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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1942-08-30 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 12000 · 1:45

Washington Senators defeated Cleveland Indians 2–0. Dutch Leonard earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Dutch Leonard L: Mel Harder SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: Ernie Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: Steve Basil · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Oris Hockett	4	1	0	0
Roy Weatherly	4	2	0	0
Ken Keltner	3	0	0	0
Les Fleming	3	0	1	1
Jeff Heath	4	1	0	0
Lou Boudreau	3	0	0	0
Ray Mack	3	0	0	0
Jim Hegan	2	0	0	0
Mel Harder	2	1	0	1
Otto Denning	1	0	0	0
Chubby Dean	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
George Case	3	1	0	0	1
Stan Spence	4	0	0	0	0
Bruce Campbell	4	1	1	0	0
Mickey Vernon	3	0	1	0	1
Ray Hoffman	3	0	1	1	0
John Sullivan	3	0	0	0	0
Frank Croucher	3	0	1	0	0
Al Evans	3	0	1	0	0
Dutch Leonard	2	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	7.0	5	3	0
Vern Kennedy	1.0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dutch Leonard	9.0	5	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Oris Hockett: S
Roy Weatherly: PB.1-2
Roy Weatherly: 99
Ken Keltner: 99
Les Fleming: K

Bot 1

George Case: W
Stan Spence: 99/FL
Bruce Campbell: SB2
Bruce Campbell: 99/F
Mickey Vernon: S1.2-H(E1/TH)(NR)(UR);B-2
Ray Hoffman: 99

Top 2

Jeff Heath: 99
Lou Boudreau: 99
Ray Mack: 99

Bot 2

John Sullivan: 99
Frank Croucher: S
Al Evans: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Jim Hegan: 99
Mel Harder: S
Oris Hockett: 99
Roy Weatherly: 99

Bot 3

Dutch Leonard: W
George Case: 99
Stan Spence: 99
Bruce Campbell: 99

Top 4

Ken Keltner: 99
Les Fleming: W
Jeff Heath: 99
Lou Boudreau: 99

Bot 4

Mickey Vernon: 99
Ray Hoffman: 99
John Sullivan: 99

Top 5

Ray Mack: 13/BG
Jim Hegan: 13/BG
Mel Harder: K

Bot 5

Frank Croucher: 99
Al Evans: S
Dutch Leonard: 26(1)3/BG/GDP

Top 6

Oris Hockett: 99
Roy Weatherly: S
Ken Keltner: CS2(99)
Ken Keltner: 99

Bot 6

George Case: 99
Stan Spence: 99
Bruce Campbell: D9
Mickey Vernon: W
Ray Hoffman: S9.2-H;1-2
John Sullivan: 99

Top 7

Les Fleming: 99
Jeff Heath: S
Lou Boudreau: 99
Ray Mack: 99

Bot 7

Frank Croucher: E5
Al Evans: 99
Dutch Leonard: 99
George Case: 99

Top 8

Otto Denning: 99
Chubby Dean: 99
Oris Hockett: 99

Bot 8

Stan Spence: 99
Bruce Campbell: 99
Mickey Vernon: 99

Top 9

Roy Weatherly: S8
Ken Keltner: 3/SH.1-2
Les Fleming: 99/P
Jeff Heath: 8

Notes & reviews

Major League debut for Ray Hoffman

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