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White Sox
@ Indians
League Park
August 20, 1938
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox, played on August 20, 1938 at League Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 20, 1938 |
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Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 20, 1938 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Monty Stratton |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mel Harder |
Ballpark | League Park |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 1 hour 54 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Joe Rue 1B: Bill Grieve 2B: (none) 3B: Cal Hubbard |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Joe Kuhel | First Baseman |
Marv Owen | Third Baseman |
Gee Walker | Right Fielder |
Rip Radcliff | Left Fielder |
Luke Appling | Shortstop |
Mike Kreevich | Center Fielder |
Boze Berger | Second Baseman |
Tony Rensa | Catcher |
Monty Stratton | Pitcher |
Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lyn Lary | Shortstop |
Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
Moose Solters | Right Fielder |
Earl Averill | Center Fielder |
Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
Odell Hale | Second Baseman |
Mel Harder | Pitcher |
Ossie Vitt | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
White Sox
@ Indians
League Park
August 20, 1938
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Harder
Kuhel strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Harder
Owen hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Harder
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Radcliff vs. Harder
Radcliff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Stratton
Lary hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Berger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Stratton
Heath hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. Stratton
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Heath moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Solters vs. Stratton
Solters hits a fly ball into left field. Radcliff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Heath scores. Hemsley moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Averill vs. Stratton
Averill hits a popup towards short. Appling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Appling vs. Harder
Appling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kreevich vs. Harder
Kreevich hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Harder
Berger strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Stratton
Trosky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Stratton
Keltner hits a line drive into center field. Kreevich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Stratton
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling misplays the ball. That's an error on Appling. Trosky moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Harder vs. Stratton
Harder hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lary vs. Stratton
There go the runners. The throw from Rensa to Appling covering second. The throw back to home, and Trosky is out at the plate. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rensa vs. Harder
Rensa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stratton vs. Harder
Stratton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Harder
Kuhel hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Solters. Kuhel reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Owen vs. Harder
Owen hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Stratton
Lary bunts towards the mound. Stratton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Stratton
Heath takes first base on ball four. Lary moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hemsley vs. Stratton
Hemsley bunts towards the mound. Stratton juggles the ball. That's an error on Stratton. Lary moves to third. Heath moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Solters vs. Stratton
Solters strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Averill vs. Stratton
Averill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lary scores. Heath scores. Hemsley moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Trosky vs. Stratton
Trosky hits a popup towards third. Owen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Keltner vs. Stratton
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Owen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Harder
Walker strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Harder
Radcliff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harder fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Appling vs. Harder
Appling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kreevich vs. Harder
Kreevich hits a fly ball into right field. Solters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Stratton
Hale strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harder vs. Stratton
Harder strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Stratton
Lary strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Harder
Berger hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rensa vs. Harder
Rensa strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stratton vs. Harder
Stratton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Stratton
Heath hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Stratton
Hemsley hits a popup towards short. Appling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solters vs. Stratton
Solters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Owen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Stratton
Averill hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kuhel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Harder
Kuhel bunts towards the mound. Harder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Harder
Owen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Harder
Walker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Radcliff vs. Harder
Radcliff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Owen moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Appling vs. Harder
Appling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Stratton
Trosky hits a popup towards third. Owen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Stratton
Keltner hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Kreevich, who is chasing the ball. Keltner reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hale vs. Stratton
Hale strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Harder vs. Stratton
Harder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Berger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kreevich vs. Harder
Kreevich hits a fly ball into center field. That will be extra bases. Averill fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Averill. Kreevich moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Berger vs. Harder
Berger hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Averill. Berger reaches second base with a double. Kreevich scores. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rensa vs. Harder
Rensa hits a line drive towards first. Trosky catches it for the out, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Berger scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stratton vs. Harder
Stratton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Harder
Kuhel hits a fly ball into right field. Solters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 2 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Stratton
Lary hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stratton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Stratton
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Berger misplays the ball. That's an error on Berger. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. Stratton
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Heath moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Solters vs. Stratton
Solters hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Heath scores. Hemsley moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Averill vs. Stratton
Averill hits a fly ball into center field. Kreevich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trosky vs. Stratton
Trosky hits a fly ball into center field. Kreevich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Harder
Owen 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 -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Harder
Walker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Radcliff vs. Harder
Radcliff hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Appling vs. Harder
Appling takes first base on ball four. Owen moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kreevich vs. Harder
Kreevich hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Lary fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Stratton
Keltner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Stratton
Hale hits a fly ball into center field. Kreevich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harder vs. Stratton
Harder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lary vs. Stratton
Lary hits a fly ball into left field. Radcliff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Stratton
Heath hits a line drive into center field. Kreevich picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kreevich. Harder moves to third. Heath moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hemsley vs. Stratton
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Harder scores. Heath scores. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Solters vs. Stratton
Solters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Owen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Harder
Berger hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rensa vs. Harder
Rensa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steinbacher vs. Harder
Hank Steinbacher pinch hits for Monty Stratton.
Steinbacher hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/20/1938 -- Chicago at Cleveland (D) Chicago AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Kuhel J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Lary L, ss 5 1 1 0 Owen M, 3b 4 0 1 0 Heath J, lf 4 5 3 1 Walker G, rf 4 0 1 0 Hemsley R, c 4 0 3 2 Radcliff R, lf 4 0 1 0 Solters M, rf 5 0 0 2 Appling L, ss 3 0 1 0 Averill E, cf 4 0 1 2 Kreevich M, cf 4 1 1 0 Trosky H, 1b 4 0 1 0 Berger B, 2b 4 1 1 1 Keltner K, 3b 4 1 2 1 Rensa T, c 4 0 0 0 Hale O, 2b 4 0 0 0 Stratton M, p 3 0 0 0 Harder M, p 4 1 1 0 Steinbacher H, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 2 7 1 38 8 12 8 Chicago 000 000 200 -- 2 Cleveland 102 010 13x -- 8 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Stratton M (L) 8.0 12 8 6 1 5 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Harder M (W) 9.0 7 2 1 1 4 E -- Appling L, Stratton M, Averill E, Trosky H, Berger B, Hale O, Kreevich M LOB -- Chicago 7, Cleveland 8 2B -- Kuhel J, Kreevich M, Berger B 3B -- Keltner K HR -- Heath J, Keltner K CS -- Trosky H SH -- Hemsley R T -- 1:54 A -- 0
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