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Indians
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
August 9, 1938
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Browns and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 9, 1938 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 9, 1938 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
St. Louis Browns
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 9, 1938 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | St. Louis Browns |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Earl Whitehill |
Home Starting Pitcher | Russ Van Atta |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
Umpires | HP: George Moriarty 1B: Joe Rue 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Grieve |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Skeeter Webb | Shortstop |
Bruce Campbell | Right Fielder |
Odell Hale | Second Baseman |
Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
Earl Averill | Center Fielder |
Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
Earl Whitehill | Pitcher |
Ossie Vitt | Manager |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mel Almada | Center Fielder |
George McQuinn | First Baseman |
Glenn McQuillen | Left Fielder |
Harlond Clift | Third Baseman |
Mel Mazzera | Right Fielder |
Red Kress | Shortstop |
Billy Sullivan | Catcher |
Don Heffner | Second Baseman |
Russ Van Atta | Pitcher |
Gabby Street | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
August 9, 1938
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webb vs. Van Atta
Webb hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Van Atta
Campbell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Van Atta
Hale hits a popup towards short. Kress settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Van Atta
Heath hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Almada. Heath reaches second base with a double. There goes Webb trying to get to second. Almada throws the ball in to Heffner who relays the ball to Kress who tags Webb for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almada vs. Whitehill
Almada hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Whitehill
McQuinn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Heath. McQuinn reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McQuillen vs. Whitehill
McQuillen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clift vs. Whitehill
Clift takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mazzera vs. Whitehill
Mazzera strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Van Atta
Averill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Van Atta
Trosky hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mazzera. Trosky reaches second base with a double. Averill moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Keltner vs. Van Atta
Keltner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hemsley vs. Liebhardt
Glenn Liebhardt now pitching.
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress fields it and throws to second for the out. Averill scores. Trosky moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Whitehill vs. Liebhardt
Whitehill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Trosky scores. Hemsley moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Webb vs. Liebhardt
Webb hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress fields it and throws to second for the out. Hemsley scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Liebhardt
Campbell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Liebhardt
Hale hits a fly ball into center field. Almada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Whitehill
Kress hits a popup, foul, towards first. Trosky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Whitehill
Sullivan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heffner vs. Whitehill
Heffner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sullivan moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hughes vs. Whitehill
Roy Hughes pinch hits for Glenn Liebhardt.
Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards second. Hale scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Cox
Bill Cox now pitching.
Heath hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Cox
Averill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Cox
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Cox
Keltner is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almada vs. Whitehill
Almada bunts towards the mound. Whitehill fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Whitehill
McQuinn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuillen vs. Whitehill
McQuillen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clift vs. Whitehill
Clift takes first base on ball four. McQuillen moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Whitehill
Beau Bell pinch hits for Mel Mazzera.
Bell strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Cox
Beau Bell now playing right field.
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehill vs. Cox
Whitehill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webb vs. Cox
Webb hits a popup towards short. Kress settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Whitehill
Kress hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sullivan vs. Whitehill
Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heffner vs. Whitehill
Heffner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Whitehill
Cox hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Averill. Cox reaches second base with a double. Sullivan goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Almada vs. Whitehill
Almada hits a line drive towards short. Webb reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Cox
Campbell hits a fly ball towards center. Almada settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Almada. Campbell moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hale vs. Cox
Hale bunts towards the mound. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. Campbell moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Heath vs. Cox
Heath strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Averill vs. Cox
Averill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Trosky vs. Cox
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Whitehill
McQuinn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Webb scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuillen vs. Whitehill
McQuillen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Whitehill
Clift strikes out. Hemsley drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Clift out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Cox
Keltner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McQuillen. Keltner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hemsley vs. Cox
Hemsley bunts towards the mound. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. Keltner moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Whitehill vs. Cox
Whitehill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Heffner. Keltner scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Webb vs. Cox
Webb hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Cox
Campbell hits a popup towards third. Clift settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Whitehill
Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kress vs. Whitehill
Kress hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sullivan vs. Whitehill
Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Bell for the double play. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Cox
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Cox
Heath hits a fly ball into left field. McQuillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Cox
Averill hits a fly ball into left field. McQuillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heffner vs. Whitehill
Heffner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Whitehill
Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almada vs. Whitehill
Almada hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Cox
Trosky hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McQuillen. Trosky reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keltner vs. Cox
Keltner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Trosky scores. Keltner moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hemsley vs. Cox
Hemsley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Keltner scores. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehill vs. Cox
Whitehill bunts towards the mound. Cox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Heffner covering - double play. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webb vs. Cox
Webb hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Whitehill
McQuinn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuillen vs. Whitehill
McQuillen hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Webb fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clift vs. Whitehill
Clift hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Heath. Clift reaches second base with a double. McQuillen moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bell vs. Whitehill
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kress vs. Whitehill
Kress hits a ball on the ground towards short. Webb scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Cox
Campbell hits a fly ball into center field. Almada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Cox
Hale hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Cox
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Whitehill
Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heffner vs. Whitehill
Heffner hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Whitehill
Tommy Heath pinch hits for Bill Cox.
Heath takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Almada vs. Whitehill
Almada hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Heath moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McQuinn vs. Whitehill
McQuinn strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/9/1938, game 2 -- Cleveland at St.Louis (D) Cleveland AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Webb S, ss 5 1 1 1 Almada M, cf 5 0 1 0 Campbell B, rf 5 1 1 2 McQuinn G, 1b 4 0 2 0 Hale O, 2b 4 0 1 0 McQuillen G, lf 4 0 0 0 Heath J, lf 5 0 2 0 Clift H, 3b 2 0 1 0 Averill E, cf 2 1 0 0 Mazzera M, rf 1 0 0 0 Trosky H, 1b 4 2 3 0 Bell B, ph-rf 3 0 1 0 Keltner K, 3b 3 2 2 1 Kress R, ss 4 0 1 0 Hemsley R, c 3 1 1 2 Sullivan B, c 4 1 1 0 Whitehill E, p 4 0 1 1 Heffner D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Van Atta R, p 0 0 0 0 Liebhardt G, p 0 0 0 0 Hughes R, ph 1 0 0 0 Cox B, p 2 0 1 1 Heath T, ph 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 8 12 7 34 1 9 1 Cleveland 050 001 020 -- 8 St.Louis 000 100 000 -- 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Whitehill E (W) 9.0 9 1 1 4 4 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Van Atta R (L)* 1.0 3 3 3 2 0 Liebhardt G 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 Cox B 7.0 7 3 2 1 2 * Pitched to 3 batters in 2nd E -- Almada M, Heffner D DP -- Cleveland 2, St.Louis 3 LOB -- Cleveland 5, St.Louis 10 2B -- Heath J, McQuinn G, Trosky H 2, Cox B, Keltner K, Clift H HR -- Campbell B SH -- Hale O, Hemsley R T -- 2:10 A -- 0
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