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Philadelphia Athletics @ Detroit Tigers

1928-09-21 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 2000 · 1:45

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 9–4. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 5th. Elam Vangilder earned the win. Harry Rice went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Elam Vangilder L: Lefty Grove SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Max Bishop	4	2	0	0	1
Mule Haas	5	0	0	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	5	0	0	0	0
Al Simmons	4	1	2	2	0
Jimmie Foxx	3	1	2	1	1
Bing Miller	4	0	1	0	0
Sammy Hale	3	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Dykes	3	0	1	1	1
Lefty Grove	2	0	0	0	0
Eddie Rommel	1	0	0	0	0
Eddie Collins	1	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Stone	5	3	4	3	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	5	2	1	0	0	0
Harry Rice	4	1	1	4	0	1
Harry Heilmann	4	0	3	1	0	0
Marty McManus	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Fothergill	3	0	2	1	1	0
Jackie Tavener	4	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Woodall	4	0	1	0	0	0
Elam Vangilder	4	2	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	4.1	9	0	0
Eddie Rommel	2.2	4	0	1
Ossie Orwoll	1.0	2	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elam Vangilder	9.0	7	3	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Bishop: 3E1
Mule Haas: 7
Mickey Cochrane: E7/F.1-2
Al Simmons: S9.2-H(UR);1-2
Jimmie Foxx: 5/P
Bing Miller: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

John Stone: 63
Charlie Gehringer: 7
Harry Rice: 3/G

Top 2

Sammy Hale: 13/BG
Jimmy Dykes: 4/P
Lefty Grove: 43

Bot 2

Harry Heilmann: 53
Marty McManus: S7
Bob Fothergill: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Max Bishop: 7
Mule Haas: 9
Mickey Cochrane: 4/P

Bot 3

Jackie Tavener: 9
Larry Woodall: 1/L
Elam Vangilder: 53

Top 4

Al Simmons: 53
Jimmie Foxx: S8
Bing Miller: 64(1)/FO
Sammy Hale: D9.1-3
Jimmy Dykes: IW
Lefty Grove: 13

Bot 4

John Stone: S8
Charlie Gehringer: S8.1-3
Harry Rice: 8
Harry Heilmann: S8.3-H;1-3
Marty McManus: 6/P
Bob Fothergill: S9.3-H;1-3
Jackie Tavener: 46(1)/FO

Top 5

Max Bishop: W
Mule Haas: 2/P
Mickey Cochrane: 4/P
Al Simmons: T.1-H
Jimmie Foxx: S8.3-H
Bing Miller: 8

Bot 5

Larry Woodall: S8
Elam Vangilder: 26(1)/FO
John Stone: S5.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: E1/BG.2-3;1-2;B-1
Harry Rice: HR/9.3-H;2-H;1-H(UR)
Harry Heilmann: S4
Marty McManus: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Sammy Hale: 53
Jimmy Dykes: S9
Eddie Rommel: 46(1)/FO
Max Bishop: 9

Bot 6

Bob Fothergill: S7
Jackie Tavener: S9.1-2
Larry Woodall: PO2(16)
Larry Woodall: 4/P
Elam Vangilder: 8

Top 7

Mule Haas: E7
Mickey Cochrane: 4/P9S
Al Simmons: 1(B)13(1)/LDP

Bot 7

John Stone: S7
Charlie Gehringer: 16(1)/FO/BG
Harry Rice: K
Harry Heilmann: S9.1-3
Marty McManus: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Jimmie Foxx: W
Bing Miller: S5.1-2
Sammy Hale: 9/SF.2-3
Jimmy Dykes: 16(1)/FO.3-H
Eddie Collins: 9

Bot 8

Bob Fothergill: W
Jackie Tavener: 16(1)/FO/BG
Larry Woodall: 43.1-2
Elam Vangilder: S1.2-3
John Stone: HR8/89D/IPHR.3-H;1-H
Charlie Gehringer: 8

Top 9

Max Bishop: 43
Mule Haas: 43
Mickey Cochrane: 4