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New York Yankees @ St. Louis Browns

1922-09-18 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 32000 · 2:16

New York Yankees defeated St. Louis Browns 3–2. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 9th. Bullet Joe Bush earned the win. Whitey Witt went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bullet Joe Bush L: Hub Pruett SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Witt	4	0	3	2	1	0
Joe Dugan	5	1	1	0	0	1
Babe Ruth	4	0	0	0	0	1
Wally Pipp	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Meusel	4	0	0	0	0	1
Wally Schang	4	0	1	0	0	0
Aaron Ward	2	0	0	0	1	0
Everett Scott	2	1	0	0	1	0
Bullet Joe Bush	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike McNally	0	1	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

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

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bullet Joe Bush	9.0	5	1	2

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dixie Davis	8.0	5	2	3
Hub Pruett	0.0	0	1	0
Urban Shocker	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Witt: S4/G4M
Joe Dugan: K
Babe Ruth: 43/G34.1-2
Wally Pipp: 6E3.2-3
Bob Meusel: 46(1)/FO

Bot 1

Jack Tobin: 43
Eddie Foster: 43
George Sisler: 43

Top 2

Wally Schang: 9/L
Aaron Ward: 8/F
Everett Scott: 8/L

Bot 2

Ken Williams: 5/P
Baby Doll Jacobson: HP
Marty McManus: 7/L7D
Hank Severeid: CS2(24)

Top 3

Bullet Joe Bush: 53
Whitey Witt: S5/G
Joe Dugan: 7/F
Babe Ruth: 6/P

Bot 3

Hank Severeid: W
Wally Gerber: 16(1)/FO/BG
Dixie Davis: 1/BG/SH.1-2
Jack Tobin: 7/F7LS

Top 4

Wally Pipp: 8/F89XD
Bob Meusel: 3/P13
Wally Schang: 43

Bot 4

Eddie Foster: K/C
George Sisler: 63/G6S
Ken Williams: 4/P

Top 5

Aaron Ward: W
Everett Scott: 34/SH.1-2
Bullet Joe Bush: 7/F
Whitey Witt: W
Joe Dugan: 6/P6MD

Bot 5

Baby Doll Jacobson: DGR/F89XD
Marty McManus: S7.2-3;BX2(7263)
Hank Severeid: 7/F7D/SF.3-H
Wally Gerber: 7/F7LDF/FL

Top 6

Babe Ruth: E1/G
Wally Pipp: 5/BP
Bob Meusel: 3/FL
Wally Schang: 13

Bot 6

Dixie Davis: 43
Jack Tobin: S9/9L
Eddie Foster: 6/P56D
George Sisler: 5/FL

Top 7

Aaron Ward: 13
Everett Scott: 9/F
Bullet Joe Bush: 63/G6MS

Bot 7

Ken Williams: DGR/F9LD
Baby Doll Jacobson: 13/SH.2-3
Marty McManus: DGR/F7DW.3-H
Hank Severeid: 13.2-3
Wally Gerber: K

Top 8

Whitey Witt: 53
Joe Dugan: D8/89
Babe Ruth: K/C
Wally Pipp: S14/G.2-H(E4/TH1)(NR)(UR);B-2
Bob Meusel: K/C

Bot 8

Dixie Davis: 43
Jack Tobin: 43
Eddie Foster: 63

Top 9

Wally Schang: S1/G34S
Elmer Smith: PB.1-2
Mike McNally: FC2/SH/R5.2-3
Everett Scott: W.1-2
Bullet Joe Bush: 42(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Whitey Witt: S8/L/TH3.3-H;2-H;1-2
Joe Dugan: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

George Sisler: 43
Ken Williams: 4/P89S
Baby Doll Jacobson: 63

Notes & reviews

Overflow crowd behind ropes in the outfield as well as extra wooden seats along first and third baselines.
Hit in the left shoulder
Jacobson went into the overflow crowd to catch the ball and the out was protested by the Yankees.
Gerber and Jacobson collided
Into the overflow crowd in RCF
McManus was trapped but slid back to 1B safely; Ump Evans called him out for running outside the base line.
Ruth: great catch falling backward into LF overflow crowd
Into overflow crowd in RF
Into overflow crowd in LF
Sisler's consecutive game hitting streak stopped at 41

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