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Washington Senators @ Detroit Tigers

1931-06-24 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 5000 · 2:08

Detroit Tigers defeated Washington Senators 7–5. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 8th. Earl Whitehill earned the win. Ossie Bluege went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	5	13
DET	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		7	8

W: Earl Whitehill L: Lloyd Brown SV: (none)

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

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buddy Myer	4	1	1	0	1	0
Heinie Manush	4	2	3	1	1	0
Joe Cronin	5	0	2	1	0	1
Dave Harris	4	0	2	1	0	0
Sam West	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ossie Bluege	4	1	1	1	0	0
Joe Kuhel	4	0	1	0	0	1
Roy Spencer	4	1	1	0	0	0
Lloyd Brown	3	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Rice	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pinky Hargrave	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Johnson	4	1	1	0	0	2
Hub Walker	3	1	0	0	1	1
Marv Owen	4	2	3	1	0	0
Dale Alexander	4	2	1	2	0	0
John Stone	4	0	0	1	0	1
Mark Koenig	2	0	0	0	1	0
Louis Brower	3	0	1	2	0	1
Ray Hayworth	4	0	2	1	0	1
Earl Whitehill	3	0	0	0	0	0
Marty McManus	0	1	0	0	1	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lloyd Brown	7.1	7	2	6
Bump Hadley	0.2	1	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Whitehill	9.0	13	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Buddy Myer: S
Heinie Manush: CS2(99)
Heinie Manush: D
Joe Cronin: S.2-3
Dave Harris: S4.3-H;1-3(E4);B-2
Sam West: FC.3XH(12);2-3;B-1
Ossie Bluege: CSH(99)

Bot 1

Roy Johnson: S
Hub Walker: 63.1-2
Marv Owen: D.2-H
Dale Alexander: E9/F.2-3;B-2
John Stone: 43.3-H(UR);2-3
Mark Koenig: W
Louis Brower: S.3-H(UR);1-2
Ray Hayworth: 99

Top 2

Ossie Bluege: HR
Joe Kuhel: K
Roy Spencer: 99
Lloyd Brown: 99

Bot 2

Earl Whitehill: 99
Roy Johnson: 99
Hub Walker: K

Top 3

Buddy Myer: 99
Heinie Manush: 99
Joe Cronin: S
Dave Harris: 99

Bot 3

Marv Owen: S/G
Dale Alexander: 99
John Stone: K
Mark Koenig: 99

Top 4

Sam West: 99
Ossie Bluege: 99
Joe Kuhel: 99

Bot 4

Louis Brower: 6/P
Ray Hayworth: S7/L
Earl Whitehill: 99/SH.1-2
Roy Johnson: K

Top 5

Roy Spencer: E5/TH
Lloyd Brown: 99/SH.1-2
Buddy Myer: W
Heinie Manush: S.2-H(UR);1-3
Joe Cronin: 7/F.3-H
Dave Harris: S.1-2
Sam West: 99

Bot 5

Hub Walker: 99
Marv Owen: 99
Dale Alexander: 99

Top 6

Ossie Bluege: 99
Joe Kuhel: S
Roy Spencer: E6.1-2
Lloyd Brown: S.2-3;1-2
Buddy Myer: 3(B)6(1)/DP/BP

Bot 6

John Stone: 99
Mark Koenig: 99
Louis Brower: K

Top 7

Heinie Manush: S/G
Joe Cronin: K
Dave Harris: 99.1-2
Sam West: S8/F.2-H
Ossie Bluege: 99

Bot 7

Ray Hayworth: K
Earl Whitehill: 99
Roy Johnson: K

Top 8

Joe Kuhel: 99
Roy Spencer: S
Lloyd Brown: 99
Buddy Myer: 99

Bot 8

Hub Walker: W
Marv Owen: D7.1-3
Dale Alexander: D8/L.3-H;2-H
John Stone: 43.2-3
Marty McManus: W
Louis Brower: 3/SH.3-H;1-2
Ray Hayworth: S.2-H
Earl Whitehill: 99

Top 9

Heinie Manush: W
Joe Cronin: 99
Harry Rice: 99
Pinky Hargrave: 7/L