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Indians
@ Athletics
Connie Mack Stadium
May 17, 1953
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Cleveland Indians, played on May 17, 1953 at Connie Mack Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 17, 1953 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 17, 1953 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Early Wynn |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bobby Shantz |
Ballpark | Connie Mack Stadium |
City | Philadelphia |
State | PA |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jim Duffy 1B: Bill Grieve 2B: Art Passarella 3B: Larry Napp |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ray Boone | Shortstop |
Bobby Avila | Second Baseman |
Larry Doby | Center Fielder |
Al Rosen | Third Baseman |
Bob Kennedy | Right Fielder |
Jim Lemon | Left Fielder |
Bill Glynn | First Baseman |
Jim Hegan | Catcher |
Early Wynn | Pitcher |
Al Lopez | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Eddie Joost | Shortstop |
Loren Babe | Third Baseman |
Eddie Robinson | First Baseman |
Dave Philley | Right Fielder |
Gus Zernial | Left Fielder |
Pete Suder | Second Baseman |
Ed McGhee | Center Fielder |
Joe Astroth | Catcher |
Bobby Shantz | Pitcher |
Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Athletics
Connie Mack Stadium
May 17, 1953
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Shantz
Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Shantz
Avila hits a popup towards third. Babe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Shantz
Doby strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Wynn
Joost takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Babe vs. Wynn
Babe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Joost moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Robinson vs. Wynn
Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Philley vs. Wynn
Philley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wynn fields it and throws to first for the out. Joost scores. Babe moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zernial vs. Wynn
Zernial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Babe trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Shantz
Rosen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Shantz
Kennedy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rosen moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Shantz
Lemon takes first base on ball four. Rosen moves to third. Kennedy moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Glynn vs. Shantz
Glynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound, deflecting off of Shantz's glove, towards the right side of the infield. Suder fields it and throws to second for the out. Rosen scores. Kennedy moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hegan vs. Shantz
Hegan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Shantz
Wynn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Astroth settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Shantz
Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suder vs. Wynn
Suder takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McGhee vs. Wynn
McGhee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Astroth vs. Wynn
There goes McGhee. The throw from Hegan and he is out, Avila applying the tag. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Astroth vs. Wynn
Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Shantz
Avila hits a popup towards short. Joost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Shantz
Doby strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Shantz
Rosen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Shantz
Kennedy hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Suder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Wynn
Shantz hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Wynn
Joost hits a fly ball into right field. Kennedy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Babe vs. Wynn
Babe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kennedy. Babe reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Wynn
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Shantz
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost misplays the ball. That's an error on Joost. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Glynn vs. Shantz
There's a wild pitch. Lemon moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Glynn vs. Shantz
Glynn strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hegan vs. Shantz
Hegan hits a fly ball into center field. McGhee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wynn vs. Shantz
Wynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lemon scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Shantz
Boone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wynn moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Avila vs. Shantz
Avila hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Suder scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. Wynn
Philley hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Wynn
Zernial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Suder vs. Wynn
Suder strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McGhee vs. Wynn
McGhee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Zernial moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Astroth vs. Wynn
Astroth hits a popup towards short. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Shantz
Doby hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Shantz
Rosen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Shantz
Kennedy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rosen moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lemon vs. Shantz
Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. McGhee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Glynn vs. Shantz
Glynn hits a fly ball into center field. McGhee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Wynn
Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen juggles the ball. That's an error on Rosen. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Joost vs. Wynn
Joost hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Babe vs. Wynn
Babe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Wynn
Robinson hits a popup towards short. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Shantz
Hegan strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Shantz
Wynn hits a line drive into left field. Zernial picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Zernial. Wynn moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boone vs. Shantz
Boone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Avila vs. Shantz
Avila hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. Wynn
Philley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Glynn scoops it up and throws to first, with Wynn covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Wynn
Zernial hits a popup towards short. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suder vs. Wynn
Suder hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Avila reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Shantz
Doby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doby for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Shantz
Rosen hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Astroth settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Shantz
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGhee vs. Wynn
McGhee takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Astroth vs. Wynn
Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Wynn
Tom Hamilton pinch hits for Bobby Shantz.
Hamilton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Scheib
Carl Scheib now pitching.
Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Glynn vs. Scheib
Glynn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Babe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hegan vs. Scheib
Hegan takes first base on ball four. Lemon moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wynn vs. Scheib
Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Suder fields it and throws to second for the out. Lemon moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boone vs. Scheib
Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lemon scores. Wynn moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Avila vs. Scheib
Avila hits a popup, foul, towards third. Babe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Wynn
Joost hits a fly ball into right field. Kennedy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Babe vs. Wynn
Babe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Wynn
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Glynn scoops it up and throws to first, with Wynn covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Scheib
Joe DeMaestri now playing shortstop.
Doby hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McGhee who is chasing the ball. Doby reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rosen vs. Scheib
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri misplays the ball. That's an error on DeMaestri. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kennedy vs. Scheib
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Babe juggles the ball. That's an error on Babe. Rosen moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lemon vs. Scheib
Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Doby scores. Rosen moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Glynn vs. Scheib
Glynn hits a popup towards third. Babe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hegan vs. Scheib
Hegan hits a fly ball into center field. McGhee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 7 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. Wynn
Philley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zernial vs. Wynn
Zernial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Philley moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Suder vs. Wynn
Suder hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Philley scores. Zernial moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McGhee vs. Wynn
McGhee hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Zernial scores. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Astroth vs. Wynn
Astroth hits a popup towards first. Glynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Wynn
Kite Thomas pinch hits for Carl Scheib.
Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Glynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/17/1953, game 1 -- Cleveland at Philadelphia (D) Cleveland AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI Boone R, ss 4 0 2 1 Joost E, ss 3 1 0 0 Avila B, 2b 5 0 0 0 DeMaestri J, ss 0 0 0 0 Doby L, cf 5 1 1 0 Babe L, 3b 4 0 2 0 Rosen A, 3b 4 1 2 0 Robinson E, 1b 4 0 0 0 Kennedy B, rf 5 1 2 0 Philley D, rf 3 1 0 1 Lemon J, lf 4 2 1 1 Zernial G, lf 3 1 2 0 Glynn B, 1b 5 1 0 1 Suder P, 2b 3 0 1 1 Hegan J, c 4 1 1 3 McGhee E, cf 3 0 1 1 Wynn E, p 4 0 2 1 Astroth J, c 4 0 0 0 Shantz B, p 2 0 0 0 Hamilton T, ph 1 0 0 0 Scheib C, p 0 0 0 0 Thomas K, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 7 11 7 31 3 6 3 Cleveland 040 100 011 -- 7 Philadelphia 100 000 002 -- 3 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Wynn E (W) 9.0 6 3 3 5 1 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Shantz B (L) 7.0 8 5 4 3 4 Scheib C 2.0 3 2 1 1 0 E -- Joost E, Rosen A, Zernial G, DeMaestri J, Babe L DP -- Cleveland 1, Philadelphia 1 LOB -- Cleveland 10, Philadelphia 6 2B -- Babe L 3B -- Doby L HR -- Hegan J CS -- McGhee E WP -- Shantz B T -- 2:26 A -- 0
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