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Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers

1924-04-16 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 1:49

Detroit Tigers defeated Cleveland Indians 5–1. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 5th. Earl Whitehill 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
CLE	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
DET	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0		5	10

W: Earl Whitehill L: Stan Coveleski SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Moriarty · 1B: Red Ormsby · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Hildebrand · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Jamieson	5	0	1	0	0	0
Riggs Stephenson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Tris Speaker	5	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Sewell	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Burns	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sumpter Clarke	4	1	1	0	0	1
Rube Lutzke	4	0	0	0	0	1
Luke Sewell	3	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Coveleski	2	0	1	1	1	0
George Uhle	1	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	5	1	1	0	0	0
Ty Cobb	3	1	2	0	0	0
Heinie Manush	4	1	0	1	0	1
Harry Heilmann	4	1	2	3	0	0
Del Pratt	4	0	1	0	0	0
Topper Rigney	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Jones	3	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Bassler	3	0	2	1	1	0
Earl Whitehill	4	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Stan Coveleski	8.0	10	1	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Whitehill	9.0	7	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Charlie Jamieson: 43
Riggs Stephenson: HP
Tris Speaker: E3/G.1-2
Joe Sewell: 15(2)/FO.1-2
George Burns: 4/P

Bot 1

Lu Blue: D7/7L
Ty Cobb: 13/SH.2-3
Heinie Manush: 4E3/G4S.3-H(UR)
Harry Heilmann: 64(1)/FO
Del Pratt: S/G5S.1-2
Topper Rigney: 5(2)/FO

Top 2

Sumpter Clarke: 53/G5S
Rube Lutzke: 5/L
Luke Sewell: 1/L

Bot 2

Bob Jones: 8
Johnny Bassler: 7
Earl Whitehill: 3/G

Top 3

Stan Coveleski: 4/P
Charlie Jamieson: S7/L
Riggs Stephenson: 7
Tris Speaker: S7.1-2
Joe Sewell: 43

Bot 3

Lu Blue: 53
Ty Cobb: S8/G46
Heinie Manush: 43.1-2
Harry Heilmann: S7/L.2-H
Del Pratt: 3/G

Top 4

George Burns: HP
Sumpter Clarke: 54(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH)
Rube Lutzke: 53
Luke Sewell: HP
Stan Coveleski: S8.1-2;2-H(UR)
Charlie Jamieson: 2

Bot 4

Topper Rigney: 8/F8XD
Bob Jones: 3/FL
Johnny Bassler: S7/5
Earl Whitehill: 3/P

Top 5

Riggs Stephenson: 9
Tris Speaker: K/C
Joe Sewell: 8

Bot 5

Lu Blue: 9
Ty Cobb: S7
Heinie Manush: 46(1)/FO
Harry Heilmann: HR/F7D.1-H
Del Pratt: 43

Top 6

George Burns: 63
Sumpter Clarke: K
Rube Lutzke: K

Bot 6

Topper Rigney: 3/FL
Bob Jones: D8/8XD
Johnny Bassler: D8.2-H
Earl Whitehill: K
Lu Blue: E5/TH.2-3
Ty Cobb: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Luke Sewell: K
Stan Coveleski: W
Charlie Jamieson: 8
Riggs Stephenson: S/5.1-2
Tris Speaker: 8

Bot 7

Heinie Manush: K/C
Harry Heilmann: 13
Del Pratt: 8

Top 8

Joe Sewell: HP
George Burns: 8/F8XD
Sumpter Clarke: S7.1-2
Rube Lutzke: 53.1-2;2-3
Luke Sewell: 8

Bot 8

Topper Rigney: S8
Bob Jones: 13/SH.1-2
Johnny Bassler: W
Earl Whitehill: 31.1-2;2-3
Lu Blue: 53

Top 9

George Uhle: S8
Charlie Jamieson: 13.1-2
Riggs Stephenson: S7.2-3
Tris Speaker: 53.1-2
Joe Sewell: 43