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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1920-07-20 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 2500 · 1:31

St. Louis Browns defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–4. St. Louis Browns put up 3 in the 6th. Dixie Davis earned the win. Baby Doll Jacobson went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	5	10
PHA	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	12

W: Dixie Davis L: Roy Moore SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Hildebrand · 1B: Billy Evans · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Tobin	5	1	1	0	0	1
Joe Gedeon	4	1	1	0	0	0
George Sisler	3	1	2	1	1	0
Baby Doll Jacobson	4	1	2	3	0	0
Ken Williams	4	0	0	0	0	1
Earl Smith	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wally Gerber	3	1	1	0	1	0
Hank Severeid	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Burwell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dixie Davis	2	0	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Whitey Witt	5	1	2	0	0
Jimmy Dykes	3	0	1	0	0
Tillie Walker	5	1	2	1	0
Frank Welch	5	1	1	0	2
Joe Dugan	4	1	3	1	0
Cy Perkins	4	0	2	1	1
Ivy Griffin	4	0	0	0	0
Fred Thomas	4	0	0	0	0
Roy Moore	3	0	1	0	0
Dick Burrus	1	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Burwell	5.0	8	0	2
Dixie Davis	4.0	4	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roy Moore	8.0	10	2	2
Rollie Naylor	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jack Tobin: 63
Joe Gedeon: 8
George Sisler: S6/G
Baby Doll Jacobson: S6/G.1X3(35)

Bot 1

Whitey Witt: 8
Jimmy Dykes: 53
Tillie Walker: T9
Frank Welch: E1/G.3-H(NR)(UR)
Joe Dugan: 7/L

Top 2

Ken Williams: K
Earl Smith: 4/P
Wally Gerber: W
Hank Severeid: S9.1-3
Bill Burwell: 46(1)/FO

Bot 2

Cy Perkins: K
Ivy Griffin: 43
Fred Thomas: 13

Top 3

Jack Tobin: K/C
Joe Gedeon: 6/P
George Sisler: W
Baby Doll Jacobson: CS2(24)

Bot 3

Roy Moore: S9
Whitey Witt: 7
Jimmy Dykes: S9.1-2
Tillie Walker: 6/P
Frank Welch: K

Top 4

Baby Doll Jacobson: 43
Ken Williams: 5/FL
Earl Smith: 7

Bot 4

Joe Dugan: S1/BG
Cy Perkins: S7.1-2
Ivy Griffin: 143.2-3;1-2
Fred Thomas: FC4.3-3;2X3(4262);B-2
Roy Moore: 63

Top 5

Wally Gerber: 43
Hank Severeid: 8
Bill Burwell: 1/L

Bot 5

Whitey Witt: 8
Jimmy Dykes: 7
Tillie Walker: 9

Top 6

Jack Tobin: S1/BG
Joe Gedeon: S7.1-2
George Sisler: 3/FL
Baby Doll Jacobson: HR/F7D.2-H;1-H
Ken Williams: 7
Earl Smith: 9/FL

Bot 6

Frank Welch: S7
Joe Dugan: T8.1-H
Cy Perkins: S8.3-H
Ivy Griffin: 46(1)/FO
Fred Thomas: 8
Roy Moore: 8

Top 7

Wally Gerber: D8
Hank Severeid: 4/FL
Dixie Davis: S9.2-H
Jack Tobin: 9
Joe Gedeon: 9

Bot 7

Whitey Witt: S7
Jimmy Dykes: 43/SH.1-2
Tillie Walker: S8.2-H
Frank Welch: 7
Joe Dugan: S7.1-2
Cy Perkins: 9

Top 8

George Sisler: HR/9
Baby Doll Jacobson: 53
Ken Williams: 43
Earl Smith: S7
Wally Gerber: 9

Bot 8

Ivy Griffin: 63
Fred Thomas: 9
Dick Burrus: K

Top 9

Hank Severeid: 9/L
Dixie Davis: 3/G
Jack Tobin: 53

Bot 9

Whitey Witt: S8
Jimmy Dykes: 54/SH.1-2
Tillie Walker: 43.2-3
Frank Welch: K

Notes & reviews

Dugan escaped rundown and returned safely to 3rd where Perkins now stood. Both were tagged and Perkins declared out.

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