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White Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
June 18, 1944
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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 June 18, 1944 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | June 18, 1944 |
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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 | June 18, 1944 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Thornton Lee |
Home Starting Pitcher | Vern Kennedy |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 15,855 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 15 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Joe Rue 1B: Bill Summers 2B: (none) 3B: Jim Boyer |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
Roy Schalk | Second Baseman |
Thurman Tucker | Center Fielder |
Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
Ralph Hodgin | Left Fielder |
Grey Clarke | Third Baseman |
Vince Castino | Catcher |
Skeeter Webb | Shortstop |
Thornton Lee | Pitcher |
Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
Mickey Rocco | First Baseman |
Roy Cullenbine | Right Fielder |
Oris Hockett | Center Fielder |
Pat Seerey | Left Fielder |
Buddy Rosar | Catcher |
Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
Ray Mack | Second Baseman |
Vern Kennedy | Pitcher |
Lou Boudreau | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
White Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
June 18, 1944
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Kennedy
Moses hits a fly ball into center field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schalk vs. Kennedy
Schalk hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Kennedy
Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy juggles the ball. That's an error on Kennedy. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Kennedy
Trosky hits a fly ball into center field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Lee
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rocco vs. Lee
Rocco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schalk fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cullenbine vs. Lee
Cullenbine strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodgin vs. Kennedy
Hodgin hits a fly ball into left field. Seerey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Kennedy
Clarke hits a fly ball into left field. Seerey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castino vs. Kennedy
Castino hits a fly ball into center field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hockett vs. Lee
Hockett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seerey vs. Lee
Seerey hits a fly ball into left field. Hodgin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Lee
Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Webb scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webb vs. Kennedy
Webb hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lee vs. Kennedy
Lee bunts towards first. Rocco scoops it up and throws to first, with Mack covering, for the out. Webb moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moses vs. Kennedy
Moses hits a fly ball into right field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schalk vs. Kennedy
Schalk hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rocco scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schalk for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Lee
Keltner hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Lee
Mack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Lee
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lee fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Kennedy
Tucker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Seerey. Tucker reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Trosky vs. Kennedy
Trosky hits a fly ball towards center. Hockett settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Hockett. Tucker scores. Trosky moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hodgin vs. Kennedy
Hodgin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Trosky moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Clarke vs. Kennedy
Clarke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Trosky scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castino vs. Kennedy
Castino hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cullenbine. Castino reaches second base with a double. Clarke moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Webb vs. Kennedy
Webb hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Clarke scores. Castino scores. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lee vs. Kennedy
Lee strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Kennedy
Moses hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Hockett, who is chasing the ball. Moses reaches third base with a triple. Webb goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schalk vs. Poat
Ray Poat now pitching.
Schalk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Lee
Boudreau hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Tucker who is chasing the ball. Boudreau reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rocco vs. Lee
Rocco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boudreau scores. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cullenbine vs. Lee
Cullenbine bunts towards third. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hockett vs. Lee
Hockett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rocco moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Seerey vs. Lee
Seerey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clarke fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Poat
Tucker strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Poat
Trosky hits a fly ball into right field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodgin vs. Poat
Hodgin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Lee
Rosar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Lee
Keltner hits a line drive into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mack vs. Lee
Mack hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tucker. Mack reaches second base with a double. Rosar goes all the way around to score. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schlueter vs. Lee
Norm Schlueter pinch hits for Ray Poat.
Schlueter strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boudreau vs. Lee
Boudreau hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Gromek
Steve Gromek now pitching.
Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castino vs. Gromek
Rusty Peters now playing third base.
