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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1925-06-06 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 30000 · 2:30

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–4. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 5th. Earl Whitehill earned the win and Ken Holloway picked up the save. Sammy Hale went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	6	15
PHA	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	12

W: Earl Whitehill L: Rube Walberg SV: Ken Holloway

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fred Haney	5	2	1	0	0	0
Frank O'Rourke	5	1	4	0	0	0
Bob Fothergill	4	2	2	1	0	0
Ty Cobb	3	0	1	1	2	0
Harry Heilmann	5	1	1	1	0	0
Lu Blue	5	0	3	1	0	0
Jackie Tavener	4	0	0	0	0	2
Larry Woodall	5	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Whitehill	5	0	2	0	0	1
Al Wingo	0	0	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sammy Hale	5	1	3	2	0	0
Jimmy Dykes	5	0	1	1	0	1
Bill Lamar	5	0	1	0	0	0
Al Simmons	4	1	2	0	0	0
Frank Welch	3	0	2	0	1	1
Cy Perkins	2	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Poole	4	1	1	0	0	0
Chick Galloway	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rube Walberg	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bing Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	2	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Rommel	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	1	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Whitehill	8.1	12	1	3
Ken Holloway	0.2	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Walberg	5.0	9	1	3
Eddie Rommel	4.0	6	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Fred Haney: 8/L
Frank O'Rourke: S7
Bob Fothergill: D7.1-H
Ty Cobb: D7.2-H
Harry Heilmann: 4/P
Lu Blue: 7/F

Bot 1

Sammy Hale: 63
Jimmy Dykes: 9/F
Bill Lamar: 9/F

Top 2

Jackie Tavener: K
Larry Woodall: 143
Earl Whitehill: K

Bot 2

Al Simmons: 8/L
Frank Welch: W
Cy Perkins: 46(1)/FO
Jim Poole: 46(1)/FO

Top 3

Fred Haney: 53
Frank O'Rourke: S7
Bob Fothergill: CS2(26)
Bob Fothergill: D8
Ty Cobb: W
Harry Heilmann: 5(2)/FO

Bot 3

Chick Galloway: 43
Rube Walberg: 13
Sammy Hale: T7
Jimmy Dykes: K

Top 4

Lu Blue: 8/F
Jackie Tavener: 63
Larry Woodall: S7
Earl Whitehill: 9/F

Bot 4

Bill Lamar: 8/L
Al Simmons: S7/L6D
Frank Welch: S8/G6.1-3
Cy Perkins: S8/F89S.3-H;1-2
Jim Poole: 3/LDP.1X1(3)

Top 5

Fred Haney: S8/L8S.B-2(E8)
Frank O'Rourke: 3/P
Bob Fothergill: E5/G.2-H(NR)(UR)
Ty Cobb: 5/P/FL
Harry Heilmann: S8/G6M.1-H(UR);B-2(THH)
Lu Blue: D7/7L.2-H(UR)
Jackie Tavener: K

Bot 5

Chick Galloway: K
Bing Miller: 9/F
Sammy Hale: HR8/F8XD/IPHR
Jimmy Dykes: S8
Bill Lamar: S8.1-2
Al Simmons: 8/F8S

Top 6

Larry Woodall: 43
Earl Whitehill: S4/G
Fred Haney: 46(1)/FO
Frank O'Rourke: S8.1-3
Bob Fothergill: E5/G.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Ty Cobb: 3/G

Bot 6

Frank Welch: K
Mickey Cochrane: 5/P/FL
Jim Poole: 4/P

Top 7

Harry Heilmann: 43
Lu Blue: S8
Jackie Tavener: 7/F
Larry Woodall: 9/F

Bot 7

Chick Galloway: 63
Eddie Rommel: 3/P
Sammy Hale: 53

Top 8

Earl Whitehill: S7
Fred Haney: 6(1)3/GDP
Frank O'Rourke: D8/78
Al Wingo: W
Ty Cobb: PB.2-3;1-2
Ty Cobb: W
Harry Heilmann: 6/L

Bot 8

Jimmy Dykes: 8/L
Bill Lamar: 7/L
Al Simmons: S7
Frank Welch: S9.1-3
Mickey Cochrane: 6/P

Top 9

Lu Blue: S9
Jackie Tavener: 53/SH.1-2
Larry Woodall: FC1.2X3(16)
Earl Whitehill: 7/F

Bot 9

Jim Poole: S49/L
Chick Galloway: 7/F7DW
Jimmie Foxx: S9.1-2
Sammy Hale: D8/L89.2-H;1-3
Jimmy Dykes: 43.3-H;2-3
Bill Lamar: 9/L9DW

Notes & reviews

DP ball took freak hop over Tavener
It bounced obliquely; Simmons stuck out his bare hand and slowed it down but scored an error.
Over Cobb to the furthest corner of CF. Hale arrived a step ahead of Tavener's relay.
Past Dykes
Eluded O'Rourke's leaping try

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