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Philadelphia Athletics @ Detroit Tigers

1921-08-20 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 7500 · 1:30

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 3–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 9th. Dutch Leonard earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	11

W: Dutch Leonard L: Eddie Rommel SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Witt	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tillie Walker	3	0	1	0	1	0
Cy Perkins	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Johnson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Dugan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Dykes	4	0	1	0	0	1
Emmet McCann	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ivy Griffin	2	1	2	1	0	0
Eddie Rommel	2	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Ralph Young	5	0	3	0	0
Bob Jones	5	0	0	0	0
Ty Cobb	4	0	0	0	0
Bobby Veach	4	0	1	0	0
Harry Heilmann	3	1	1	0	1
Lu Blue	3	1	1	0	1
Joe Sargent	2	0	1	0	0
Johnny Bassler	4	0	1	1	0
Dutch Leonard	4	0	2	0	0
Chick Shorten	1	0	1	1	0
Ira Flagstead	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Rommel	8.1	11	2	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dutch Leonard	9.0	7	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Witt: 4
Tillie Walker: S
Cy Perkins: 7
Paul Johnson: 5

Bot 1

Ralph Young: 3/G
Bob Jones: 4
Ty Cobb: 5/FL

Top 2

Joe Dugan: 53
Jimmy Dykes: 53
Emmet McCann: 13

Bot 2

Bobby Veach: 5/L
Harry Heilmann: 7
Lu Blue: 7

Top 3

Ivy Griffin: S8
Eddie Rommel: 14/SH.1-2
Whitey Witt: K
Tillie Walker: IW
Cy Perkins: 7

Bot 3

Joe Sargent: 13
Johnny Bassler: 63
Dutch Leonard: S8
Ralph Young: 46(1)/FO

Top 4

Paul Johnson: K
Joe Dugan: 3/G
Jimmy Dykes: 2/FL

Bot 4

Bob Jones: 5/P
Ty Cobb: 13
Bobby Veach: 13

Top 5

Emmet McCann: S7
Ivy Griffin: 53/SH.1-2
Eddie Rommel: 8
Whitey Witt: 8

Bot 5

Harry Heilmann: W
Lu Blue: 7/L
Joe Sargent: S8.1-2
Johnny Bassler: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Tillie Walker: 6
Cy Perkins: 8
Paul Johnson: S7
Joe Dugan: CS2(24)

Bot 6

Dutch Leonard: 7
Ralph Young: S/BG
Bob Jones: 4
Ty Cobb: 9

Top 7

Joe Dugan: 53
Jimmy Dykes: S2/BG.B-3(E2/TH)
Emmet McCann: FC4.3XH(42);B-3
Ivy Griffin: D7.3-H(UR)
Eddie Rommel: S8.2XH(8E2)(NR)(UR)
Whitey Witt: 8

Bot 7

Bobby Veach: 3/L
Harry Heilmann: D7
Lu Blue: W
Chick Shorten: S8.2-H;1-3
Johnny Bassler: 13.1-2
Dutch Leonard: 13

Top 8

Tillie Walker: 63
Cy Perkins: 43
Paul Johnson: 63

Bot 8

Ralph Young: S
Bob Jones: 2/BP/FL
Ty Cobb: 3/FL
Bobby Veach: S9.1-3
Harry Heilmann: 9

Top 9

Joe Dugan: K
Jimmy Dykes: K
Emmet McCann: 43

Bot 9

Lu Blue: S5/BG
Ira Flagstead: 14/SH.1-2
Johnny Bassler: S7.2-H
Dutch Leonard: S8.1-2
Ralph Young: S8.2-3;1-2
Bob Jones: E5/TH.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3;1-2