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Tigers
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
May 19, 1937
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 19, 1937 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 19, 1937 |
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Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 19, 1937 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tommy Bridges |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bud Thomas |
Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
State | PA |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 2 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Steve Basil 1B: Red Ormsby 2B: (none) 3B: Lou Kolls |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jo-Jo White | Center Fielder |
Mickey Cochrane | Catcher |
Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
Hank Greenberg | First Baseman |
Gee Walker | Left Fielder |
Pete Fox | Right Fielder |
Billy Rogell | Shortstop |
Gil English | Third Baseman |
Tommy Bridges | Pitcher |
Mickey Cochrane | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ace Parker | Center Fielder |
Billy Werber | Third Baseman |
Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
Chubby Dean | First Baseman |
Frankie Hayes | Catcher |
Skeeter Newsome | Shortstop |
Bill Cissell | Second Baseman |
Bud Thomas | Pitcher |
Connie Mack | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
May 19, 1937
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Thomas
White hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cochrane vs. Thomas
Cochrane hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Thomas
Gehringer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Gehringer reaches second base with a double. Cochrane moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Greenberg vs. Thomas
Greenberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cochrane scores. Gehringer scores. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Thomas
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome misplays the ball. That's an error on Newsome. Greenberg goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Thomas
Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rogell vs. Thomas
Rogell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Bridges
Parker hits a line drive into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Bridges
Werber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Bridges
Moses strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Bridges
Johnson takes first base on ball four. Werber moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dean vs. Bridges
Dean hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Bridges covering, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
English vs. Thomas
English hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bridges vs. Thomas
Hayes fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Hayes. English moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bridges vs. Thomas
Bridges strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Thomas
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cissell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cochrane vs. Thomas
Cochrane hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cissell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Bridges
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Bridges
Newsome hits a popup, foul, towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cissell vs. Bridges
Cissell hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Cochrane fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Thomas
Gehringer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Parker. Gehringer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Greenberg vs. Thomas
Greenberg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cissell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Walker vs. Thomas
Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fox vs. Thomas
Fox hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Bridges
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Bridges
Parker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rogell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Bridges
Werber hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Bridges
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moses for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rogell vs. Thomas
Rogell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
English vs. Thomas
English hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Thomas
Bridges hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bridges
Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cochrane settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Bridges
Dean hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fox. Dean reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hayes vs. Bridges
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newsome vs. Bridges
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Thomas
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cochrane vs. Thomas
Cochrane hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. White moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gehringer vs. Thomas
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground for a double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cissell vs. Bridges
Cissell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rogell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Bridges
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Bridges
Parker strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Thomas
Greenberg takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Thomas
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Greenberg moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fox vs. Thomas
Fox bunts towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. Greenberg moves to third. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rogell vs. Thomas
Rogell hits a popup towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
English vs. Thomas
English hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Greenberg scores. Walker scores. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bridges vs. Thomas
Bridges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. English moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Thomas
White hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dean settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Bridges
Werber hits a popup, foul, towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Bridges
Moses hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bridges
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dean vs. Bridges
Dean takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hayes vs. Bridges
Hayes strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cochrane vs. Ross
Buck Ross now pitching.
Cochrane hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Ross
Gehringer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Ross
Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Ross
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Bridges
Newsome hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cissell vs. Bridges
Cissell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bridges fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Bridges
Ross hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cochrane settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Ross
Fox hits a line drive into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rogell vs. Ross
Rogell hits a fly ball into center field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
English vs. Ross
English hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Bridges
Parker hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Bridges
Werber hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Bridges
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Ross
Bridges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Ross
White takes first base on ball four. Bridges moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cochrane vs. Ross
Cochrane strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gehringer vs. Ross
Gehringer hits a line drive into left field. Johnson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Johnson. Bridges scores. White goes all the way around to score. Gehringer moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Greenberg vs. Ross
Greenberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gehringer scores. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Ross
Walker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Walker reaches second base with a double. Greenberg moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fox vs. Ross
Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Greenberg scores. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rogell vs. Ross
Rogell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cissell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bridges
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Bridges
Dean hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finney vs. Bridges
Lou Finney pinch hits for Frankie Hayes.
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rogell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/19/1937 -- Detroit at Philadelphia (D) Detroit AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI White J, cf 3 1 0 0 Parker A, cf 4 0 0 0 Cochrane M, c 5 1 1 0 Werber B, 3b 4 0 2 0 Gehringer C, 2b 4 2 3 0 Moses W, rf 4 0 0 0 Greenberg H, 1b 4 3 2 3 Johnson B, lf 3 0 1 0 Walker G, lf 5 1 2 0 Dean C, 1b 3 0 2 0 Fox P, rf 4 0 0 1 Hayes F, c 3 0 0 0 Rogell B, ss 5 0 0 0 Finney L, ph 1 0 0 0 English G, 3b 4 0 2 2 Newsome S, ss 3 0 0 0 Bridges T, p 4 1 2 0 Cissell B, 2b 3 0 0 0 Thomas B, p 2 0 0 0 Ross B, p 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 9 12 6 31 0 5 0 Detroit 300 002 004 -- 9 Philadelphia 000 000 000 -- 0 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Bridges T (W) 9.0 5 0 0 2 7 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Thomas B (L) 6.0 8 5 4 2 2 Ross B 3.0 4 4 4 2 1 E -- Newsome S, Hayes F, Johnson B DP -- Detroit 1, Philadelphia 1 LOB -- Detroit 7, Philadelphia 6 2B -- Gehringer C 2, Dean C, Walker G SH -- Fox P T -- 2:02 A -- 0
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