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Detroit Tigers @ Washington Senators

1941-09-15 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 1500 · 2:11

Washington Senators defeated Detroit Tigers 8–5. Washington Senators put up 3 in the 2nd. Dutch Leonard earned the win. Doc Cramer went 3-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dutch Leonard L: Hal Newhouser SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cal Hubbard · 1B: Harry Geisel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Grieve · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rip Radcliff	5	1	2	1	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	5	0	0	0	0	2
Barney McCosky	2	1	1	1	1	0
Rudy York	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bruce Campbell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pinky Higgins	3	1	1	0	1	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	1	1	0	0	0
Boyd Perry	3	1	1	1	1	0
Hal Newhouser	1	0	0	1	0	0
Dizzy Trout	1	0	0	0	0	0
Schoolboy Rowe	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Wakefield	1	0	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	3	3	1	1	2	0
Doc Cramer	5	2	3	3	0	1
Charlie Letchas	4	0	1	1	1	1
Cecil Travis	4	0	1	3	0	1
Jack Sanford	4	0	1	0	0	1
Roberto Ortiz	4	1	2	0	0	1
Jimmy Bloodworth	2	0	0	0	1	0
Al Evans	3	2	1	0	1	1
Dutch Leonard	3	0	1	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Newhouser	1.2	5	3	1
Dizzy Trout	4.1	3	1	4
Bud Thomas	2.0	3	1	2

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dutch Leonard	9.0	8	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rip Radcliff: S1
Charlie Gehringer: 8/F
Barney McCosky: 13/SH.1-2
Rudy York: 3/P/FL

Bot 1

George Case: W
Doc Cramer: S7.1-2
Charlie Letchas: S9.2-H;1-3
Cecil Travis: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Jack Sanford: 7/F
Roberto Ortiz: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Bruce Campbell: 8/F
Pinky Higgins: D8
Birdie Tebbetts: S6.2-3
Boyd Perry: D7.3-H;1-3
Hal Newhouser: 43.3-H;2-3
Rip Radcliff: 63

Bot 2

Jimmy Bloodworth: 53
Al Evans: S8
Dutch Leonard: K
George Case: W.1-2
Doc Cramer: S3.2-H;1-2
Charlie Letchas: W.2-3;1-2
Cecil Travis: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Jack Sanford: 46(1)/FO

Top 3

Charlie Gehringer: K
Barney McCosky: 8/L
Rudy York: 2/P/FL

Bot 3

Roberto Ortiz: S9
Jimmy Bloodworth: 13.1-2
Al Evans: 13
Dutch Leonard: 13

Top 4

Bruce Campbell: 9/F
Pinky Higgins: W
Birdie Tebbetts: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

George Case: 6/L
Doc Cramer: K
Charlie Letchas: 43

Top 5

Boyd Perry: 43
Dizzy Trout: 13
Rip Radcliff: 7/F

Bot 5

Cecil Travis: K23
Jack Sanford: S9
Roberto Ortiz: K
Jimmy Bloodworth: W.1-2
Al Evans: K/C

Top 6

Charlie Gehringer: K/C
Barney McCosky: W
Rudy York: 9/F
Bruce Campbell: 3/G

Bot 6

Dutch Leonard: S8
George Case: 64(1)/FO
Doc Cramer: CS2(24)
Doc Cramer: 63

Top 7

Pinky Higgins: 7/F
Birdie Tebbetts: 43
Boyd Perry: E6/G
Schoolboy Rowe: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Charlie Letchas: K
Cecil Travis: 8/F
Jack Sanford: K

Top 8

Rip Radcliff: S9.B-2(E9/TH1)
Charlie Gehringer: 43.2-3
Barney McCosky: S8.3-H
Rudy York: T8.1-H
Bruce Campbell: K
Pinky Higgins: 13

Bot 8

Roberto Ortiz: S7
Jimmy Bloodworth: 13/SH.1-2
Al Evans: W
Dutch Leonard: 3/BG/SH.2-3;1-2
George Case: S5.3-H;2-3
Doc Cramer: D8.3-H;1-H
Charlie Letchas: 53

Top 9

Birdie Tebbetts: 8/F
Boyd Perry: W
Dick Wakefield: PB.1-2
Dick Wakefield: S7.2-3
Rip Radcliff: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Charlie Gehringer: 9/F

Notes & reviews

Tiger manager Baker was ejected by Umpire Hubbard for arguing call at 1B

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