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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1922-06-14 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 18000 · sunny · 1:37

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 6–2. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 1st. Ole Olsen earned the win. Harry Heilmann went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	8
DET	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		6	10

W: Ole Olsen L: Sad Sam Jones SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Witt	4	0	2	0	0	0
Aaron Ward	3	0	1	1	0	1
Babe Ruth	3	1	1	0	1	1
Home Run Baker	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Meusel	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Pipp	4	0	1	1	0	1
Everett Scott	3	0	1	0	0	0
Al DeVormer	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sad Sam Jones	3	1	1	0	0	1
Wally Schang	1	0	0	0	0	0
Camp Skinner	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	4	1	3	0	0	0
Bob Jones	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ty Cobb	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bobby Veach	4	1	1	0	0	0
Harry Heilmann	4	2	2	3	0	0
George Cutshaw	4	0	1	1	0	0
Topper Rigney	2	0	0	1	1	1
Johnny Bassler	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ole Olsen	3	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sad Sam Jones	8.0	10	2	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ole Olsen	9.0	8	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Witt: S9
Aaron Ward: 23/SH.1-2
Babe Ruth: W
Home Run Baker: 7/F78D
Bob Meusel: 54(1)/FO

Bot 1

Lu Blue: 8/F
Bob Jones: S5/G
Ty Cobb: S7.1-2
Bobby Veach: 8/F8XD.2-3
Harry Heilmann: HR/F9D.3-H;1-H
George Cutshaw: 9

Top 2

Wally Pipp: 8
Everett Scott: HP
Al DeVormer: CS2(24)
Al DeVormer: 63

Bot 2

Topper Rigney: K/C
Johnny Bassler: W
Ole Olsen: 16(1)/FO
Lu Blue: S7.1-2
Bob Jones: 43

Top 3

Sad Sam Jones: 53
Whitey Witt: 7
Aaron Ward: 6/P7S

Bot 3

Ty Cobb: 5/FL
Bobby Veach: S7.B-2(E7)
Harry Heilmann: 8/F8XD.2-3
George Cutshaw: D/78.3-H(UR)
Topper Rigney: 63

Top 4

Babe Ruth: S9
Home Run Baker: S9.1-2
Bob Meusel: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Wally Pipp: D7/7L.3-H;1-3
Everett Scott: 3/P
Al DeVormer: 8/L8XD

Bot 4

Johnny Bassler: 7
Ole Olsen: 8
Lu Blue: S/89
Bob Jones: CS2(26)

Top 5

Sad Sam Jones: D7/7L
Whitey Witt: E4/G.2-3
Aaron Ward: S7.3-H;1-2
Babe Ruth: K
Home Run Baker: HP.2-3;1-2
Bob Meusel: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Bob Jones: 7/F78
Ty Cobb: 63/G56D
Bobby Veach: 53

Top 6

Wally Pipp: K
Everett Scott: S8
Al DeVormer: 9/FL
Sad Sam Jones: K

Bot 6

Harry Heilmann: D7/7L
George Cutshaw: 43.2-3
Topper Rigney: 9/F9/SF.3-H
Johnny Bassler: 53

Top 7

Whitey Witt: S7
Aaron Ward: K
Babe Ruth: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Ole Olsen: 3
Lu Blue: D7/7D
Bob Jones: 5/P
Ty Cobb: D8/78D.2-H
Bobby Veach: 6/P56D

Top 8

Home Run Baker: 99
Bob Meusel: 99
Wally Pipp: 99

Bot 8

Harry Heilmann: 99
George Cutshaw: 99
Topper Rigney: W
Johnny Bassler: 99

Top 9

Everett Scott: 99
Wally Schang: 4
Camp Skinner: 13

Notes & reviews

Into RF bleachers
Umpire Ollie Chill accused Sam Jones of nicking the ball and threw balls out of the game
Ruth fumbled
Witt caught it near the flagpole

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