Castino strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Webb vs. Gromek
Webb hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Clarke moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lee vs. Gromek
Lee hits a fly ball towards left. Seerey catches it and throws to second to double up Clarke. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rocco vs. Lee
Rocco hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cullenbine vs. Lee
Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schalk fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hockett vs. Lee
Hockett hits a fly ball into left field. Hodgin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Gromek
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rocco scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moses for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schalk vs. Gromek
Schalk hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tucker vs. Gromek
Tucker hits a fly ball towards right. Cullenbine catches it and throws to first to double up Schalk. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seerey vs. Lee
Seerey is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Lee
Rosar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peters vs. Lee
Peters hits a ball on the ground towards short. Webb fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mack vs. Lee
Mack hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tucker. Mack reaches second base with a double. Peters goes all the way around to score. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gromek vs. Lee
Gromek hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moses who is chasing the ball. Gromek reaches third base with a triple. Mack scores. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boudreau vs. Lee
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Webb misplays the ball. That's an error on Webb. Gromek scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rocco vs. Lee
Rocco takes first base on ball four. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cullenbine vs. Lee
Cullenbine hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boudreau scores. Rocco moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hockett vs. Lee
Hockett hits a popup towards short. Webb settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Gromek
Trosky hits a fly ball into center field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodgin vs. Gromek
Hodgin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Gromek
Clarke strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seerey vs. Lee
Seerey hits a popup towards short. Webb settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Lee
Rosar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peters vs. Haynes
Joe Haynes now pitching.
There goes Rosar. The throw from Castino and he is out, Schalk applying the tag. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Haynes
Peters hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tucker. Peters reaches second base with a double. Tucker throws the ball in to Clarke who tags Peters trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 5 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castino vs. Gromek
Castino hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webb vs. Gromek
Webb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carnett vs. Smith
Al Smith now pitching. Eddie Carnett pinch hits for Joe Haynes.
Carnett strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Smith
Moses hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cullenbine who is chasing the ball. Moses reaches third base with a triple. Webb goes all the way around to score. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schalk vs. Smith
Schalk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moses scores. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tucker vs. Smith
Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Boudreau fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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White Sox, 7 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Humphries
Johnny Humphries now pitching.
Mack hits a fly ball into left field. Hodgin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grant vs. Humphries
Jimmy Grant pinch hits for Al Smith.
Grant hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Humphries
Allie Reynolds pinch runs for Jimmy Grant.
Boudreau hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rocco vs. Humphries
Rocco hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Reynolds moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cullenbine vs. Humphries
Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clarke fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/18/1944, game 2 -- Chicago at Cleveland (D) Chicago AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Moses W, rf 5 1 2 2 Boudreau L, ss 5 2 2 0 Schalk R, 2b 5 0 2 1 Rocco M, 1b 4 0 3 1 Tucker T, cf 5 1 1 0 Cullenbine R, rf 5 0 1 1 Trosky H, 1b 4 1 0 0 Hockett O, cf 4 0 1 0 Hodgin R, lf 4 0 0 0 Seerey P, lf 4 0 0 0 Clarke G, 3b 4 1 2 1 Rosar B, c 2 1 1 0 Castino V, c 4 1 1 0 Keltner K, 3b 2 0 0 0 Webb S, ss 4 2 4 2 Peters R, 3b 2 1 1 0 Lee T, p 2 0 0 0 Mack R, 2b 4 1 2 2 Haynes J, p 0 0 0 0 Kennedy V, p 1 0 0 0 Carnett E, ph 1 0 0 0 Poat R, p 0 0 0 0 Humphries J, p 0 0 0 0 Schlueter N, ph 1 0 0 0 Gromek S, p 1 1 1 1 Smith A, p 0 0 0 0 Grant J, ph 1 0 1 0 Reynolds A, pr 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 7 12 6 36 6 13 5 Chicago 000 500 002 -- 7 Cleveland 000 110 400 -- 6 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Lee T 7.1 10 6 4 3 3 Haynes J (W) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 Humphries J (S) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Kennedy V 3.2 6 5 3 0 1 Poat R 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 Gromek S 3.1 4 1 1 0 2 Smith A (L) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 E -- Kennedy V, Hockett O, Webb S DP -- Chicago 3, Cleveland 2 LOB -- Chicago 5, Cleveland 6 2B -- Tucker T, Castino V, Mack R 2, Peters R 3B -- Moses W 2, Boudreau L, Gromek S CS -- Rosar B SH -- Lee T T -- 2:15 A -- 15855
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