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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-05-20 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 6662 · 1:50

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 3–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 1st. Roxie Lawson earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Roxie Lawson L: Eddie Smith SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: Lou Kolls · 2B: (none) · 3B: Steve Basil · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo White	3	1	1	0	2	1
Mickey Cochrane	4	1	1	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hank Greenberg	4	0	1	2	0	0
Gee Walker	3	1	2	0	0	1
Pete Fox	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	4	0	2	1	0	0
Gil English	3	0	1	0	1	0
Roxie Lawson	4	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	5	1	2	0	0	0
Billy Werber	5	0	2	0	0	0
Wally Moses	4	0	1	0	1	2
Bob Johnson	2	1	0	1	3	0
Chubby Dean	2	0	0	0	2	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Cissell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Smith	4	0	1	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roxie Lawson	9.0	7	7	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Smith	9.0	8	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jo-Jo White: W
Mickey Cochrane: S4.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: K
Hank Greenberg: T8.1-H;2-H
Gee Walker: K
Pete Fox: 5/FL

Bot 1

Lou Finney: 7
Billy Werber: S8
Wally Moses: 9
Bob Johnson: W.1-2
Chubby Dean: 43

Top 2

Billy Rogell: 2
Gil English: W
Roxie Lawson: K
Jo-Jo White: W.1-2
Mickey Cochrane: 5/FL

Bot 2

Frankie Hayes: 9/L
Skeeter Newsome: 7
Bill Cissell: W
Eddie Smith: 43

Top 3

Charlie Gehringer: 43
Hank Greenberg: 63
Gee Walker: S8
Pete Fox: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Lou Finney: 2/FL
Billy Werber: 8/L
Wally Moses: W
Bob Johnson: W.1-2
Chubby Dean: 7

Top 4

Billy Rogell: S7
Gil English: 54(1)3/GDP
Roxie Lawson: 8

Bot 4

Frankie Hayes: 2/FL
Skeeter Newsome: 7/L
Bill Cissell: 43

Top 5

Jo-Jo White: K
Mickey Cochrane: 9
Charlie Gehringer: 43

Bot 5

Eddie Smith: 9
Lou Finney: S9
Billy Werber: S9.1-3
Wally Moses: PO1(13)
Wally Moses: K23

Top 6

Hank Greenberg: 63
Gee Walker: S7
Pete Fox: 4
Billy Rogell: D7.1-H
Gil English: 3/FL

Bot 6

Bob Johnson: W
Chubby Dean: W.1-2
Frankie Hayes: 3/FL
Skeeter Newsome: S8.1-2;2-H
Bill Cissell: 9
Eddie Smith: K

Top 7

Roxie Lawson: 9
Jo-Jo White: S9
Mickey Cochrane: 43.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: 43

Bot 7

Lou Finney: S7
Billy Werber: 3/FL
Wally Moses: S9.1-3
Bob Johnson: SB2#
Bob Johnson: 7/F.3-H
Chubby Dean: W
Frankie Hayes: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Hank Greenberg: 53
Gee Walker: HP
Pete Fox: CS2(24)
Pete Fox: 9

Bot 8

Skeeter Newsome: 6
Bill Cissell: 9
Eddie Smith: S7
Lou Finney: 7

Top 9

Billy Rogell: 7
Gil English: S8
Roxie Lawson: 53.1-2
Jo-Jo White: 43

Bot 9

Billy Werber: 7
Wally Moses: K
Bob Johnson: 4