This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Cleveland Guardians @ Chicago White Sox

1931-08-31 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 2000 · 1:59

Cleveland Indians defeated Chicago White Sox 15–5. Cleveland Indians put up 4 in the 5th. Wes Ferrell earned the win. Wes Ferrell went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	0	1	15	15
CHA	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	5	6

W: Wes Ferrell L: Pat Caraway SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Moriarty · 1B: Roy Van Graflan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Guthrie · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Burnett	4	1	2	1	2	1
Johnny Hodapp	5	1	2	1	1	0
Earl Averill	6	2	2	1	0	1
Ed Morgan	3	1	2	2	3	0
Joe Vosmik	5	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Seeds	5	2	2	2	0	1
Luke Sewell	5	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Kamm	3	3	2	1	2	0
Wes Ferrell	4	4	3	5	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	4	0	2	2	1	0
Billy Sullivan	5	0	1	0	0	0
Carl Reynolds	4	2	1	0	1	0
Lew Fonseca	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Watwood	3	0	1	0	2	0
Luke Appling	4	1	1	0	1	0
John Kerr	4	1	0	0	0	1
Frank Grube	3	1	0	0	1	1
Lou Garland	1	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Bowler	2	0	0	1	1	0
Bill Norman	3	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wes Ferrell	9.0	6	7	2

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pat Caraway	0.0	2	1	0
Lou Garland	4.2	9	3	1
Grant Bowler	4.1	4	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Burnett: W
Johnny Hodapp: S9.1-3
Earl Averill: D/89.3-H;1-3
Ed Morgan: S8.3-H;2-H
Joe Vosmik: 46(1)3/GDP
Bob Seeds: 13

Bot 1

Lu Blue: W
Billy Sullivan: 7
Carl Reynolds: 2/FL
Lew Fonseca: 46(1)/FO

Top 2

Luke Sewell: 8
Willie Kamm: W
Wes Ferrell: 54(1)/FO
Johnny Burnett: D/78.1-H
Johnny Hodapp: 63

Bot 2

Johnny Watwood: 8/L
Luke Appling: W
John Kerr: K+SB2
Frank Grube: K/C

Top 3

Earl Averill: S9
Ed Morgan: S9.1-3;B-2(E9)
Joe Vosmik: 53.3-H
Bob Seeds: 63.2-3
Luke Sewell: 13

Bot 3

Lou Garland: 5/FL
Lu Blue: 7/L
Billy Sullivan: 9/L

Top 4

Willie Kamm: S7
Wes Ferrell: 13/SH.1-2
Johnny Burnett: K
Johnny Hodapp: S7.2-H
Earl Averill: 43

Bot 4

Carl Reynolds: D7/7L
Lew Fonseca: E4.2-H(NR)
Johnny Watwood: W.1-2
Luke Appling: 31.2-3;1-2
John Kerr: 3
Frank Grube: 63

Top 5

Ed Morgan: 9
Joe Vosmik: HP
Bob Seeds: HR/7D.1-H
Luke Sewell: 6
Willie Kamm: W
Wes Ferrell: HR/7D.1-H
Johnny Burnett: S/4
Johnny Hodapp: W.1-2
Earl Averill: 9/L

Bot 5

Grant Bowler: 4/L
Lu Blue: 63
Billy Sullivan: S8
Carl Reynolds: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Ed Morgan: W
Joe Vosmik: 8
Bob Seeds: S7.1-2#
Luke Sewell: 5
Willie Kamm: S8.2-H;1-2
Wes Ferrell: HR/7D.2-H;1-H
Johnny Burnett: 7

Bot 6

Bill Norman: 7
Johnny Watwood: W
Luke Appling: S9.1-2
John Kerr: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Frank Grube: 3

Top 7

Johnny Hodapp: 5/FL
Earl Averill: 43
Ed Morgan: W
Joe Vosmik: 5/L

Bot 7

Grant Bowler: 9/L
Lu Blue: S7
Billy Sullivan: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Bob Seeds: K
Luke Sewell: 4
Willie Kamm: 7

Bot 8

Carl Reynolds: W
Bill Norman: 7
Johnny Watwood: 43.1-2
Luke Appling: E6/G.2-3
John Kerr: E9/F.3-H(UR)(NR);1-3
Frank Grube: PB.1-2
Frank Grube: W
Grant Bowler: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Lu Blue: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Billy Sullivan: 43

Top 9

Wes Ferrell: S8
Johnny Burnett: W.1-2
Johnny Hodapp: 53.2-3;1-2
Earl Averill: K
Ed Morgan: WP.3-H;2-3
Ed Morgan: W
Joe Vosmik: 13

Bot 9

Carl Reynolds: 13
Bill Norman: 13
Johnny Watwood: S7
Luke Appling: 8