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New York Yankees @ St. Louis Browns

1922-09-17 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 31000 · 1:58

St. Louis Browns defeated New York Yankees 5–1. St. Louis Browns put up 3 in the 6th. Hub Pruett earned the win. Ken Williams 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	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5
SLA	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		5	12

W: Hub Pruett L: Waite Hoyt SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Witt	4	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Dugan	4	0	1	0	0	2
Babe Ruth	3	1	2	1	1	1
Wally Pipp	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wally Schang	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Meusel	3	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Ward	3	0	0	0	0	1
Everett Scott	3	0	0	0	0	0
Waite Hoyt	2	0	0	0	0	0
Norm McMillan	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Tobin	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Foster	2	1	1	0	2	0
George Sisler	3	2	1	0	1	0
Ken Williams	4	2	2	3	0	1
Baby Doll Jacobson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Marty McManus	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hank Severeid	4	0	3	2	0	0
Wally Gerber	4	0	2	0	0	1
Hub Pruett	3	0	0	0	0	2

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Waite Hoyt	7.0	9	1	5
Sad Sam Jones	1.0	3	2	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hub Pruett	9.0	5	1	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Witt: K
Joe Dugan: K
Babe Ruth: W
Wally Pipp: S4/G.1-3;BX2(456)

Bot 1

Jack Tobin: S3/G34S
Eddie Foster: S7/L5D.1-2
George Sisler: 35(2)/FO.1-2
Ken Williams: K
Baby Doll Jacobson: K

Top 2

Wally Schang: 2/G2
Bob Meusel: 7/F78D
Aaron Ward: K

Bot 2

Marty McManus: S7/G5L
Hank Severeid: CS2(24)
Hank Severeid: S8/8S
Wally Gerber: S5/G.1-2
Hub Pruett: PO2(26)
Hub Pruett: K

Top 3

Everett Scott: 63
Waite Hoyt: 53
Whitey Witt: S8
Joe Dugan: 6(1)/FO

Bot 3

Jack Tobin: 9/F
Eddie Foster: 13
George Sisler: 53

Top 4

Babe Ruth: K
Wally Pipp: 43
Wally Schang: 8/F

Bot 4

Ken Williams: 4/P
Baby Doll Jacobson: 43/G4M
Marty McManus: 7/F7D

Top 5

Bob Meusel: 63
Aaron Ward: 63/G6S
Everett Scott: E6/TH1.B-2
Waite Hoyt: 63/G6M

Bot 5

Hank Severeid: 6/P6
Wally Gerber: S8/8S
Hub Pruett: K/C
Jack Tobin: 8/F89D

Top 6

Whitey Witt: 7/F7S
Joe Dugan: K
Babe Ruth: HR/F9D
Wally Pipp: 1/P

Bot 6

Eddie Foster: W
George Sisler: S8/L.1-2
Ken Williams: S9/G3/R2.2-H;1-3
Baby Doll Jacobson: 6/P56D
Marty McManus: SB2
Marty McManus: K
Hank Severeid: S8/G6M.3-H;2-H
Wally Gerber: CS2(24)

Top 7

Wally Schang: K
Bob Meusel: 8/L8XD
Aaron Ward: 53

Bot 7

Wally Gerber: 63
Hub Pruett: 6/L
Jack Tobin: 3/G

Top 8

Everett Scott: 8/L
Norm McMillan: K
Whitey Witt: 7/F7S

Bot 8

Eddie Foster: W
George Sisler: CS2(24)
George Sisler: W
Ken Williams: HR/F9D.1-H
Baby Doll Jacobson: S6/G56
Marty McManus: 16(1)/FO
Hank Severeid: S9/F9S.1-2
Wally Gerber: K

Top 9

Joe Dugan: S7
Babe Ruth: S3/L.1-2
Wally Pipp: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Wally Schang: K+CS2(26)/DP

Notes & reviews

Overflow crowd behind ropes in the outfield as well as extra wooden seats along first and third baselines.
Gerber fouled off 6 pitches on 3-2 count
Missed bunt attempt
Foster: great play
Ward robbed Jacobson
Cleared RF bleachers into Grand Boulevard
41-game hitting streak for Sisler, setting a new AL record by breaking Ty Cobb's 1911 mark.
Bounced over Pipp
Fans in CF waved their white handkerchiefs to distract McMillan; HP umpire Dinneen stopped the game until Williams and the police restored order.
Missed hit & run
Into RF bleachers

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