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Philadelphia Athletics @ St. Louis Browns

1934-09-16 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 5000 · 1:39

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 2–0. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 6th. Johnny Marcum earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Marcum L: Dick Coffman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou Kolls · 1B: Harry Geisel · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doc Cramer	4	1	0	0	0	0
Dib Williams	4	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	1	2	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	3	0	0	0	1	1
Eric McNair	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Finney	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	2	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Marcum	3	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Harlond Clift	3	0	1	2
Ollie Bejma	4	1	0	1
Jack Burns	4	1	0	0
Ray Pepper	4	1	0	0
Debs Garms	4	0	0	0
Ski Melillo	4	2	0	0
Frank Grube	4	0	0	0
Alan Strange	2	2	1	0
Dick Coffman	1	0	0	0
Bruce Campbell	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Marcum	9.0	7	2	3

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Coffman	7.0	2	1	1
Ivy Andrews	2.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Doc Cramer: 3/P
Dib Williams: 63
Bob Johnson: 63

Bot 1

Harlond Clift: W
Ollie Bejma: K
Jack Burns: S4.1X3(46)
Ray Pepper: S7.1-2
Debs Garms: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Jimmie Foxx: 2/P/FL
Pinky Higgins: K
Eric McNair: 63

Bot 2

Ski Melillo: S1
Frank Grube: 43.1-2
Alan Strange: W
Dick Coffman: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Harlond Clift: K

Top 3

Lou Finney: 1/G
Frankie Hayes: 53
Johnny Marcum: 43

Bot 3

Ollie Bejma: S8
Jack Burns: 9/F
Ray Pepper: 8/F
Debs Garms: 13

Top 4

Doc Cramer: 63
Dib Williams: 7/F
Bob Johnson: 63

Bot 4

Ski Melillo: S8
Frank Grube: 16(1)/FO#
Alan Strange: S7.1X3(75)
Dick Coffman: 2/P/FL

Top 5

Jimmie Foxx: 13
Pinky Higgins: W
Eric McNair: E1/G.1-2
Lou Finney: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Frankie Hayes: 63

Bot 5

Harlond Clift: 5/P/FL
Ollie Bejma: 2/P/FL
Jack Burns: 3/P

Top 6

Johnny Marcum: S9
Doc Cramer: 46(1)/FO.B-3(E6/TH1)#
Dib Williams: E6/P.B-2
Bob Johnson: S9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Jimmie Foxx: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Ray Pepper: 7/F
Debs Garms: 9/F
Ski Melillo: 7/F

Top 7

Pinky Higgins: 3/G
Eric McNair: 53
Lou Finney: 31

Bot 7

Frank Grube: 43
Alan Strange: D7
Bruce Campbell: 3/P
Harlond Clift: K

Top 8

Frankie Hayes: W
Johnny Marcum: 1/BP
Doc Cramer: 8/L
Dib Williams: 5/P

Bot 8

Ollie Bejma: 9/F
Jack Burns: 43
Ray Pepper: 63

Top 9

Bob Johnson: 9/F
Jimmie Foxx: D8
Pinky Higgins: 3/P
Eric McNair: 5/P

Bot 9

Debs Garms: 9/F
Ski Melillo: 5/P
Frank Grube: 31