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Browns
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
May 6, 1952
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Browns, played on May 6, 1952 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 6, 1952 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Browns
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Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 6, 1952 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Browns |
Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Duane Pillette |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Hooper |
Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
State | PA |
Attendance | 7,381 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Art Passarella 1B: Eddie Hurley 2B: (none) 3B: Johnny Stevens |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Delsing | Center Fielder |
Marty Marion | Shortstop |
Jim Dyck | Left Fielder |
Bob Nieman | Right Fielder |
Hank Arft | First Baseman |
Leo Thomas | Third Baseman |
Clint Courtney | Catcher |
Bobby Young | Second Baseman |
Duane Pillette | Pitcher |
Rogers Hornsby | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Eddie Joost | Shortstop |
Elmer Valo | Right Fielder |
Dave Philley | Center Fielder |
Gus Zernial | Left Fielder |
Ferris Fain | First Baseman |
Hank Majeski | Third Baseman |
Skeeter Kell | Second Baseman |
Joe Astroth | Catcher |
Bob Hooper | Pitcher |
Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Browns
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
May 6, 1952
Top 1
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delsing vs. Hooper
Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Hooper
Marion hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dyck vs. Hooper
Dyck hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Marion moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nieman vs. Hooper
Nieman strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Arft vs. Hooper
Arft hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Pillette
Joost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valo vs. Pillette
Valo hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Philley vs. Pillette
Philley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dyck. Philley reaches second base with a double. Joost moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Zernial vs. Pillette
Zernial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fain vs. Pillette
Fain hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Joost scores. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Majeski vs. Pillette
Majeski strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Browns, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Hooper
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Courtney vs. Hooper
Courtney hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Hooper
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pillette vs. Hooper
Pillette bunts towards first. Fain scoops it up and throws to first, with Kell covering, for the out. Young moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Delsing vs. Hooper
Delsing hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Marion vs. Hooper
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Pillette
Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Astroth vs. Pillette
Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. Pillette
Hooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Joost vs. Pillette
Joost hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Hooper moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Valo vs. Pillette
Valo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dyck vs. Hooper
Dyck strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Hooper
Nieman hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arft vs. Hooper
Arft hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. Pillette
Philley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Arft scoops it up and throws to first, with Pillette covering, for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Pillette
Zernial strikes out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fain vs. Pillette
Fain hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Hooper
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Courtney vs. Hooper
Courtney hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Hooper
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pillette vs. Hooper
Pillette strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Majeski vs. Pillette
Majeski hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Pillette
Kell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Astroth vs. Pillette
Astroth takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hooper vs. Pillette
Hooper hits a popup towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delsing vs. Hooper
Delsing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Hooper
There goes Delsing. The throw from Astroth and he is out, Joost applying the tag. View Play -
Browns, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Hooper
Marion hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dyck vs. Hooper
Dyck hits a popup towards short. Joost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Hooper
Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Pillette
Joost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valo vs. Pillette
Valo hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Philley vs. Pillette
Philley hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zernial vs. Pillette
Zernial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arft vs. Hooper
Arft hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fain scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Arft for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Hooper
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Majeski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Courtney vs. Hooper
Courtney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Hooper
Young takes first base on ball four. Courtney moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pillette vs. Hooper
Pillette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fain vs. Pillette
Fain hits a ball on the ground towards first. Arft scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fain for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Majeski vs. Pillette
Majeski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Pillette
Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delsing vs. Hooper
Delsing hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Philley who is chasing the ball. Delsing reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Browns, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Marion vs. Hooper
Marion hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Delsing scores. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dyck vs. Hooper
Dyck bunts towards third. Majeski fields it and throws to first for the out. Marion moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nieman vs. Hooper
Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Majeski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Arft vs. Hooper
Arft hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Philley. Arft reaches second base with a double. Marion scores. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Hooper
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Majeski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Astroth vs. Pillette
Astroth hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Pillette
Kite Thomas pinch hits for Bob Hooper.
Thomas hits a popup towards first. Arft settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Pillette
Joost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valo vs. Pillette
Valo hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Courtney vs. Fowler
Dick Fowler now pitching.
Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Fowler
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fowler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pillette vs. Fowler
Pillette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Majeski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. Pillette
Philley hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Young reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Pillette
Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fain vs. Pillette
Fain hits a ball on the ground towards first. Arft fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Pillette covering. It's a double play. View Play
Top 9
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delsing vs. Fowler
Delsing hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Fowler
Marion takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dyck vs. Fowler
Dyck hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nieman vs. Fowler
Nieman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Majeski vs. Pillette
Majeski hits a fly ball into left field. Dyck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Pillette
Kell hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Astroth vs. Pillette
Astroth hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dyck. Astroth reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Browns, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hitchcock vs. Pillette
Billy Hitchcock pinch hits for Dick Fowler.
Hitchcock strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/6/1952 -- St.Louis at Philadelphia (N) St.Louis AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI Delsing J, cf 5 1 2 0 Joost E, ss 4 1 4 0 Marion M, ss 4 2 3 2 Valo E, rf 4 0 0 0 Dyck J, lf 4 0 1 0 Philley D, cf 4 0 1 0 Nieman B, rf 5 0 0 0 Zernial G, lf 3 0 1 0 Arft H, 1b 4 0 1 1 Fain F, 1b 4 0 0 1 Thomas L, 3b 3 1 0 0 Majeski H, 3b 4 0 0 0 Courtney C, c 4 1 2 2 Kell S, 2b 4 0 0 0 Young B, 2b 1 0 0 0 Astroth J, c 3 0 1 0 Pillette D, p 3 0 0 0 Hooper B, p 2 0 1 0 Thomas K, ph 1 0 0 0 Fowler D, p 0 0 0 0 Hitchcock B, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 5 9 5 34 1 8 1 St.Louis 020 010 200 -- 5 Philadelphia 100 000 000 -- 1 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Pillette D (W) 9.0 8 1 1 2 3 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Hooper B (L) 7.0 9 5 5 4 3 Fowler D 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 DP -- St.Louis 1 LOB -- St.Louis 8, Philadelphia 8 2B -- Philley D, Arft H, Astroth J 3B -- Delsing J HR -- Courtney C, Marion M CS -- Delsing J SH -- Pillette D, Dyck J T -- 2:10 A -- 7381
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