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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1930-09-26 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 5000 · 1:53

Philadelphia Athletics defeated New York Yankees 7–6. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. Eddie Rommel earned the win. Al Simmons went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Eddie Rommel L: Frank Barnes SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dick Nallin · 1B: Bill Dinneen · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bick Campbell · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Samuel Byrd	3	1	1	2	2	1
Jimmie Reese	5	0	1	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lou Gehrig	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ben Chapman	3	1	0	0	1	0
Dusty Cooke	4	2	2	0	0	0
Arndt Jorgens	2	1	1	0	0	0
Yats Wuestling	3	1	1	0	1	1
Frank Barnes	3	0	0	1	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Bishop	2	2	1	0	1	1
Jimmy Dykes	3	1	1	2	1	0
Wally Schang	4	2	1	1	1	0
Al Simmons	4	0	2	3	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bing Miller	4	0	0	1	0	0
Mule Haas	2	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Boley	1	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Perkins	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Moore	3	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Rommel	1	1	1	0	1	0
Dib Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0
Eric McNair	2	1	1	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	0	0	0	0	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Barnes	8.1	8	8	2
George Pipgras	0.0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Perkins	4.0	4	3	2
Eddie Rommel	5.0	3	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Samuel Byrd: W
Jimmie Reese: S7.1-2
Babe Ruth: 8/SF.2-3
Lou Gehrig: K
Ben Chapman: WP.3-H
Ben Chapman: 8

Bot 1

Max Bishop: W
Jimmy Dykes: W.1-2
Wally Schang: W.2-3;1-2
Al Simmons: 9/SF.3-H
Jimmie Foxx: W.2-3;1-2
Bing Miller: 54(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Mule Haas: 13

Top 2

Dusty Cooke: D/78
Arndt Jorgens: 8/SF.2-3
Yats Wuestling: 7/F.3XH(7E2)(NR)(UR)
Frank Barnes: 5/FL

Bot 2

Joe Boley: 8
Charlie Perkins: K
Max Bishop: K/C

Top 3

Samuel Byrd: K
Jimmie Reese: 8
Babe Ruth: D/89
Lou Gehrig: 43

Bot 3

Jimmy Dykes: 43
Wally Schang: 13
Al Simmons: 63

Top 4

Ben Chapman: W
Dusty Cooke: S7.1-2
Arndt Jorgens: 23/SH.2-3;1-2
Yats Wuestling: W
Frank Barnes: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Samuel Byrd: WP.3-H
Samuel Byrd: 4/P

Bot 4

Jimmie Foxx: 4/P
Bing Miller: 2/FL
Mule Haas: S9
Joe Boley: W.1-2
Jimmy Moore: 8

Top 5

Jimmie Reese: 13
Babe Ruth: 13
Lou Gehrig: W
Ben Chapman: 6/7

Bot 5

Max Bishop: S8
Jimmy Dykes: 43.1-2
Wally Schang: D9.2-H
Al Simmons: S7.2-H
Jimmie Foxx: W.1-2
Bing Miller: CS3(15).1-2
Bing Miller: 13

Top 6

Dusty Cooke: 63
Arndt Jorgens: S7
Yats Wuestling: S1.1-2
Frank Barnes: W.2-3;1-2
Samuel Byrd: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Jimmie Reese: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Eddie Rommel: S8
Dib Williams: 2/FL
Jimmy Moore: 8
Eric McNair: D9.1-3
Jimmy Dykes: D7.3-H;2-H
Wally Schang: 8

Top 7

Babe Ruth: 7
Lou Gehrig: 6/P
Ben Chapman: 31

Bot 7

Al Simmons: 8/L
Jimmie Foxx: 8/L
Bing Miller: 4/8

Top 8

Dusty Cooke: 6/P
Arndt Jorgens: 6/P
Yats Wuestling: K/C

Bot 8

Eddie Rommel: W
Dib Williams: 2/FL
Jimmy Moore: D7.1-3
Eric McNair: FC6.3XH(62);2-3;B-2
Pinky Higgins: CSH(2)

Top 9

Frank Barnes: 23/BG
Samuel Byrd: W
Jimmie Reese: 36(1)/FO
Babe Ruth: 53

Bot 9

Pinky Higgins: W
Wally Schang: 16(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH)
Al Simmons: D7.2-H

Notes & reviews

Frank Barnes first 13 pitches are balls
Babe Ruth's fly hit a radio speaker horn in right-center and caromed back onto the field; that speaker was out of play and the ball should have been ruled a home run; this is the second time this had happened to Ruth in 1930

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