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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-06-20 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 16000 · 2:07

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–1. Detroit Tigers put up 5 in the 6th. Tommy Bridges earned the win. Rudy York went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tommy Bridges L: Harry Kelley SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: Charles Johnston · 2B: (none) · 3B: Brick Owens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Fox	4	1	0	0	2	1
Billy Rogell	3	1	0	1	1	0
Charlie Gehringer	6	1	3	1	0	1
Hank Greenberg	3	2	0	1	2	1
Gee Walker	4	0	1	1	1	1
Rudy York	5	1	2	1	0	0
Chet Laabs	5	0	1	1	0	1
Birdie Tebbetts	5	0	1	0	0	1
Tommy Bridges	5	1	2	0	0	3
Flea Clifton	0	1	0	0	2	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	4	1	2	0	0	0
Wally Moses	4	0	2	1	0	0
Billy Werber	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Rothrock	4	0	0	0	0	1
Wayne Ambler	4	0	1	0	0	0
Chubby Dean	4	0	0	0	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	2	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Kelley	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Conroy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Smith	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rusty Peters	0	0	0	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy Bridges	9.0	6	1	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Kelley	6.0	9	5	4
Eddie Smith	3.0	1	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Fox: 63
Billy Rogell: 8
Charlie Gehringer: D7
Hank Greenberg: W
Gee Walker: 3/FL

Bot 1

Lou Finney: 6
Wally Moses: T9
Billy Werber: 4/L
Jack Rothrock: K

Top 2

Rudy York: 8
Chet Laabs: 53
Birdie Tebbetts: S9
Tommy Bridges: K

Bot 2

Wayne Ambler: 63
Chubby Dean: 9
Skeeter Newsome: 9

Top 3

Pete Fox: 9
Billy Rogell: W
Charlie Gehringer: S8.1-3
Hank Greenberg: WP.3-H;1-2
Hank Greenberg: K
Gee Walker: W
Rudy York: 13

Bot 3

Frankie Hayes: S8
Harry Kelley: 64(1)3/GDP
Lou Finney: S8
Wally Moses: D8.1-H
Billy Werber: 143

Top 4

Chet Laabs: K
Birdie Tebbetts: 63
Tommy Bridges: S7
Pete Fox: E6.1-2#
Billy Rogell: 63

Bot 4

Jack Rothrock: 9
Wayne Ambler: 13
Chubby Dean: 9

Top 5

Charlie Gehringer: 9
Hank Greenberg: W
Gee Walker: SB2
Gee Walker: S8.2-H
Rudy York: S8.1-2
Chet Laabs: 2/FL
Birdie Tebbetts: K#

Bot 5

Skeeter Newsome: 6
Frankie Hayes: 63
Harry Kelley: 53

Top 6

Tommy Bridges: D9
Pete Fox: WP.2-3
Pete Fox: W
Billy Rogell: E3.3-H(RBI);1-2
Charlie Gehringer: S9.2-H;1-3#
Hank Greenberg: E6/TH.3-H(RBI);1-H(NR)(UR)
Gee Walker: 9
Rudy York: 7
Chet Laabs: T8.1-H(UR)
Birdie Tebbetts: 3/L

Bot 6

Lou Finney: S8
Wally Moses: 8
Billy Werber: K
Jack Rothrock: 3/G

Top 7

Tommy Bridges: K
Pete Fox: K
Flea Clifton: W
Charlie Gehringer: K

Bot 7

Wayne Ambler: 43
Chubby Dean: 63
Skeeter Newsome: 4

Top 8

Hank Greenberg: 53
Gee Walker: K
Rudy York: HR/7
Chet Laabs: 9

Bot 8

Bill Conroy: 5
Eddie Smith: K
Lou Finney: 7

Top 9

Birdie Tebbetts: 53
Tommy Bridges: K
Pete Fox: W
Flea Clifton: W.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: 7

Bot 9

Wally Moses: 43
Rusty Peters: W
Jack Rothrock: 7
Wayne Ambler: S6.1-2
Chubby Dean: 3/G