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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1920-08-05 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 4000 · 2:02

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 7–1. Detroit Tigers put up 5 in the 8th. Howard Ehmke earned the win. Harry Heilmann went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
DET	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5		7	14

W: Howard Ehmke L: Bob Shawkey SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Dinneen · 1B: Brick Owens · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roger Peckinpaugh	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Pipp	4	0	1	0	0	1
Del Pratt	4	0	0	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	2	1	1	1	2	0
Bob Meusel	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ping Bodie	2	0	0	0	1	0
Aaron Ward	3	0	0	0	0	1
Truck Hannah	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Shawkey	3	0	1	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ralph Young	5	2	4	1	0	0
Bob Jones	5	1	0	0	0	0
Ty Cobb	5	1	3	2	0	1
Bobby Veach	5	0	3	2	0	1
Harry Heilmann	4	1	1	1	0	1
Chick Shorten	3	1	1	0	1	1
Babe Pinelli	4	1	0	0	0	1
Oscar Stanage	3	0	1	0	1	1
Howard Ehmke	4	0	1	1	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Shawkey	8.0	14	2	6

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howard Ehmke	9.0	5	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roger Peckinpaugh: 63
Wally Pipp: 163
Del Pratt: 53

Bot 1

Ralph Young: S9
Bob Jones: 56(1)/FO
Ty Cobb: K
Bobby Veach: 43

Top 2

Babe Ruth: HR/9
Bob Meusel: S7
Ping Bodie: 64(1)3/GDP
Aaron Ward: K

Bot 2

Harry Heilmann: 3/G
Chick Shorten: K
Babe Pinelli: 8

Top 3

Truck Hannah: S7.BX2(74)
Bob Shawkey: 4/P
Roger Peckinpaugh: 13

Bot 3

Oscar Stanage: W
Howard Ehmke: 8
Ralph Young: S7.1-2
Bob Jones: 9
Ty Cobb: S.2-3;1-2
Bobby Veach: K

Top 4

Wally Pipp: 3/G
Del Pratt: 163
Babe Ruth: W
Bob Meusel: K

Bot 4

Harry Heilmann: HR/IPHR
Chick Shorten: 8/L
Babe Pinelli: K
Oscar Stanage: S9.B-2(E9)
Howard Ehmke: 7

Top 5

Ping Bodie: W
Aaron Ward: 6(B)3(1)/LDP
Truck Hannah: K

Bot 5

Ralph Young: T8
Bob Jones: 63
Ty Cobb: D7.3-H
Bobby Veach: S/BG.2-3
Harry Heilmann: K+SB2
Chick Shorten: IW
Babe Pinelli: 53

Top 6

Bob Shawkey: K
Roger Peckinpaugh: 13
Wally Pipp: K

Bot 6

Oscar Stanage: 43
Howard Ehmke: 43
Ralph Young: 6/P

Top 7

Del Pratt: 7
Babe Ruth: W
Bob Meusel: 31.1-2
Ping Bodie: 8

Bot 7

Bob Jones: 8/L
Ty Cobb: 7
Bobby Veach: D9
Harry Heilmann: 8

Top 8

Aaron Ward: FLE2#
Aaron Ward: 63
Truck Hannah: 4/L
Bob Shawkey: S9
Roger Peckinpaugh: 7/FL

Bot 8

Chick Shorten: S9
Babe Pinelli: FC1/BG.1X2(1E6);B-1
Oscar Stanage: K
Howard Ehmke: S8.2-H(UR);1-2
Ralph Young: D/89.2-H;1-3
Bob Jones: FC6.3XH(62);2-3;B-1
Ty Cobb: S9.3-H(UR);1-3;BX2(9E4)
Bobby Veach: S9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);BX2(914)

Top 9

Wally Pipp: S1
Del Pratt: 7/L
Babe Ruth: 63.1-2
Bob Meusel: 53