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Washington Senators @ Detroit Tigers

1937-07-19 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 7000 · 1:49

Detroit Tigers defeated Washington Senators 8–4. Detroit Tigers put up 5 in the 4th. Boots Poffenberger earned the win. Hank Greenberg went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Boots Poffenberger L: Pete Appleton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Red Ormsby · 2B: (none) · 3B: John Quinn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mel Almada	4	0	1	0	1	0
Buddy Lewis	4	0	0	0	0	1
Cecil Travis	3	2	1	1	0	0
Al Simmons	4	1	2	2	0	1
John Stone	4	0	2	1	0	0
Joe Kuhel	4	0	1	0	0	0
Buddy Myer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Millies	3	1	0	0	1	0
Pete Appleton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wes Ferrell	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ken Chase	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Ferrell	0	0	0	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Fox	5	1	3	1	0	0
Billy Rogell	3	1	1	1	2	0
Charlie Gehringer	5	1	1	1	0	0
Hank Greenberg	5	1	3	4	0	0
Gee Walker	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rudy York	4	1	1	0	1	0
Chet Laabs	5	0	2	1	0	0
Ray Hayworth	4	2	2	0	1	1
Boots Poffenberger	3	1	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Appleton	4.0	7	3	2
Ken Chase	4.0	6	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Boots Poffenberger	9.0	8	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mel Almada: 7
Buddy Lewis: 31
Cecil Travis: S8
Al Simmons: HR/78.1-H
John Stone: 6/P

Bot 1

Pete Fox: D8
Billy Rogell: W
Charlie Gehringer: 8/L.2-3
Hank Greenberg: S7.3-H;1-2
Gee Walker: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Joe Kuhel: 43
Buddy Myer: 63
Wally Millies: 31

Bot 2

Rudy York: S5.B-2(E5/TH)
Chet Laabs: PB.2-3
Chet Laabs: 8.3-H(UR)
Ray Hayworth: K
Boots Poffenberger: 6/P

Top 3

Pete Appleton: 63
Mel Almada: 9
Buddy Lewis: K/C

Bot 3

Pete Fox: D9
Billy Rogell: W
Charlie Gehringer: E5/TH.2-3;1-2
Hank Greenberg: 2/FL
Gee Walker: K
Rudy York: 2/FL

Top 4

Cecil Travis: 7
Al Simmons: 2/P
John Stone: S8
Joe Kuhel: S8.1-3
Buddy Myer: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Chet Laabs: 8
Ray Hayworth: W
Boots Poffenberger: FC2/BG.1-2(E2/TH)
Pete Fox: S8.2-H(UR);1-2
Billy Rogell: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Charlie Gehringer: S8.3-H(UR);1-3
Hank Greenberg: HR/7.3-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Gee Walker: HP
Rudy York: 7

Top 5

Wally Millies: W
Wes Ferrell: S9.1-3
Mel Almada: W.1-2
Buddy Lewis: 2/FL
Cecil Travis: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Al Simmons: K

Bot 5

Chet Laabs: S8
Ray Hayworth: S5.1-2
Boots Poffenberger: 53.2-3;1-2
Pete Fox: 6/P
Billy Rogell: 13

Top 6

John Stone: 43
Joe Kuhel: 6/P
Buddy Myer: 2/FL

Bot 6

Charlie Gehringer: 3/P
Hank Greenberg: S8
Gee Walker: 3/FL
Rudy York: SB2
Rudy York: W
Chet Laabs: 3/P

Top 7

Wally Millies: 63
Ken Chase: 13
Mel Almada: D7
Buddy Lewis: 43

Bot 7

Ray Hayworth: S6
Boots Poffenberger: 13/SH.1-2
Pete Fox: 53
Billy Rogell: D7.2-H
Charlie Gehringer: 63

Top 8

Cecil Travis: HP
Al Simmons: S8.1-2
John Stone: S8.2-H;1-3
Joe Kuhel: 9
Buddy Myer: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Hank Greenberg: 53
Gee Walker: 63
Rudy York: E6/G
Chet Laabs: D7.1-3
Ray Hayworth: 4/P

Top 9

Wally Millies: 63
Rick Ferrell: W
Mel Almada: 46(1)3/GDP