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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1937-05-28 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 2:05

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 6–5. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 2nd. Elden Auker earned the win. Hank Greenberg went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	10
DET	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		6	11

W: Elden Auker L: Jack Knott SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cal Hubbard · 1B: Bill Dinneen · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Kolls · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Davis	5	2	3	0	0	0
Sam West	5	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Vosmik	4	1	1	2	0	0
Beau Bell	4	0	2	2	0	0
Harlond Clift	4	0	1	1	0	1
Bill Knickerbocker	4	0	2	0	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Carey	4	0	0	0	0	1
Earl Caldwell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Knott	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ethan Allen	0	1	0	0	1	0
Jim Bottomley	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Fox	5	2	2	0	0	1
Billy Rogell	3	0	1	0	1	0
Goose Goslin	3	0	1	2	1	0
Hank Greenberg	4	1	1	2	0	1
Gee Walker	3	1	1	0	1	0
Marv Owen	4	1	1	0	0	0
Gil English	4	0	2	1	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	1	1	0	0
Elden Auker	3	1	1	0	1	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Caldwell	1.2	4	3	0
Jack Knott	4.1	6	0	2
Tommy Thomas	2.0	1	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elden Auker	9.0	10	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Harry Davis: S8/F
Sam West: E8/F.1-3;B-2
Joe Vosmik: D8.3-H;2-H(UR)
Beau Bell: 6/L
Harlond Clift: S8.2-H
Bill Knickerbocker: S9.1-3
Rollie Hemsley: K
Tom Carey: K

Bot 1

Pete Fox: D8
Billy Rogell: 8/F.2-3
Goose Goslin: W
Hank Greenberg: 54(1)/FO.3-H
Gee Walker: W.1-2
Marv Owen: 3/G

Top 2

Earl Caldwell: 5/FL
Harry Davis: D8
Sam West: 3/G.2-3
Joe Vosmik: 63

Bot 2

Gil English: 23
Birdie Tebbetts: 63
Elden Auker: S8
Pete Fox: D7.1-3
Billy Rogell: W
Goose Goslin: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Hank Greenberg: K

Top 3

Beau Bell: S9
Harlond Clift: 54(1)3/GDP
Bill Knickerbocker: 6/FL

Bot 3

Gee Walker: E6
Marv Owen: S9.1-3
Gil English: S7/G.3-H;1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: S8.2-H(UR);1-3
Elden Auker: FC4.3XH(42);1-2
Pete Fox: 7(B)4(2)/DP

Top 4

Rollie Hemsley: 13
Tom Carey: 63
Jack Knott: K

Bot 4

Billy Rogell: 43
Goose Goslin: 9/L
Hank Greenberg: HR/8
Gee Walker: S8.BX2(84)

Top 5

Harry Davis: 4/P
Sam West: S9
Joe Vosmik: 9
Beau Bell: 7/L

Bot 5

Marv Owen: 8/L
Gil English: 3/FL
Birdie Tebbetts: 8

Top 6

Harlond Clift: K
Bill Knickerbocker: S9
Rollie Hemsley: 53.1-2
Tom Carey: 6/P

Bot 6

Elden Auker: K/C
Pete Fox: 8
Billy Rogell: T9
Goose Goslin: 13

Top 7

Ethan Allen: W
Harry Davis: D9.1-3
Sam West: 6/P
Joe Vosmik: 5/FL
Beau Bell: S6/F.3-H;2-H
Harlond Clift: 7

Bot 7

Hank Greenberg: 63
Gee Walker: 63
Marv Owen: 63

Top 8

Bill Knickerbocker: 7/L
Rollie Hemsley: 7/L
Tom Carey: 3/FL

Bot 8

Gil English: S8/G
Birdie Tebbetts: 64(1)3/GDP
Elden Auker: W
Pete Fox: K

Top 9

Jim Bottomley: 8
Harry Davis: 9
Sam West: 53