Tigers @ Athletics
August 23, 1938

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 8 14 1
Athletics 3 10 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 8 14 1
Athletics 3 10 0

Billy Werber Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .268
OBP .500 .388
At Bats 3 284
Hits 1 76
• Singles 1 54
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 56
RBI’s 0 39

George Gill Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 0
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Shibe Park - August 23, 1938
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Out
George Gill
Rudy York
Hank Greenberg
Charlie Gehringer
Don Ross
Mark Christman
Dixie Walker
Chet Morgan
Pete Fox
Billy Werber
Wally Moses

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 8 14 1 9
Philadelphia Athletics 3 10 0 9
Winning Pitcher George Gill
Losing Pitcher Bud Thomas
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Rudy York
Attendance 8,000
Time of Game 2 hours 11 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Werber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Christman fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Moses takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Sperry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Nels Potter pinch hits for Eddie Smith. Potter hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Christman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sperry scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ross hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Greenberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Greenberg reaches second base with a double. Fox scores.
Top 9 Fox hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Fox reaches second base with a double. Gehringer goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 York hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ace Parker now playing shortstop. Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Parker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Lynn Nelson pinch hits for Wayne Ambler. Nelson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Finney takes first base on ball four. Haas moves to second.
Bottom 8 Haas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Christman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Walker strikes out.
Top 8 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Smith, and towards Sperry, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Ross scores. Gill moves to second.
Top 8 Gill hits a ball on the ground for an out. Ross moves to third.
Top 8 Christman takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 The ball gets by Hayes for a passed ball. Ross moves to second.
Top 8 Eddie Smith now pitching. Ross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Werber hits a fly ball into center field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Moses hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Sperry hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dick Siebert pinch hits for Bud Thomas. Siebert hits a fly ball into center field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Greenberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gehringer moves to third.
Top 7 York hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ambler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Finney hits a fly ball into center field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Haas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gill fields it and throws to third for the out. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Werber scores. Hayes moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Christman misplays the ball. That's an error on Christman. Werber moves to second.
Bottom 6 Werber takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Christman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sperry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ross moves to second.
Top 6 Ross takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Greenberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Moses hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ross settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sperry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Haas scores. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Haas moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ambler hits a fly ball into center field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Finney hits a popup towards third. Ross settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Haas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 York hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Walker moves to third.
Top 5 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sperry scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hayes hits a fly ball into center field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Werber. The throw from York and he is out, Christman applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Werber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Christman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Ross hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Greenberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gill fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sperry hits a fly ball into center field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thomas bunts towards the mound. Gill fields it and throws to first for the out. Ambler moves to second.
Bottom 3 Ambler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Finney hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 York hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sperry scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Thomas, and towards Ambler, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Haas hits a popup towards short. Christman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hayes strikes out.
Top 2 Gill hits a popup towards short. Ambler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Christman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Greenberg scores. Ross moves to second.
Top 2 Ross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Greenberg moves to third.
Top 2 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 York hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Werber hits a fly ball towards center. Morgan catches it and throws to first to double up Moses.
Bottom 1 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Sperry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sperry scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Walker. The throw from Hayes and he is out, Sperry applying the tag.
Top 1 Walker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Morgan hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Sperry reaches out and makes the catch for the out.