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New York Yankees @ St. Louis Browns

1923-08-17 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 9000 · 1:48

New York Yankees defeated St. Louis Browns 5–4. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 1st. Bullet Joe Bush earned the win. Babe Ruth went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	12
SLA	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	12

W: Bullet Joe Bush L: Elam Vangilder SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Witt	5	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Dugan	5	1	3	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	4	2	3	2	1	1
Elmer Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Pipp	4	1	1	1	0	0
Aaron Ward	3	0	1	0	1	0
Everett Scott	3	0	1	1	0	0
Fred Hofmann	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bullet Joe Bush	4	0	1	1	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Tobin	5	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Gerber	5	0	1	0	0	1
Ken Williams	4	1	2	0	1	0
Baby Doll Jacobson	4	0	2	0	1	1
Marty McManus	5	2	3	1	0	0
Hank Severeid	5	1	2	0	0	0
Homer Ezzell	3	0	2	2	1	0
Dutch Schliebner	4	0	0	0	0	3
Elam Vangilder	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Collins	0	0	0	1	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bullet Joe Bush	9.0	12	4	5

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elam Vangilder	8.0	11	2	0
Urban Shocker	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Witt: 13
Joe Dugan: S/G6
Babe Ruth: HR/F9D.1-H
Elmer Smith: 13
Wally Pipp: 63

Bot 1

Jack Tobin: 9/L
Wally Gerber: 63
Ken Williams: W
Baby Doll Jacobson: S7.1-2
Marty McManus: D7/7L.2-H;1-3
Hank Severeid: 63/G56

Top 2

Aaron Ward: 53
Everett Scott: 43
Fred Hofmann: D/78
Bullet Joe Bush: T8/8XD.2-H
Whitey Witt: 8/F

Bot 2

Homer Ezzell: 13
Dutch Schliebner: K
Elam Vangilder: 5/P

Top 3

Joe Dugan: S9
Babe Ruth: S9.1-2
Elmer Smith: 24/SH.2-3;1-2
Wally Pipp: 5/FL
Aaron Ward: W
Everett Scott: 4/L

Bot 3

Jack Tobin: 9/F9D
Wally Gerber: 63
Ken Williams: S9
Baby Doll Jacobson: W.1-2
Marty McManus: 3/P

Top 4

Fred Hofmann: 63
Bullet Joe Bush: 53
Whitey Witt: S5/G5S
Joe Dugan: 3/G

Bot 4

Hank Severeid: 8/L
Homer Ezzell: S8
Dutch Schliebner: 8/F8S
Elam Vangilder: 46(1)/FO

Top 5

Babe Ruth: W
Elmer Smith: 9/F
Wally Pipp: 63/DP.1X3(35)

Bot 5

Jack Tobin: 13/BG
Wally Gerber: K
Ken Williams: 43

Top 6

Aaron Ward: 63
Everett Scott: S7
Fred Hofmann: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Baby Doll Jacobson: 43
Marty McManus: S/G
Hank Severeid: D9/G3L.1-3
Homer Ezzell: S7/L.3-H;2-H;BX2(7536)#
Dutch Schliebner: K/C

Top 7

Bullet Joe Bush: 63
Whitey Witt: 8/F8S
Joe Dugan: 9/F

Bot 7

Elam Vangilder: 53/G
Jack Tobin: 8/F
Wally Gerber: S/BG25
Ken Williams: 3/G

Top 8

Babe Ruth: D/89D
Elmer Smith: 43.2-3
Wally Pipp: S9.3-H
Aaron Ward: S8.1-3;B-2(E8/TH3)
Everett Scott: 8/SF.3-H
Fred Hofmann: 8/F

Bot 8

Baby Doll Jacobson: K
Marty McManus: S8
Hank Severeid: S7.1-2
Homer Ezzell: W.2-3;1-2
Dutch Schliebner: K/C
Pat Collins: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jack Tobin: 5/P

Top 9

Bullet Joe Bush: 63
Whitey Witt: 3/P
Joe Dugan: S5/G
Babe Ruth: K

Bot 9

Wally Gerber: 8/F
Ken Williams: S9
Baby Doll Jacobson: S4/G.1-2
Marty McManus: 9/F
Hank Severeid: 9/F

Notes & reviews

Bounced over Gerber's glove
Into RF bleachers
To CF fence
B1-2: wide
Drooping liner
Nice running catch
B1: wide; B2-4: inside
Infield hit
Bad bound past Pipp
Guessing Pipp assist here
Knocked down hot drive
To RCF wall
B1:low
Slow bounder

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