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Tigers
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
April 14, 1953
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Browns and the Detroit Tigers, played on April 14, 1953 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 14, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Browns
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 14, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | St. Louis Browns |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ned Garver |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Virgil Trucks |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 11,804 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Grieve 1B: Art Passarella 2B: Larry Napp 3B: Jim Duffy |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Harvey Kuenn | Shortstop |
| Owen Friend | Second Baseman |
| Russ Sullivan | Left Fielder |
| Walt Dropo | First Baseman |
| Bob Nieman | Right Fielder |
| Jim Delsing | Center Fielder |
| John Baumgartner | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Bucha | Catcher |
| Ned Garver | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Groth | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Young | Second Baseman |
| Jim Dyck | Left Fielder |
| Vic Wertz | Right Fielder |
| Bob Elliott | Third Baseman |
| Roy Sievers | First Baseman |
| Les Moss | Catcher |
| Billy Hunter | Shortstop |
| Virgil Trucks | Pitcher |
| Marty Marion | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
April 14, 1953
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Trucks
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Trucks, and towards Young, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Trucks
Friend is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Trucks
Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Garver
Groth hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sullivan. Groth reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Garver
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Groth moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dyck vs. Garver
Dyck hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sullivan. Dyck reaches second base with a double. Groth scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wertz vs. Garver
Wertz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Elliott vs. Garver
Elliott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dyck scores. Wertz moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sievers vs. Garver
Sievers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sullivan. Sievers reaches second base with a double. Wertz scores. There goes Elliott trying to get to home. Sullivan throws the ball in to Kuenn who relays the ball to Bucha, who tags Elliott, who came all the way from first, for the out. Sievers moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moss vs. Garver
Moss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sievers scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. Garver
Hunter hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dropo vs. Trucks
Dropo strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Trucks
Nieman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Delsing vs. Trucks
Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trucks vs. Garver
Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Garver
Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Friend scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Garver
Young hits a fly ball into left field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumgartner vs. Trucks
Baumgartner hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bucha vs. Trucks
Bucha takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garver vs. Trucks
Garver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dyck vs. Marlowe
Dick Marlowe now pitching.
Dyck hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Marlowe
Wertz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Delsing who is chasing the ball. Wertz reaches third base with a triple. Dyck goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Elliott vs. Marlowe
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sievers vs. Marlowe
Sievers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Friend settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moss vs. Marlowe
Moss hits a fly ball towards left. Sullivan settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Sullivan. Wertz scores. Moss moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hunter vs. Marlowe
Hunter hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Trucks
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Trucks
Friend hits a popup towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Trucks
Sullivan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dropo vs. Trucks
Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trucks vs. Marlowe
Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baumgartner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Marlowe
Groth hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Friend settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Marlowe
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dyck vs. Marlowe
Dyck hits a fly ball into left field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Trucks
Nieman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delsing vs. Trucks
Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Delsing for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumgartner vs. Trucks
Baumgartner hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Marlowe
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Marlowe
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Marlowe
Sievers hits a fly ball into left field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bucha vs. Trucks
Bucha hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pesky vs. Trucks
Johnny Pesky pinch hits for Dick Marlowe.
Pesky hits a popup towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Trucks
Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Friend vs. Trucks
Friend hits a popup towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moss vs. Madison
Dave Madison now pitching.
Moss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. Madison
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields the ball, races to the bag for one, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Hunter moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Trucks vs. Madison
Trucks hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hunter moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Groth vs. Madison
Groth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hunter scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Madison
There goes Groth. The throw from Bucha and he is safe. Groth steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Madison
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Groth scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dyck vs. Madison
Dyck takes first base on ball four. Young moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wertz vs. Madison
Wertz takes first base on ball four. Young moves to third. Dyck moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Elliott vs. Madison
There's a wild pitch. Young scores. Dyck moves to third. Wertz moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Elliott vs. Madison
Elliott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sievers vs. Erickson
Hal Erickson now pitching.
Sievers hits a popup towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Trucks
Sullivan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Groth. Sullivan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dropo vs. Trucks
There's a wild pitch. Sullivan moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dropo vs. Trucks
Dropo strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nieman vs. Trucks
Nieman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Delsing vs. Trucks
Delsing hits a popup towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moss vs. Erickson
Moss hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Delsing. Moss reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hunter vs. Erickson
Hunter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Delsing throws the ball in to Friend who tags Hunter trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Moss scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trucks vs. Erickson
Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Erickson
Groth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Groth for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumgartner vs. Trucks
Baumgartner hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bucha vs. Trucks
Bucha hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Erickson vs. Trucks
Erickson hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Erickson
Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Erickson covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dyck vs. Erickson
Dyck hits a popup in front of the plate. Bucha settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Erickson
Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 0 - Browns, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Trucks
Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Trucks
Friend hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Trucks
Sullivan hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Groth. Sullivan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dropo vs. Trucks
Dropo is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/14/1953 -- Detroit at St.Louis (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Kuenn H, ss 4 0 1 0 Groth J, cf 5 2 2 1
Friend O, 2b 4 0 0 0 Young B, 2b 5 1 2 1
Sullivan R, lf 4 0 3 0 Dyck J, lf 4 2 2 1
Dropo W, 1b 4 0 0 0 Wertz V, rf 3 2 1 1
Nieman B, rf 2 0 0 0 Elliott B, 3b 3 0 1 1
Delsing J, cf 3 0 0 0 Sievers R, 1b 4 1 1 1
Baumgartner J, 3b 3 0 0 0 Moss L, c 4 1 3 1
Bucha J, c 2 0 0 0 Hunter B, ss 4 1 1 1
Garver N, p 1 0 0 0 Trucks V, p 4 0 0 0
Marlowe D, p 0 0 0 0
Pesky J, ph 1 0 0 0
Madison D, p 0 0 0 0
Erickson H, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
29 0 4 0 36 10 13 8
Detroit 000 000 000 -- 0
St.Louis 402 003 10x -- 10
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Garver N (L) 2.0 5 4 4 1 0
Marlowe D 3.0 3 2 2 0 0
Madison D 0.2 3 3 3 3 0
Erickson H 2.1 2 1 1 0 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks V (W) 9.0 4 0 0 2 5
E -- Sullivan R, Kuenn H
DP -- St.Louis 2
LOB -- Detroit 4, St.Louis 6
2B -- Groth J, Dyck J, Sievers R, Sullivan R 2, Moss L
3B -- Wertz V
SB -- Groth J
WP -- Madison D, Trucks V
T -- 2:20
A -- 11804
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