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Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators

1943-04-29 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 3000 · 1:55

Washington Senators defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–1. Washington Senators put up 4 in the 7th. Mickey Haefner earned the win and Owen Scheetz picked up the save. Bob Johnson went 1-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mickey Haefner L: Roger Wolff SV: Owen Scheetz

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Welaj	4	0	2	1	1	0
Jo-Jo White	5	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Mayo	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Tyack	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Suder	4	0	1	0	0	0
Irv Hall	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bob Swift	3	0	0	0	0	0
Don Black	2	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Skaff	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hal Wagner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Estalella	1	0	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ellis Clary	2	1	1	0	2	0
Gene Moore	4	1	1	1	0	0
Stan Spence	3	1	0	1	1	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	1	3	0	1
Mickey Vernon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Priddy	2	0	1	0	2	0
Jake Early	3	0	1	0	0	0
John Sullivan	3	1	0	0	1	1
Mickey Haefner	0	0	0	0	1	0
George Myatt	0	1	0	0	1	0
Tony Giuliani	1	0	0	0	0	0
Owen Scheetz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Black	6.0	2	5	2
Roger Wolff	2.0	3	3	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mickey Haefner	7.0	5	2	0
Owen Scheetz	2.0	4	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Welaj: 53
Jo-Jo White: 63
Eddie Mayo: 6/P

Bot 1

Ellis Clary: 8/F
Gene Moore: 7/F
Stan Spence: 6/L

Top 2

Jim Tyack: 31
Dick Siebert: 6/P
Pete Suder: 5/L

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: 63
Mickey Vernon: 43
Jerry Priddy: 53

Top 3

Irv Hall: 9/F
Bob Swift: 63
Don Black: S7
Johnny Welaj: 5/P/FL

Bot 3

Jake Early: 3/G
John Sullivan: W
Mickey Haefner: 54/SH.1-2
Ellis Clary: W
Gene Moore: S9.2-H;1-3
Stan Spence: 9/F

Top 4

Jo-Jo White: 3/G
Eddie Mayo: 6/P
Jim Tyack: 53

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: 6/P
Mickey Vernon: 3/G
Jerry Priddy: W
Jake Early: 43

Top 5

Dick Siebert: 13
Pete Suder: S7
Irv Hall: 5/P
Bob Swift: 3/P/FL

Bot 5

John Sullivan: K/C
Mickey Haefner: W
Ellis Clary: D7.1-3
Gene Moore: 13
Stan Spence: 4/P

Top 6

Don Black: 63
Johnny Welaj: W
Jo-Jo White: 36(1)/FO
Eddie Mayo: S4.1-3(E4/TH);B-2
Jim Tyack: 4/L

Bot 6

Bob Johnson: K
Mickey Vernon: 6/P
Jerry Priddy: W
Jake Early: CS2(26)

Top 7

Dick Siebert: E4/G
Pete Suder: 8/F
Irv Hall: S9.1-3
Bob Swift: FC1.3XH(12);1-2;B-1
Don Black: WP.2-3;1-2
Frank Skaff: W
Johnny Welaj: S7.3-H(UR);2XH(72);1-2

Bot 7

Jake Early: D9
John Sullivan: 2/BP
George Myatt: W
Ellis Clary: W.2-3;1-2
Gene Moore: 42(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Stan Spence: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bob Johnson: D8.3-H;2-H;1-H
Mickey Vernon: 43

Top 8

Jo-Jo White: K
Eddie Mayo: D
Jim Tyack: 53
Dick Siebert: 9

Bot 8

Jerry Priddy: S
Tony Giuliani: 43.1-2
John Sullivan: 63.2-3
Owen Scheetz: 13

Top 9

Pete Suder: 13
Irv Hall: S
Hal Wagner: 9
Bobby Estalella: S.1-2
Johnny Welaj: S.2-3;1-2
Jo-Jo White: 7/F