jenkins vs. Thomas
Tom Jenkins pinch hits for Sam Gray.
Jenkins hits a fly ball into center field. Watwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Thomas
Schulte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cissell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melillo vs. Thomas
Melillo hits a line drive into left field. Fonseca settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Braxton
Garland Braxton now pitching.
Blue hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Melillo misplays the ball. That's an error on Melillo. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sullivan vs. Braxton
Sullivan is hit by the pitch. Blue moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reynolds vs. Braxton
Reynolds bunts towards the mound. Braxton fields it and throws to first for the out. Blue moves to third. Sullivan moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fonseca vs. Braxton
Fonseca takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Watwood vs. Braxton
Watwood hits a fly ball into center field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blue scores. Sullivan moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kerr vs. Braxton
Bengough fires to third and picks off Sullivan. View Play
Top 9
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Browns, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goslin vs. Thomas
Goslin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blue scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goslin for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Thomas
Kress hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Storti vs. Thomas
Storti hits a fly ball into right field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Thomas
Burns hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kress moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 1 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bengough vs. Thomas
Bengough hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Cissell fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/8/1931, game 1 -- St.Louis at Chicago (D) St.Louis AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Schulte F, cf 4 1 1 0 Blue L, 1b 5 1 2 0 Melillo S, 2b 4 0 1 1 Sullivan B, 3b 4 2 1 0 Goslin G, lf 4 0 0 0 Reynolds C, rf 4 1 2 0 Kress R, rf 4 0 1 0 Fonseca L, lf 4 1 2 2 Storti L, 3b 4 0 0 0 Watwood J, cf 4 0 1 2 Burns J, 1b 4 0 2 0 Kerr J, 2b 4 0 0 1 Bengough B, c 4 0 1 0 Cissell B, ss 4 0 1 0 Levey J, ss 3 0 0 0 Grube F, c 2 0 1 0 Gray S, p 2 0 0 0 Thomas T, p 2 1 1 0 Jenkins T, ph 1 0 0 0 Braxton G, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 1 6 1 33 6 11 5 St.Louis 000 001 000 -- 1 Chicago 110 030 01x -- 6 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Gray S (L) 7.0 11 5 2 4 2 Braxton G 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Thomas T (W) 9.0 6 1 0 0 3 E -- Storti L, Levey J, Kress R, Bengough B, Watwood J, Burns J, Melillo S DP -- St.Louis 1 LOB -- St.Louis 6, Chicago 11 2B -- Blue L, Watwood J, Melillo S SB -- Cissell B 2, Reynolds C SH -- Thomas T, Reynolds C HBP -- by Braxton G (Sullivan B) T -- 1:47 A -- 0
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