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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1924-05-23 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 5000 · 1:25

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 5–0. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. Roy Meeker earned the win. Al Simmons went 2-for-4 with 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Roy Meeker L: Dave Danforth SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tommy Connolly · 1B: Bill Dinneen · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jack Tobin	3	1	1	0
Frank Ellerbe	4	0	0	0
George Sisler	3	0	0	1
Ken Williams	3	0	0	0
Norm McMillan	3	0	0	0
Baby Doll Jacobson	2	1	1	0
Hank Severeid	3	0	0	0
Wally Gerber	3	1	0	0
Dave Danforth	2	0	0	1
Joe Evans	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Bishop	4	2	2	0	0	1
Harry Riconda	4	1	2	0	0	0
Frank Welch	3	1	1	1	1	0
Joe Hauser	4	1	0	0	0	0
Al Simmons	4	0	2	4	0	0
Bing Miller	4	0	1	0	0	1
Chick Galloway	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cy Perkins	2	0	0	0	1	0
Roy Meeker	3	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Danforth	7.0	7	2	2
Ray Kolp	1.0	2	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roy Meeker	9.0	3	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jack Tobin: S6/G
Frank Ellerbe: 64(1)3/GDP
George Sisler: K

Bot 1

Max Bishop: S9
Harry Riconda: 1/BP
Frank Welch: FC1.1X2(1E4);B-1
Joe Hauser: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Al Simmons: D/78.3-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Bing Miller: 8/F

Top 2

Ken Williams: 9/F
Norm McMillan: 4/L
Baby Doll Jacobson: W
Hank Severeid: 7/L7DW

Bot 2

Chick Galloway: D/89
Cy Perkins: 9/F.2-3
Roy Meeker: 5/FL
Max Bishop: 2/FL

Top 3

Wally Gerber: S8
Dave Danforth: 16(1)/FO/BG
Jack Tobin: 54(1)/FO
Frank Ellerbe: 5/FL

Bot 3

Harry Riconda: 63
Frank Welch: 8/F8S
Joe Hauser: 3/G

Top 4

George Sisler: 8/F
Ken Williams: 9/F
Norm McMillan: 4/P

Bot 4

Al Simmons: 7/F
Bing Miller: S/G56
Chick Galloway: PO1(13)
Chick Galloway: 9/F

Top 5

Baby Doll Jacobson: S/7S
Hank Severeid: 4/P
Wally Gerber: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Cy Perkins: 7/F
Roy Meeker: K
Max Bishop: K

Top 6

Dave Danforth: K
Jack Tobin: W
Frank Ellerbe: 4(B)376(1)/LDP

Bot 6

Harry Riconda: S7
Frank Welch: W.1-2
Joe Hauser: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Al Simmons: 54(1)/FO.3-H
Bing Miller: 2/FL

Top 7

George Sisler: 63
Ken Williams: 9/F
Norm McMillan: 8/F

Bot 7

Chick Galloway: 8/F
Cy Perkins: W
Roy Meeker: 56(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Baby Doll Jacobson: 53
Hank Severeid: 63
Wally Gerber: 9/F

Bot 8

Max Bishop: S9
Harry Riconda: SB2
Harry Riconda: S8/8S.2-3
Frank Welch: S9.3-H;1-2
Joe Hauser: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Al Simmons: S7.2-H;1-3
Bing Miller: K
Chick Galloway: SB2
Chick Galloway: 8/F

Top 9

Joe Evans: 9/F
Jack Tobin: 13
Frank Ellerbe: 9/F

Notes & reviews

Frank Ellerbe lined to Max Bishop, who threw to 1B doubling Jack Tobin; the Browns thought the ball was trapped and when Joe Hauser threw to LF, Ellerbe instead of Tobin ran to 3B and it was called a DP

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