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Indians
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
September 16, 1949
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Cleveland Indians, played on September 16, 1949 at Griffith Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 16, 1949 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
Washington Senators
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 16, 1949 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Washington Senators |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Garcia |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ray Scarborough |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium |
City | Washington |
State | DC |
Attendance | 9,026 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Eddie Hurley 1B: Bill McGowan 2B: (none) 3B: Red Jones |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dale Mitchell | Left Fielder |
Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
Mickey Vernon | First Baseman |
Larry Doby | Right Fielder |
Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
Bob Kennedy | Third Baseman |
Thurman Tucker | Center Fielder |
Jim Hegan | Catcher |
Mike Garcia | Pitcher |
Lou Boudreau | Manager |
Washington Senators Lineup
Name | Position |
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Sherry Robertson | Second Baseman |
Gil Coan | Center Fielder |
Bud Stewart | Left Fielder |
Eddie Robinson | First Baseman |
Buddy Lewis | Right Fielder |
Eddie Yost | Third Baseman |
Sam Dente | Shortstop |
Jake Early | Catcher |
Ray Scarborough | Pitcher |
Joe Kuhel | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
September 16, 1949
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Scarborough
Mitchell hits a popup towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Scarborough
Boudreau hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vernon vs. Scarborough
Vernon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doby vs. Scarborough
Doby hits a fly ball into right field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Garcia
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coan vs. Garcia
Coan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stewart vs. Garcia
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Garcia
Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Scarborough
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Scarborough
Kennedy strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Scarborough
Tucker hits a fly ball into center field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Garcia
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon juggles the ball. That's an error on Vernon. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yost vs. Garcia
Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dente vs. Garcia
Dente takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Early vs. Garcia
Early hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dente moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Scarborough vs. Garcia
Scarborough hits a fly ball into center field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Scarborough
Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dente scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Scarborough
Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Scarborough
Mitchell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Scarborough
Boudreau hits a fly ball into right field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Garcia
Robertson hits a popup towards short. Boudreau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coan vs. Garcia
Coan hits a fly ball into center field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Garcia
Stewart hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Garcia
Robinson takes first base on ball four. Stewart moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lewis vs. Garcia
Lewis hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vernon vs. Scarborough
Vernon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doby vs. Scarborough
Doby hits a popup towards short. Dente settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Scarborough
Gordon is hit by the pitch. Vernon moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kennedy vs. Scarborough
There go the runners. The throw from Early and he throws it away. That's a double steal and an error. Vernon scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kennedy vs. Scarborough
Kennedy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Tucker vs. Scarborough
Tucker hits a line drive into right field. Lewis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lewis. Gordon scores. Kennedy goes all the way around to score. Tucker moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hegan vs. Scarborough
Hegan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tucker scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Scarborough
Garcia bunts towards the mound. Scarborough fields it and throws to first for the out. Hegan moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mitchell vs. Scarborough
Mitchell hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Garcia
Yost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dente vs. Garcia
Dente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Yost moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Early vs. Garcia
Early hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Scarborough vs. Garcia
Scarborough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Yost moves to third. Dente moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Robertson vs. Garcia
Robertson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tucker. Robertson reaches second base with a double. Yost scores. Dente scores. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Coan vs. Garcia
Coan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 4 - Senators, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Scarborough
Boudreau takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vernon vs. Scarborough
Vernon bunts towards the mound. Scarborough juggles the ball. That's an error on Scarborough. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doby vs. Scarborough
Doby hits a popup towards short. Dente settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Scarborough
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robertson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boudreau moves to third. Vernon moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kennedy vs. Scarborough
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dente scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 4 - Senators, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Garcia
Stewart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Garcia
Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lewis vs. Garcia
Lewis takes first base on ball four. Stewart moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Yost vs. Garcia
Yost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stewart scores. Lewis moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dente vs. Garcia
Dente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 4 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Scarborough
Tucker strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Scarborough
Hegan hits a popup towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Scarborough
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dente scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 4 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Early vs. Garcia
Early hits a fly ball into right field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scarborough vs. Garcia
Scarborough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robertson vs. Garcia
Robertson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scarborough moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Coan vs. Paige
Satchel Paige now pitching.
Coan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 4 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Scarborough
Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robertson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Scarborough
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scarborough fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vernon vs. Scarborough
Vernon hits a popup towards short. Dente settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 4 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Paige
Stewart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Paige
Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tucker. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Stewart goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lewis vs. Paige
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kennedy. Robinson moves to third. Lewis moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Yost vs. Paige
Yost is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dente vs. Feller
Bob Feller now pitching.
Dente hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Early vs. Feller
Early takes first base on ball four. Robinson scores. Lewis moves to third. Yost moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Scarborough vs. Feller
There goes Lewis. The slide. Hegan applies the tag. Lewis is out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Scarborough vs. Feller
Scarborough hits a popup in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Scarborough
Doby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robertson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Scarborough
Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Scarborough
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dente fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Feller
Robertson hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coan vs. Feller
Coan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Feller
Stewart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Feller
Robinson takes first base on ball four. Stewart moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lewis vs. Feller
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lewis for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Scarborough
Sam Mele now playing right field.
Tucker strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easter vs. Scarborough
Luke Easter pinch hits for Jim Hegan.
Easter strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Scarborough
Bob Lemon pinch hits for Bob Feller.
Lemon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mitchell vs. Scarborough
Mitchell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lemon moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Senators, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Peck vs. Scarborough
Hal Peck pinch hits for Lou Boudreau.
Peck hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robertson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/16/1949 -- Cleveland at Washington (N) Cleveland AB R H RBI Washington AB R H RBI Mitchell D, lf 5 0 2 0 Robertson S, 2b 5 0 2 2 Boudreau L, ss 3 0 0 0 Coan G, cf 5 0 1 0 Peck H, ph 1 0 0 0 Stewart B, lf 4 2 3 0 Vernon M, 1b 2 1 1 0 Robinson E, 1b 3 1 1 1 Doby L, rf 4 0 0 0 Lewis B, rf 4 0 0 0 Gordon J, 2b 3 1 1 0 Mele S, rf 0 0 0 0 Kennedy B, 3b 3 1 0 0 Yost E, 3b 3 1 2 1 Tucker T, cf 4 1 1 1 Dente S, ss 3 1 1 0 Hegan J, c 3 0 1 1 Early J, c 3 0 1 1 Easter L, ph 1 0 0 0 Scarborough R, p 4 0 1 0 Garcia M, p 2 0 0 0 Paige S, p 0 0 0 0 Feller B, p 0 0 0 0 Lemon B, ph 1 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 4 7 2 34 5 12 5 Cleveland 000 400 000 -- 4 Washington 000 210 20x -- 5 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Garcia M 5.1 10 3 3 3 0 Paige S (L)* 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 Feller B 2.0 0 0 0 3 0 Washington IP H R ER BB SO Scarborough R (W) 9.0 7 4 3 3 4 * Pitched to 4 batters in 7th E -- Vernon M, Early J, Lewis B, Scarborough R, Kennedy B DP -- Cleveland 3, Washington 1 LOB -- Cleveland 7, Washington 12 2B -- Robertson S, Robinson E SB -- Gordon J, Vernon M CS -- Lewis B SH -- Garcia M, Vernon M HBP -- by Scarborough R (Gordon J) T -- 2:29 A -- 9026
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