Lineups and Summary
(back to top)
Tigers
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
August 29, 1929
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Browns and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 29, 1929 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 29, 1929 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Browns
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 29, 1929 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | St. Louis Browns |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Earl Whitehill |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sam Gray |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 3,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 47 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Harry Geisel 1B: George Moriarty 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Roy Johnson | Right Fielder |
| Bob Fothergill | Left Fielder |
| Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
| Dale Alexander | First Baseman |
| Harry Rice | Center Fielder |
| Marty McManus | Third Baseman |
| Pinky Hargrave | Catcher |
| Heinie Schuble | Shortstop |
| Earl Whitehill | Pitcher |
| Bucky Harris | Manager |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lu Blue | First Baseman |
| Earl McNeely | Left Fielder |
| Red Badgro | Right Fielder |
| Beauty McGowan | Center Fielder |
| Red Kress | Shortstop |
| Frank O'Rourke | Third Baseman |
| Ski Melillo | Second Baseman |
| Clyde Manion | Catcher |
| Sam Gray | Pitcher |
| Dan Howley | Manager |
All Plays in Game
(back to top)
Tigers
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
August 29, 1929
Top 1
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Gray
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of McNeely who is chasing the ball. Johnson reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fothergill vs. Gray
Fothergill hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Manion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gehringer vs. Gray
Gehringer hits a popup, foul, towards third. O'Rourke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alexander vs. Gray
Alexander hits a fly ball into right field. Badgro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Whitehill
Blue bunts for a single. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McNeely vs. Whitehill
That's a pickoff. Blue moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McNeely vs. Whitehill
McNeely hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Whitehill fields it and throws to third for the out. McNeely moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Badgro vs. Whitehill
Badgro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alexander scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Badgro for the out. McNeely moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McGowan vs. Whitehill
McGowan hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Gray
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McManus vs. Gray
McManus hits a fly ball into center field. McGowan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrave vs. Gray
Hargrave is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Whitehill
Kress hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Rourke vs. Whitehill
O'Rourke hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melillo vs. Whitehill
Melillo hits a fly ball into left field. Fothergill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schuble vs. Gray
Schuble hits a popup towards third. O'Rourke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehill vs. Gray
Whitehill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Gray
Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Manion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fothergill vs. Gray
Fothergill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manion vs. Whitehill
Manion hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gray vs. Whitehill
Gray strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blue vs. Whitehill
Blue bunts for a single. Manion moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McNeely vs. Whitehill
McNeely hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Badgro vs. Whitehill
Badgro 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 4
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Gray
Gehringer hits a line drive to center field. McGowan throws towards Melillo. Melillo fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Melillo. Gehringer moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alexander vs. Gray
Alexander takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Gray
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blue fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. Gehringer moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McManus vs. Gray
McManus hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Rourke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGowan vs. Whitehill
McGowan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alexander scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGowan for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Whitehill
Kress hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Rice. Kress reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Rourke vs. Whitehill
O'Rourke hits a line drive into left field. Fothergill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Melillo vs. Whitehill
Melillo hits a ball on the ground for a single. Kress scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manion vs. Whitehill
Manion hits a popup towards first. Alexander settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrave vs. Gray
Hargrave hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schuble vs. Gray
Schuble hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hargrave moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitehill vs. Gray
Manion throws to second, with Kress covering, and has Hargrave trapped. There's the throw to O'Rourke who tags Hargrave for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehill vs. Gray
Whitehill hits a line drive into right field. Badgro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Gray
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Badgro. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Schuble moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fothergill vs. Gray
Fothergill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gray vs. Whitehill
Gray hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Whitehill
Blue hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hargrave settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNeely vs. Whitehill
McNeely bunts towards the mound. Whitehill fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Gray
Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alexander vs. Gray
Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Gray
Rice hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Badgro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Badgro vs. Whitehill
Badgro bunts towards the mound. Whitehill picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Whitehill. Badgro moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McGowan vs. Whitehill
McGowan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kress vs. Whitehill
Kress hits a ball on the ground for an out. Kress moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
O'Rourke vs. Whitehill
O'Rourke hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Badgro scores. Kress scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Melillo vs. Whitehill
Melillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. O'Rourke scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manion vs. Whitehill
Manion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schuble misplays the ball. That's an error on Schuble. Melillo moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gray vs. Whitehill
Gray hits a line drive into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blue vs. Whitehill
Blue is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McManus vs. Gray
McManus hits a line drive towards short. Kress reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrave vs. Gray
Hargrave hits a fly ball into right field. Badgro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schuble vs. Gray
Schuble hits a fly ball into right field. Badgro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNeely vs. Whitehill
McNeely hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schuble scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Badgro vs. Whitehill
Badgro hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McGowan vs. Whitehill
McGowan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alexander fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehill vs. Gray
Whitehill hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Manion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Gray
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fothergill vs. Gray
Fothergill hits a fly ball into center field. McGowan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Gray
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Melillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Whitehill
Kress hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schuble fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Rourke vs. Whitehill
O'Rourke bunts towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melillo vs. Whitehill
There goes O'Rourke. The throw from Hargrave and he is out, Gehringer applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melillo vs. Whitehill
Melillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manion vs. Whitehill
Manion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Whitehill picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Whitehill. Melillo goes all the way around to score. Manion moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gray vs. Whitehill
Gray takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Blue vs. Whitehill
Blue takes first base on ball four. Gray moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McNeely vs. Whitehill
McNeely is hit by the pitch. Manion scores. Gray moves to third. Blue moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Badgro vs. Whitehill
Badgro hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Gray
Alexander hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McGowan. Alexander reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rice vs. Gray
Rice takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McManus vs. Gray
McManus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Alexander moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Browns, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hargrave vs. Gray
Hargrave strikes out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play
(back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score
(back to top)
Game of 8/29/1929 -- Detroit at St.Louis (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Johnson R, rf 3 0 2 0 Blue L, 1b 4 0 2 0
Fothergill B, lf 4 0 0 0 McNeely E, lf 4 0 0 1
Gehringer C, 2b 4 0 2 0 Badgro R, rf 5 1 2 0
Alexander D, 1b 3 0 1 0 McGowan B, cf 3 0 0 0
Rice H, cf 3 0 0 0 Kress R, ss 4 2 2 0
McManus M, 3b 4 0 0 0 O'Rourke F, 3b 4 1 1 2
Hargrave P, c 4 0 1 0 Melillo S, 2b 4 1 3 2
Schuble H, ss 3 0 1 0 Manion C, c 4 1 2 0
Whitehill E, p 3 0 1 0 Gray S, p 3 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 0 8 0 35 6 12 5
Detroit 000 000 000 -- 0
St.Louis 000 103 02x -- 6
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehill E (L) 8.0 12 6 6 3 2
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Gray S (W) 9.0 8 0 0 3 2
E -- Alexander D, Melillo S, Whitehill E 2, Schuble H
DP -- Detroit 1, St.Louis 3
LOB -- Detroit 7, St.Louis 9
2B -- Kress R, Johnson R, O'Rourke F, Alexander D
3B -- Johnson R
CS -- O'Rourke F
HBP -- by Whitehill E (McNeely E)
T -- 1:47
A -- 3000
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score
