Welcome to our redesigned site
The redesign was done to make the web experience more user friendly, as well as to make the mobile and desktop versions more compatible. We hope you find the site an improved experience. We always welcome your input, so let us know what you think. Play ball!
Lineups and Summary (back to top)
Athletics
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
June 20, 1940
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on June 20, 1940 at Briggs Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | June 20, 1940 |
---|---|
Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
|
Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | June 20, 1940 |
---|---|
Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Chubby Dean |
Home Starting Pitcher | Hal Newhouser |
Ballpark | Briggs Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 4,262 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 7 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Red Ormsby 1B: Bill McGowan 2B: (none) 3B: Lou Kolls |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Al Brancato | Third Baseman |
Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
Benny McCoy | Second Baseman |
Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
Dick Siebert | First Baseman |
Frankie Hayes | Catcher |
Sam Chapman | Center Fielder |
Bill Lillard | Shortstop |
Chubby Dean | Pitcher |
Connie Mack | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Dick Bartell | Shortstop |
Barney McCosky | Center Fielder |
Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
Hank Greenberg | Left Fielder |
Rudy York | First Baseman |
Bruce Campbell | Right Fielder |
Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
Birdie Tebbetts | Catcher |
Hal Newhouser | Pitcher |
Del Baker | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
June 20, 1940
Top 1
-
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brancato vs. Newhouser
Brancato hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Newhouser
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCoy vs. Newhouser
McCoy hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Newhouser
Johnson takes first base on ball four. Moses moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Siebert vs. Newhouser
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards first. York fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Newhouser drops the ball. Moses moves to third. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hayes vs. Newhouser
Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Dean
Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brancato fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Dean
McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Dean
Gehringer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Dean
Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gehringer moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
York vs. Dean
York strikes out. View Play
Top 2
-
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Newhouser
Chapman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lillard vs. Newhouser
Lillard bunts towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Gehringer covering, for the out. Chapman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dean vs. Newhouser
That's a pickoff. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Newhouser
Dean hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brancato vs. Newhouser
Brancato hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Dean
Campbell hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Dean
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brancato fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Dean
Tebbetts hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
-
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Newhouser
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCoy vs. Newhouser
McCoy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Newhouser
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newhouser vs. Dean
Newhouser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brancato fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Dean
Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Dean
McCosky hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
-
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Newhouser
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Newhouser
Hayes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Newhouser
Chapman is hit by the pitch. Hayes moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lillard vs. Newhouser
Lillard strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dean vs. Newhouser
Dean takes first base on ball four. Hayes moves to third. Chapman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Brancato vs. Newhouser
Brancato hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hayes scores. Chapman scores. Dean moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moses vs. Newhouser
Moses takes first base on ball four. Dean moves to third. Brancato moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McCoy vs. Newhouser
McCoy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to home to get Dean. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Athletics, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Dean
Gehringer hits a line drive towards short. Lillard reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Dean
Greenberg hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Dean
York hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Dean
Campbell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Athletics, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Newhouser
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebert vs. Newhouser
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hayes vs. Newhouser
Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to third for the out. Siebert moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chapman vs. Newhouser
Chapman strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lillard vs. Newhouser
Lillard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Lillard reaches second base with a double. Siebert scores. Hayes goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dean vs. Newhouser
Dean hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Dean
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Dean
Tebbetts hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newhouser vs. Dean
Newhouser takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bartell vs. Dean
Bartell hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brancato vs. Newhouser
Brancato hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Newhouser
Moses strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCoy vs. Newhouser
McCoy hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Trout
Dizzy Trout now pitching.
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebert vs. Trout
Siebert 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
Bottom 6
-
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Dean
McCosky strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Dean
Gehringer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Dean
Greenberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Greenberg reaches second base with a double. Gehringer moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
York vs. Dean
York hits a line drive into left field. Johnson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Johnson. Gehringer scores. Greenberg scores. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Dean
Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
-
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Trout
Hayes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Trout
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trout throws to second for one, and Bartell throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Chapman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lillard vs. Trout
Lillard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dean vs. Trout
Dean strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Dean
Higgins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tebbetts vs. Dean
Tebbetts hits a popup towards short. Lillard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kress vs. Dean
Red Kress pinch hits for Dizzy Trout.
Kress hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brancato fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
-
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brancato vs. McKain
Archie McKain now pitching.
Brancato hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. McKain
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McKain fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCoy vs. McKain
McCoy strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Dean
Bartell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Bartell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCosky vs. Dean
McCosky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bartell scores. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Dean
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Heusser
Ed Heusser now pitching.
Greenberg hits a popup, foul, towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
York vs. Heusser
York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. McKain
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. McKain
Siebert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. McKain
Hayes hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. McKain
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
-
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Heusser
Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Heusser
Higgins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nelson vs. Heusser
Lynn Nelson pinch hits for Birdie Tebbetts.
Nelson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Heusser
Earl Averill pinch hits for Archie McKain.
Averill hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play (back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/20/1940 -- Philadelphia at Detroit (D) Philadelphia AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Brancato A, 3b 5 1 2 3 Bartell D, ss 4 1 1 0 Moses W, rf 4 0 2 0 McCosky B, cf 4 0 1 1 McCoy B, 2b 5 1 1 1 Gehringer C, 2b 2 1 0 0 Johnson B, lf 4 0 2 0 Greenberg H, lf 4 2 3 1 Siebert D, 1b 5 1 2 0 York R, 1b 4 0 1 1 Hayes F, c 3 2 0 0 Campbell B, rf 4 0 0 0 Chapman S, cf 4 1 1 0 Higgins M, 3b 4 0 2 0 Lillard B, ss 3 0 1 2 Tebbetts B, c 3 0 0 0 Dean C, p 3 0 1 0 Nelson L, ph 1 0 0 0 Heusser E, p 0 0 0 0 Newhouser H, p 1 0 0 0 Trout D, p 0 0 0 0 Kress R, ph 1 0 0 0 McKain A, p 0 0 0 0 Averill E, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 6 12 6 33 4 8 3 Philadelphia 000 222 000 -- 6 Detroit 000 102 010 -- 4 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Dean C (W) 7.1 7 4 3 3 2 Heusser E (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Newhouser H (L) 5.1 10 6 6 4 4 Trout D 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 McKain A 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 E -- Newhouser H, Johnson B, Bartell D DP -- Philadelphia 2, Detroit 2 LOB -- Philadelphia 10, Detroit 5 2B -- Lillard B, Greenberg H, Bartell D HR -- Greenberg H, Brancato A, McCoy B SH -- Lillard B HBP -- by Newhouser H (Chapman S) T -- 2:07 A -- 4262
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score