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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1920-08-23 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 5000 · 1:52

St. Louis Browns defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–1. St. Louis Browns put up 3 in the 4th. Urban Shocker earned the win. Earl Smith went 4-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Urban Shocker L: Roy Moore SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Gerber	4	0	1	0	1	1
Joe Gedeon	4	0	0	0	1	0
George Sisler	4	0	1	0	0	0
Baby Doll Jacobson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ken Williams	4	2	2	0	0	0
Earl Smith	4	2	4	3	0	0
Jack Tobin	3	0	1	0	0	0
Josh Billings	4	0	1	1	0	0
Urban Shocker	3	0	1	1	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Frank Welch	4	0	1	0	1
Jimmy Dykes	4	0	1	0	1
Tillie Walker	4	1	0	0	0
Frank Walker	3	0	0	1	1
Joe Dugan	4	0	0	0	0
Red Shannon	4	0	0	0	1
Cy Perkins	3	0	1	0	1
Ivy Griffin	3	0	0	0	0
Roy Moore	1	0	1	0	0
Lyle Bigbee	2	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Urban Shocker	9.0	4	1	5

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roy Moore	4.0	7	1	1
John Slappey	0.0	0	2	0
Lyle Bigbee	5.0	5	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Wally Gerber: 43
Joe Gedeon: 63
George Sisler: D7
Baby Doll Jacobson: 9

Bot 1

Frank Welch: 8/L
Jimmy Dykes: 5/FL
Tillie Walker: 53

Top 2

Ken Williams: 53
Earl Smith: S8
Jack Tobin: 53/SH.1-2
Josh Billings: 53

Bot 2

Frank Walker: W
Joe Dugan: 3/P
Red Shannon: K
Cy Perkins: S9.1-3
Ivy Griffin: CSH(262)

Top 3

Urban Shocker: W
Wally Gerber: CS2(26)
Wally Gerber: 43
Joe Gedeon: 3/FL

Bot 3

Ivy Griffin: 9
Roy Moore: S8
Frank Welch: S7.1-2
Jimmy Dykes: 14(1)/FO.2-3
Tillie Walker: CSH(242)

Top 4

George Sisler: 63
Baby Doll Jacobson: S7/G5
Ken Williams: S9.1-3;B-2(E6)
Earl Smith: S8.3-H;2-H
Jack Tobin: S1/G.1-2
Josh Billings: S8.2-H;1-3
Urban Shocker: CSH(252)
Urban Shocker: K

Bot 4

Tillie Walker: E6/G
Frank Walker: E6/TH.1-H(E2/TH)(NR)(UR);B-3(E7/TH)
Joe Dugan: 2/FL
Red Shannon: FC4.3XH(42);B-1
Cy Perkins: 53

Top 5

Wally Gerber: W
Joe Gedeon: W.1-2
George Sisler: 7(B)6(2)/LDP
Baby Doll Jacobson: 2/FL

Bot 5

Ivy Griffin: 9
Lyle Bigbee: 43
Frank Welch: K

Top 6

Ken Williams: 2/FL
Earl Smith: S4/G
Jack Tobin: 7
Josh Billings: E5/G.1-2
Urban Shocker: D9/F89.2-H(UR);1-3;BX3(926)

Bot 6

Jimmy Dykes: S7
Tillie Walker: 9
Frank Walker: FC3.1-2(E3/TH2);B-1
Joe Dugan: 7
Red Shannon: 8

Top 7

Wally Gerber: K
Joe Gedeon: 4/P
George Sisler: E3/G
Baby Doll Jacobson: CS2(26)

Bot 7

Cy Perkins: K
Ivy Griffin: 4/P
Lyle Bigbee: 3/L

Top 8

Baby Doll Jacobson: 13
Ken Williams: S5/BG
Earl Smith: D9.1-H
Jack Tobin: 3/G.2-3
Josh Billings: 53

Bot 8

Frank Welch: 8/L
Jimmy Dykes: K
Tillie Walker: 63

Top 9

Urban Shocker: 23
Wally Gerber: S8
Joe Gedeon: CS2(24)
Joe Gedeon: 8

Bot 9

Frank Walker: K
Joe Dugan: 7/L
Red Shannon: 8/L

Notes & reviews

Attempted double-steal
Attempted double-steal
Shocker over-ran 2nd base

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