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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1926-04-17 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 14000 · 2:02

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 5–4. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 1st. Clyde Barfoot earned the win. Ken Williams went 1-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Clyde Barfoot L: Tom Zachary SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: Billy Evans · 2B: (none) · 3B: Brick Owens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Cedric Durst	4	1	1	0	0
Bobby LaMotte	4	1	1	0	1
George Sisler	4	1	2	1	0
Ken Williams	4	0	1	3	0
Marty McManus	4	0	1	0	0
Baby Doll Jacobson	4	0	0	0	1
Leo Dixon	4	0	1	0	1
Gene Robertson	4	0	1	0	0
Elam Vangilder	2	0	0	0	1
Herschel Bennett	1	1	1	0	0
Tom Zachary	1	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Warner	5	1	3	0	0	0
Frank O'Rourke	4	1	1	2	0	0
Al Wingo	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Fothergill	4	1	1	1	0	0
Harry Heilmann	4	0	1	1	0	1
Lu Blue	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jackie Tavener	1	0	0	0	2	0
Johnny Bassler	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Holloway	3	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Mullen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Woodall	0	0	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elam Vangilder	7.0	4	3	0
Tom Zachary	1.2	3	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Holloway	7.1	9	0	4
Clyde Barfoot	1.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cedric Durst: 43
Bobby LaMotte: 4/P
George Sisler: 43

Bot 1

Jack Warner: S7
Frank O'Rourke: E1/TH/SH.1-H(NR);B-2
Al Wingo: 53/SH.2-3
Bob Fothergill: D7.3-H(UR)
Harry Heilmann: D7.2-H
Lu Blue: 7/F
Jackie Tavener: 13

Top 2

Ken Williams: 3/G
Marty McManus: 7/F
Baby Doll Jacobson: K

Bot 2

Johnny Bassler: 7/F
Ken Holloway: 63
Jack Warner: S8
Frank O'Rourke: 2

Top 3

Leo Dixon: K
Gene Robertson: S
Elam Vangilder: K
Cedric Durst: 3/G

Bot 3

Al Wingo: 99
Bob Fothergill: 99
Harry Heilmann: 99

Top 4

Bobby LaMotte: K
George Sisler: 99
Ken Williams: 99

Bot 4

Lu Blue: 99
Jackie Tavener: W
Johnny Bassler: 99
Ken Holloway: 99

Top 5

Marty McManus: S/78
Baby Doll Jacobson: 46(1)3/GDP
Leo Dixon: 8/F

Bot 5

Jack Warner: 8/F
Frank O'Rourke: 7/F
Al Wingo: W
Bob Fothergill: 2/FL

Top 6

Gene Robertson: 99
Elam Vangilder: 99
Cedric Durst: 99

Bot 6

Harry Heilmann: 99
Lu Blue: 99
Jackie Tavener: W
Johnny Bassler: 99

Top 7

Bobby LaMotte: S7
George Sisler: D9/3.1-3
Ken Williams: S9.3-H;2-H
Marty McManus: 54(1)3/GDP
Baby Doll Jacobson: 6E3
Leo Dixon: S9/3.1-3
Gene Robertson: 43#

Bot 7

Ken Holloway: 99
Jack Warner: 99
Frank O'Rourke: 99

Top 8

Herschel Bennett: D7
Cedric Durst: S/5/BG.2-3
Bobby LaMotte: 13.1-2
George Sisler: S7.3-H;2-3
Ken Williams: FC4.3-H;1-2
Marty McManus: 8/F
Baby Doll Jacobson: 4(1)/FO#

Bot 8

Al Wingo: 43
Bob Fothergill: 63
Harry Heilmann: K

Top 9

Leo Dixon: 3#
Gene Robertson: 3#
Tom Zachary: 63

Bot 9

Lu Blue: D7
Jackie Tavener: 99/SH.2-3
Billy Mullen: 3/G
Larry Woodall: W
Jack Warner: S1/G.3-3;1-2
Frank O'Rourke: D7.3-H;2-H;1-3

Notes & reviews

Apparently a stalling measure by Cobb.

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