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St. Louis Browns @ Washington Senators

1939-09-14 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 700 · 1:43

Washington Senators defeated St. Louis Browns 5–1. Washington Senators put up 3 in the 7th. Dutch Leonard earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
WS1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		5	11

W: Dutch Leonard L: Bill Trotter SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Kolls · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Heffner	3	0	1	0	1	0
Billy Sullivan	4	1	1	0	0	0
George McQuinn	4	0	1	0	0	0
Chet Laabs	4	0	1	0	0	2
Harlond Clift	4	0	1	1	0	1
Joe Gallagher	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sam Harshaney	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Christman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Trotter	2	0	0	0	1	1

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Welaj	5	0	0	0	0	4
Buddy Lewis	5	1	3	0	0	0
Sam West	3	1	2	0	0	0
Taffy Wright	4	1	1	0	0	0
Cecil Travis	3	1	2	0	1	0
Morrie Aderholt	4	1	1	2	0	0
Mickey Vernon	3	0	2	2	1	0
Rick Ferrell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dutch Leonard	3	0	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Trotter	8.0	11	4	4

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dutch Leonard	9.0	6	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Heffner: W
Billy Sullivan: 36(1)/FO
George McQuinn: S.1-3
Chet Laabs: 7
Harlond Clift: S7.3-H;1-2
Joe Gallagher: 8

Bot 1

Johnny Welaj: K
Buddy Lewis: S
Sam West: 53.1-2
Taffy Wright: 9

Top 2

Sam Harshaney: 53
Mark Christman: 7
Bill Trotter: W
Don Heffner: 9

Bot 2

Cecil Travis: S8/F8S
Morrie Aderholt: 36(1)/FO
Mickey Vernon: D.1-3
Rick Ferrell: 9/F9S
Dutch Leonard: 8

Top 3

Billy Sullivan: 8
George McQuinn: 13
Chet Laabs: K

Bot 3

Johnny Welaj: K
Buddy Lewis: S
Sam West: S.1-3
Taffy Wright: 7(B)2(3)/LDP

Top 4

Harlond Clift: 53
Joe Gallagher: S
Sam Harshaney: 64(1)/FO
Mark Christman: 4/P

Bot 4

Cecil Travis: D7/L7D.BX3(765)
Morrie Aderholt: 7
Mickey Vernon: W
Rick Ferrell: 8

Top 5

Bill Trotter: 3/G
Don Heffner: S8
Billy Sullivan: S.1-3
George McQuinn: 16(1)3/GDP/G1S

Bot 5

Dutch Leonard: 23
Johnny Welaj: K
Buddy Lewis: 63

Top 6

Chet Laabs: K
Harlond Clift: K
Joe Gallagher: 3

Bot 6

Sam West: D8
Taffy Wright: S5/BG5S.2-3
Cecil Travis: PB.1-2
Cecil Travis: FC5.3XH(52E5)(NR);2-3;B-1
Morrie Aderholt: 43.3-H(UR);1-2
Mickey Vernon: 43.2-3
Rick Ferrell: W
Dutch Leonard: W.1-2
Johnny Welaj: K

Top 7

Sam Harshaney: 4/P
Mark Christman: 7
Bill Trotter: K

Bot 7

Buddy Lewis: D
Sam West: 13/SH.2-3
Taffy Wright: 9
Cecil Travis: W
Morrie Aderholt: S.3-H;1-2
Mickey Vernon: D.2-H;1-H
Rick Ferrell: 7

Top 8

Don Heffner: 9
Billy Sullivan: 9
George McQuinn: 8

Bot 8

Dutch Leonard: 43
Johnny Welaj: 6/P
Buddy Lewis: 43

Top 9

Chet Laabs: S
Harlond Clift: 6/P
Joe Gallagher: 9/F9S
Sam Harshaney: 46(1)/FO