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Philadelphia Athletics @ Detroit Tigers

1922-07-31 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 1:45

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 11–1. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 3rd. Red Oldham earned the win. Topper Rigney went 5-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7
DET	1	1	4	0	1	1	1	2		11	18

W: Red Oldham L: Otto Rettig SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Beauty McGowan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Dykes	4	0	1	1	0	2
Tillie Walker	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Hauser	3	0	1	0	1	1
Bing Miller	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chick Galloway	4	0	2	0	0	0
Cy Perkins	4	0	1	0	0	0
Heinie Scheer	4	1	1	0	0	0
Otto Rettig	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Welch	1	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Bruggy	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Lu Blue	4	1	0	0	1
George Cutshaw	5	1	2	0	0
Ty Cobb	4	2	1	0	1
Bobby Veach	5	1	3	1	0
Harry Heilmann	4	3	3	2	1
Bob Jones	4	2	3	2	1
Topper Rigney	5	1	5	3	0
Clyde Manion	2	0	0	0	0
Red Oldham	4	0	1	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Otto Rettig	2.1	5	3
Fred Heimach	1.2	2	0
Charlie Eckert	2.0	5	1
Jim Sullivan	2.0	6	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Oldham	9.0	7	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Beauty McGowan: 99
Jimmy Dykes: K
Tillie Walker: HP
Joe Hauser: K

Bot 1

Lu Blue: W
George Cutshaw: 99
Ty Cobb: 99
Bobby Veach: T8.1-H
Harry Heilmann: 99

Top 2

Bing Miller: K
Chick Galloway: S
Cy Perkins: S.1-2
Heinie Scheer: 99
Otto Rettig: 99

Bot 2

Bob Jones: W
Topper Rigney: S/BG.1-2
Clyde Manion: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Red Oldham: 3/G.3-H(E6/TH)(NR)(UR);2-3
Lu Blue: 99

Top 3

Beauty McGowan: 99
Jimmy Dykes: K
Tillie Walker: 99

Bot 3

George Cutshaw: 7
Ty Cobb: W
Bobby Veach: S8.1-3
Harry Heilmann: S7.3-H;1-2
Bob Jones: T9.2-H;1-H
Topper Rigney: S7.3-H
Clyde Manion: 99
Red Oldham: 99

Top 4

Joe Hauser: 99
Bing Miller: 99
Chick Galloway: S
Cy Perkins: 99

Bot 4

Lu Blue: 99
George Cutshaw: S6.B-2(E6/TH)
Ty Cobb: 99
Bobby Veach: 99

Top 5

Heinie Scheer: S5
Frank Welch: S9.1-3
Beauty McGowan: 7
Jimmy Dykes: S7.3-H;1-2
Tillie Walker: 64(1)3(B)/GDP

Bot 5

Harry Heilmann: W
Bob Jones: S9.1-3
Topper Rigney: S7.3-H;1-2
Clyde Manion: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Red Oldham: FC6.3XH(62);2-3;B-1
Lu Blue: 99

Top 6

Joe Hauser: S
Bing Miller: 99
Chick Galloway: 99
Cy Perkins: 99

Bot 6

George Cutshaw: S7
Ty Cobb: 63.1-2
Bobby Veach: S9.2-H(E9)(NR)(UR);B-2
Harry Heilmann: S/BR.2X2(99)
Bob Jones: OA.1X2(99)

Top 7

Heinie Scheer: 99
Frank Bruggy: 99
Beauty McGowan: 99

Bot 7

Bob Jones: 99
Topper Rigney: S8
Clyde Manion: 3/G.1-2
Red Oldham: S7.2-H
Lu Blue: SB2
Lu Blue: 99

Top 8

Jimmy Dykes: 99
Tillie Walker: 99
Joe Hauser: W
Bing Miller: 99

Bot 8

George Cutshaw: 99
Ty Cobb: D7
Bobby Veach: 13.2-3
Harry Heilmann: S6.3-H;B-2(E6)
Bob Jones: S4.2-3
Topper Rigney: S.3-H(UR);1-3
Clyde Manion: CS2(99)

Top 9

Chick Galloway: 99
Cy Perkins: 99
Heinie Scheer: 99

Notes & reviews

After retiring Oldham, Hauser threw to SS to trap Rigney between 2B and 3B; Jones then started for home and scored when Galloway made a wild throw home
Rain began in 6th inning and continued for rest of game
No fielding credit awarded for S/BR in 1922
failed hit-and-run
cobb extended hitting streak to 15 games

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