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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1921-08-12 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 5000 · 1:47

St. Louis Browns defeated Detroit Tigers 3–1. Elam Vangilder earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	13
DET	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6

W: Elam Vangilder L: Dutch Leonard SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dick Nallin · 1B: Tommy Connolly · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Tobin	5	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Ellerbe	4	1	4	0	0	0
George Sisler	5	1	0	0	0	0
Ken Williams	5	0	3	0	0	0
Baby Doll Jacobson	3	0	2	2	0	0
Hank Severeid	3	0	0	0	1	0
Wally Gerber	4	0	1	0	0	1
Marty McManus	4	1	2	0	0	0
Elam Vangilder	4	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ira Flagstead	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ty Cobb	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Veach	4	0	2	0	0	1
Harry Heilmann	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Jones	3	1	1	0	1	0
Joe Sargent	3	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Bassler	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dutch Leonard	2	0	1	0	0	0
Chick Shorten	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elam Vangilder	9.0	6	3	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dutch Leonard	8.0	12	1	2
Jim Middleton	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jack Tobin: 43
Frank Ellerbe: S7
George Sisler: 8/F
Ken Williams: S9.1-3
Baby Doll Jacobson: D7.3-H;1-3
Hank Severeid: 63

Bot 1

Lu Blue: 43
Ira Flagstead: 53
Ty Cobb: 53

Top 2

Wally Gerber: S7
Marty McManus: S/BG.1-2
Elam Vangilder: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Jack Tobin: 5/FL
Frank Ellerbe: HP.2-3;1-2
George Sisler: 53

Bot 2

Bobby Veach: D9
Harry Heilmann: 4(B)4(2)/LDP
Bob Jones: W
Joe Sargent: SB2
Joe Sargent: D8.2-H
Johnny Bassler: 63

Top 3

Ken Williams: S
Baby Doll Jacobson: 8/F
Hank Severeid: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Dutch Leonard: 5/L
Lu Blue: W
Ira Flagstead: CS2(24)
Ira Flagstead: W
Ty Cobb: 8/L

Top 4

Wally Gerber: 53
Marty McManus: T8
Elam Vangilder: 23
Jack Tobin: S6.3-H
Frank Ellerbe: S/1.1-2
George Sisler: 13

Bot 4

Bobby Veach: K
Harry Heilmann: S/BG
Bob Jones: S9.1-3
Joe Sargent: 4(1)3/GDP#

Top 5

Ken Williams: 43
Baby Doll Jacobson: D7
Hank Severeid: W
Wally Gerber: 5(2)3/GDP#

Bot 5

Johnny Bassler: 3/G
Dutch Leonard: S8
Lu Blue: 54(1)/FO
Ira Flagstead: E5/G.1-2
Ty Cobb: CS3(25)

Top 6

Marty McManus: 5/FL
Elam Vangilder: K
Jack Tobin: 8/F

Bot 6

Ty Cobb: 53
Bobby Veach: 23
Harry Heilmann: 8/F

Top 7

Frank Ellerbe: S7
George Sisler: 56(1)/FO
Ken Williams: S9.1-3
Baby Doll Jacobson: 8/SF.3-H
Hank Severeid: 53

Bot 7

Bob Jones: 3/G
Joe Sargent: 53
Johnny Bassler: K

Top 8

Wally Gerber: K
Marty McManus: 53
Elam Vangilder: 63

Bot 8

Chick Shorten: 2/FL
Lu Blue: 13
Ira Flagstead: 53

Top 9

Jack Tobin: 1/P
Frank Ellerbe: D7
George Sisler: 31.2-3
Ken Williams: 7/F

Bot 9

Ty Cobb: 43
Bobby Veach: D8
Harry Heilmann: 9/F.2-3
Bob Jones: 43