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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1931-04-25 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 5000 · 1:43

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 3–1. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 8th. Waite Hoyt earned the win. Dale Alexander went 2-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Waite Hoyt L: Dick Coffman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dick Nallin · 1B: Brick Owens · 2B: (none) · 3B: Red Ormsby · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Levey	3	0	0	0	2	0
Jack Burns	3	0	0	0	1	0
Goose Goslin	3	0	1	1	1	0
Red Kress	4	0	1	0	0	0
Fred Schulte	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Jenkins	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ski Melillo	4	0	2	0	0	1
Rick Ferrell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Coffman	3	1	1	0	0	1
Lin Storti	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hub Walker	4	0	1	0	0	1
Roy Johnson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	3	1	1	1	1	0
Dale Alexander	2	1	2	1	2	0
Marty McManus	2	0	0	1	2	1
John Stone	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Owen	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Schang	3	0	1	0	0	0
Waite Hoyt	3	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Coffman	8.0	6	5	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Waite Hoyt	9.0	5	5	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Levey: W
Jack Burns: W.1-2
Goose Goslin: 5/P
Red Kress: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Hub Walker: K
Roy Johnson: 63
Charlie Gehringer: W
Dale Alexander: SB2
Dale Alexander: W
Marty McManus: W.2-3;1-2
John Stone: 7/F

Top 2

Fred Schulte: 9/F
Tom Jenkins: 43
Ski Melillo: S7
Rick Ferrell: CS2(26)

Bot 2

Marv Owen: 63
Wally Schang: S9
Waite Hoyt: 2/FL
Hub Walker: SB2
Hub Walker: S/3.2-3
Roy Johnson: 43

Top 3

Rick Ferrell: 43
Dick Coffman: D8
Jim Levey: E6/G.2-2
Jack Burns: 9/F
Goose Goslin: S9.2-H(UR);1-3
Red Kress: 7/F

Bot 3

Charlie Gehringer: 63
Dale Alexander: HR/7
Marty McManus: W
John Stone: 13/DP.1X3(35)

Top 4

Fred Schulte: K
Tom Jenkins: 53
Ski Melillo: K/C

Bot 4

Marv Owen: 4/P
Wally Schang: 7/7S/F
Waite Hoyt: 8/F

Top 5

Rick Ferrell: E6/G
Dick Coffman: K/C
Jim Levey: W.1-2
Jack Burns: 31.2-3;1-2
Goose Goslin: W
Red Kress: 53

Bot 5

Hub Walker: 4/P
Roy Johnson: 9/F
Charlie Gehringer: 43

Top 6

Fred Schulte: 53
Tom Jenkins: 9/L
Ski Melillo: 53

Bot 6

Dale Alexander: S7
Marty McManus: CS2(24)
Marty McManus: K
John Stone: 4/P

Top 7

Rick Ferrell: 63
Dick Coffman: 6/P
Jim Levey: 7/F

Bot 7

Marv Owen: 43
Wally Schang: 9/F
Waite Hoyt: 3/G

Top 8

Jack Burns: 5/P
Goose Goslin: 9/FL
Red Kress: S5/G
Fred Schulte: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Hub Walker: 3/P
Roy Johnson: S1
Charlie Gehringer: D9.1-H;B-3(E4/TH)
Dale Alexander: IW
Marty McManus: 14(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
John Stone: 43

Top 9

Tom Jenkins: 8/F
Ski Melillo: S9
Rick Ferrell: W.1-2
Lin Storti: 2/FL
Jim Levey: 7/F