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Philadelphia Athletics @ Detroit Tigers

1931-05-19 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 5000 · 1:28

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 5–0. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. George Earnshaw earned the win. Jimmie Foxx went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: George Earnshaw L: Waite Hoyt SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI
Max Bishop	5	2	2	0
Mule Haas	5	1	2	1
Mickey Cochrane	4	0	0	0
Al Simmons	4	2	3	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	2	3
Bing Miller	4	0	0	0
Jimmy Dykes	4	0	0	0
Joe Boley	4	0	0	0
George Earnshaw	4	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Roy Johnson	4	0	0
Marv Owen	4	0	0
Bill Akers	3	0	1
Dale Alexander	3	0	1
John Stone	3	1	2
Marty McManus	3	0	0
Frank Doljack	3	1	0
Ray Hayworth	3	0	0
Waite Hoyt	2	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	1	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Earnshaw	9.0	2	0	5

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Waite Hoyt	9.0	9	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Bishop: 8/L
Mule Haas: S7
Mickey Cochrane: 9
Al Simmons: S8.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: D9.2-H;1-H
Bing Miller: 63

Bot 1

Roy Johnson: 5/FL
Marv Owen: 2
Bill Akers: K

Top 2

Jimmy Dykes: 3/FL
Joe Boley: 63
George Earnshaw: 2/FL

Bot 2

Dale Alexander: 63
John Stone: S8
Marty McManus: 8
Frank Doljack: S6.1-2
Ray Hayworth: 4/FL

Top 3

Max Bishop: S8
Mule Haas: 3/L
Mickey Cochrane: 3E1.1-H(UR)(NR)
Al Simmons: D8.1-3
Jimmie Foxx: FC.3XH(652);2-3
Bing Miller: 8

Bot 3

Waite Hoyt: 43
Roy Johnson: 7
Marv Owen: 5

Top 4

Jimmy Dykes: 5/L
Joe Boley: 9/L
George Earnshaw: 8/L

Bot 4

Bill Akers: 9
Dale Alexander: K
John Stone: K

Top 5

Max Bishop: 3/L
Mule Haas: 8/L
Mickey Cochrane: 41

Bot 5

Marty McManus: 53
Frank Doljack: 4/L
Ray Hayworth: 63

Top 6

Al Simmons: 6/L
Jimmie Foxx: S8
Bing Miller: 9
Jimmy Dykes: 8

Bot 6

Waite Hoyt: 8/L
Roy Johnson: 3/L
Marv Owen: 9

Top 7

Joe Boley: 8/L
George Earnshaw: 63
Max Bishop: D9
Mule Haas: S9.2-H
Mickey Cochrane: 9

Bot 7

Bill Akers: 8
Dale Alexander: 53
John Stone: K

Top 8

Al Simmons: T8
Jimmie Foxx: 53.3-H
Bing Miller: 8
Jimmy Dykes: 7

Bot 8

Marty McManus: 53
Frank Doljack: 9
Ray Hayworth: 5/FL

Top 9

Joe Boley: 8/L
George Earnshaw: 9/L
Max Bishop: E7
Mule Haas: 8

Bot 9

Charlie Gehringer: K
Roy Johnson: 7
Marv Owen: 8