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Yankees
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
August 3, 1950
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, played on August 3, 1950 at Briggs Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 3, 1950 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 3, 1950 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Eddie Lopat |
Home Starting Pitcher | Art Houtteman |
Ballpark | Briggs Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 31,713 |
Time of Game | 1 hour 51 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Charlie Berry 1B: Johnny Stevens 2B: Art Passarella 3B: Bill McKinley |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Gene Woodling | Left Fielder |
Phil Rizzuto | Shortstop |
Hank Bauer | Right Fielder |
Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
Yogi Berra | Catcher |
Bobby Brown | Third Baseman |
Jerry Coleman | Second Baseman |
Eddie Lopat | Pitcher |
Casey Stengel | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Johnny Lipon | Shortstop |
Jerry Priddy | Second Baseman |
George Kell | Third Baseman |
Vic Wertz | Right Fielder |
Hoot Evers | Left Fielder |
Don Kolloway | First Baseman |
Johnny Groth | Center Fielder |
Bob Swift | Catcher |
Art Houtteman | Pitcher |
Red Rolfe | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Yankees
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
August 3, 1950
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Houtteman
Woodling hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Houtteman
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Houtteman
Bauer is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lipon vs. Lopat
Lipon hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Priddy vs. Lopat
Priddy takes first base on ball four. Lipon moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kell vs. Lopat
Kell bunts towards the mound. Lopat juggles the ball. That's an error on Lopat. Lipon moves to third. Priddy moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wertz vs. Lopat
Wertz hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of DiMaggio. Wertz reaches second base with a double. Lipon scores. Priddy scores. Kell moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Evers vs. Lopat
Evers hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Kell scores. Wertz moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kolloway vs. Lopat
Kolloway hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wertz scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groth vs. Sanford
Fred Sanford now pitching.
Groth takes first base on ball four. Kolloway moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Swift vs. Sanford
Swift takes first base on ball four. Kolloway moves to third. Groth moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Houtteman vs. Sanford
There goes Kolloway. The slide. Berra applies the tag. Kolloway is out. Groth moves to third. Swift moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Houtteman vs. Sanford
Houtteman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lipon vs. Sanford
Lipon hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Houtteman
Mize hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kolloway settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Houtteman
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Houtteman
Berra hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Groth. Berra reaches second base with a double. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brown vs. Houtteman
Brown hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Coleman vs. Houtteman
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Priddy vs. Sanford
Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Sanford
Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Sanford
Wertz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evers vs. Sanford
Evers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanford vs. Houtteman
Sanford strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Houtteman
Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Houtteman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Houtteman
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kolloway vs. Sanford
Kolloway hits a popup towards third. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Sanford
Groth hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swift vs. Sanford
Swift hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Houtteman
Bauer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Houtteman
There's a wild pitch. Bauer moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mize vs. Houtteman
Mize hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Houtteman
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Houtteman
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Houtteman
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Houtteman vs. Sanford
Houtteman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lipon vs. Sanford
Lipon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Priddy vs. Sanford
Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Houtteman
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanford vs. Houtteman
Sanford strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Houtteman
Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Sanford
Kell hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Sanford
Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evers vs. Sanford
Evers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Houtteman
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Houtteman
Bauer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Houtteman
Mize takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Houtteman
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Priddy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kolloway vs. Sanford
Kolloway hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Sanford
Groth hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swift vs. Sanford
Swift hits a line drive into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Houtteman
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Priddy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Houtteman
Brown is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Houtteman
Coleman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Houtteman
Tommy Henrich pinch hits for Fred Sanford.
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Priddy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Houtteman vs. Page
Joe Page now pitching.
Houtteman hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lipon vs. Page
Lipon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Priddy vs. Page
Priddy hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Houtteman
Woodling hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Houtteman
Rizzuto hits a popup towards short. Lipon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Houtteman
Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Houtteman
Mize hits a popup towards first. Kolloway settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Page
Kell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bauer. Kell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wertz vs. Page
Wertz bunts towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. Kell moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Evers vs. Page
Evers hits a line drive into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kell scores. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kolloway vs. Page
Kolloway hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kolloway is thrown out after the base hit. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Houtteman
DiMaggio hits a popup towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Houtteman
Berra hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Houtteman
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mapes vs. Houtteman
Cliff Mapes pinch hits for Jerry Coleman.
Mapes hits a popup in front of the plate. Swift settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/3/1950 -- New York at Detroit (D) New York AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Woodling G, lf 4 0 0 0 Lipon J, ss 3 1 1 0 Rizzuto P, ss 4 0 0 0 Priddy J, 2b 3 1 0 0 Bauer H, rf 3 1 1 0 Kell G, 3b 3 2 1 0 Mize J, 1b 3 1 1 2 Wertz V, rf 2 1 1 2 DiMaggio J, cf 4 0 1 0 Evers H, lf 4 0 0 2 Berra Y, c 4 0 2 0 Kolloway D, 1b 4 0 2 1 Brown B, 3b 4 0 0 0 Groth J, cf 2 0 0 0 Coleman J, 2b 3 0 1 0 Swift B, c 2 0 0 0 Mapes C, ph 1 0 0 0 Houtteman A, p 2 0 0 0 Lopat E, p 0 0 0 0 Sanford F, p 2 0 0 0 Henrich T, ph 1 0 0 0 Page J, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 2 6 2 25 5 5 5 New York 000 200 000 -- 2 Detroit 400 000 01x -- 5 New York IP H R ER BB SO Lopat E (L) 0.1 3 4 3 1 0 Sanford F 5.2 0 0 0 5 0 Page J 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Houtteman A (W) 9.0 6 2 2 2 4 E -- Lopat E DP -- New York 1 LOB -- New York 6, Detroit 4 2B -- Wertz V, Berra Y, Kell G HR -- Mize J SH -- Kell G, Wertz V WP -- Houtteman A T -- 1:51 A -- 31713
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