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Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators

1916-09-01 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 5462 · sunny · 1:54

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Washington Senators 4–1. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 4th. Elmer Myers earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	12
WS1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2

W: Elmer Myers L: Molly Craft SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Silk O'Loughlin · 1B: Dick Nallin · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Witt	5	0	3	0	0	0
Otis Lawry	4	0	0	0	0	1
Amos Strunk	2	1	2	0	1	0
Wally Schang	2	0	0	0	1	1
Stuffy McInnis	4	1	1	0	0	0
Charlie Pick	3	2	2	0	1	0
Charlie Grimm	2	0	0	0	0	2
Val Picinich	4	0	1	1	0	1
Elmer Myers	4	0	2	0	0	1
Lee McElwee	2	0	1	2	0	1

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Joe Leonard	2	0	1	2	0
Eddie Foster	2	0	0	2	0
Clyde Milan	4	0	0	0	2
Elmer Smith	4	0	0	0	2
Howie Shanks	2	1	0	2	0
Joe Judge	2	0	0	1	0
George McBride	3	0	1	0	0
Patsy Gharrity	4	0	0	0	3
Molly Craft	2	0	0	1	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elmer Myers	9.0	2	8	9

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Molly Craft	9.0	12	3	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Witt: S
Otis Lawry: 99/SH.1-2
Amos Strunk: W
Wally Schang: W.2-3;1-2
Stuffy McInnis: 99
Charlie Pick: 99

Bot 1

Joe Leonard: W
Eddie Foster: CS2(24)#
Eddie Foster: 99
Clyde Milan: K

Top 2

Charlie Grimm: K
Val Picinich: 99
Elmer Myers: K

Bot 2

Elmer Smith: K
Howie Shanks: W
Joe Judge: CS2(24)#
Joe Judge: 99

Top 3

Whitey Witt: S
Otis Lawry: SB2
Otis Lawry: 99
Amos Strunk: 99/SH.2-3
Wally Schang: K

Bot 3

George McBride: S
Patsy Gharrity: SB2
Patsy Gharrity: K
Molly Craft: K
Joe Leonard: S7.2XH(72)

Top 4

Stuffy McInnis: S
Charlie Pick: D9/G3L.1-3
Charlie Grimm: K
Val Picinich: S8/G46.3-H;2-H(E8)(NR)(UR)
Elmer Myers: S.1-2
Whitey Witt: 99
Otis Lawry: WP.2-3;1-2
Otis Lawry: K

Bot 4

Eddie Foster: W
Clyde Milan: CS2(24)#
Clyde Milan: K
Elmer Smith: K

Top 5

Amos Strunk: S
Wally Schang: 9/LDP.1X1(93)
Stuffy McInnis: 99

Bot 5

Howie Shanks: W
Joe Judge: E9/F.1-2
George McBride: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Patsy Gharrity: WP.3-H(UR);2-3
Patsy Gharrity: K
Molly Craft: W
Joe Leonard: 13

Top 6

Charlie Pick: S
Charlie Grimm: SB2
Lee McElwee: K
Val Picinich: OA.2X3(99)#
Val Picinich: 99

Bot 6

Eddie Foster: W
Clyde Milan: 99
Elmer Smith: E4/G.1-2
Howie Shanks: 99/G.2-3;1-2
Joe Judge: W
George McBride: 3/G

Top 7

Elmer Myers: S
Whitey Witt: S9.1X3(95)#
Otis Lawry: OA.1X2(99)#
Otis Lawry: 99

Bot 7

Patsy Gharrity: 99
Molly Craft: K23#
Joe Leonard: W
Eddie Foster: CS2(24)#

Top 8

Amos Strunk: S
Wally Schang: 99/SH.1-2
Stuffy McInnis: WP.2-3
Stuffy McInnis: 8/F8S
Charlie Pick: W
Lee McElwee: SB2
Lee McElwee: S/78.3-H;2-H
Val Picinich: K

Bot 8

Eddie Foster: 99
Clyde Milan: 99
Elmer Smith: 99

Top 9

Elmer Myers: 99
Whitey Witt: 99
Otis Lawry: 99

Bot 9

Howie Shanks: 99
Joe Judge: HP
George McBride: 99
Patsy Gharrity: K

Notes & reviews

Major league debut of Molly Craft

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