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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-08-08 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:12

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 5–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. Harry Kelley earned the win. Bob Johnson went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Harry Kelley L: Jim Walkup SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Summers · 1B: Steve Basil · 2B: (none) · 3B: Harry Geisel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Knickerbocker	5	1	1	0	0	0
Sam West	5	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Vosmik	5	1	2	0	0	0
Harlond Clift	4	1	2	0	1	1
Beau Bell	5	0	2	3	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	4	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Davis	1	0	0	0	3	0
Tom Carey	4	0	2	0	0	0
Oral Hildebrand	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Walkup	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	5	1	1	1	0	0
Chubby Dean	5	2	2	0	0	0
Billy Werber	2	1	2	1	3	0
Bob Johnson	3	1	1	3	1	0
Jesse Hill	2	0	1	0	2	1
Rusty Peters	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ace Parker	2	0	0	0	0	0
Earle Brucker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Buck Ross	2	0	0	0	0	1
Lynn Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Finney	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Rothrock	0	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Kelley	1	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Oral Hildebrand	5.1	3	5	2
Jim Walkup	3.1	5	2	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	7.0	9	3	2
Harry Kelley	2.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Knickerbocker: E6/TH
Sam West: S8.1-2
Joe Vosmik: S6.1-2;2-H(NR)(E6/TH)(UR)
Harlond Clift: W.2-3;1-2
Beau Bell: S7.1-2;2-H;3-H
Rollie Hemsley: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Harry Davis: W
Tom Carey: 4/P

Bot 1

Wally Moses: HR/9
Chubby Dean: S8
Billy Werber: S8.1-3
Bob Johnson: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)
Jesse Hill: W
Rusty Peters: SB2
Rusty Peters: 43

Top 2

Oral Hildebrand: 7
Bill Knickerbocker: S7
Sam West: 16(1)/FO
Joe Vosmik: WP.1-2
Joe Vosmik: S8.2-3
Harlond Clift: K

Bot 2

Ace Parker: 8
Earle Brucker: 9
Buck Ross: K

Top 3

Beau Bell: 53
Rollie Hemsley: K
Harry Davis: W
Tom Carey: CS2(26)

Bot 3

Wally Moses: 43
Chubby Dean: 9
Billy Werber: W
Bob Johnson: SB2
Bob Johnson: 13

Top 4

Tom Carey: D7
Oral Hildebrand: 53/SH.2-3
Bill Knickerbocker: 53
Sam West: 43

Bot 4

Jesse Hill: K
Rusty Peters: 43
Ace Parker: 6/L

Top 5

Joe Vosmik: 6/L
Harlond Clift: S6
Beau Bell: D7.1-H
Rollie Hemsley: 9
Harry Davis: 7

Bot 5

Earle Brucker: 43
Buck Ross: 3/P
Wally Moses: 43

Top 6

Tom Carey: D8
Oral Hildebrand: 54/SH.2-3
Bill Knickerbocker: 13
Sam West: 7

Bot 6

Chubby Dean: 8
Billy Werber: W
Bob Johnson: SB2
Bob Johnson: W
Jesse Hill: W.2-3;1-2
Rusty Peters: 3
Lynn Nelson: 63

Top 7

Joe Vosmik: 3/L
Harlond Clift: 8
Beau Bell: 43

Bot 7

Earle Brucker: 53
Lou Finney: 43
Wally Moses: 7

Top 8

Rollie Hemsley: 6/L
Harry Davis: W
Tom Carey: 54(1)/FO
Jim Walkup: 8

Bot 8

Chubby Dean: 43
Billy Werber: W
Bob Johnson: HR/7.1-H
Jesse Hill: D8
Rusty Peters: 6
Jack Rothrock: IW
Earle Brucker: 63

Top 9

Bill Knickerbocker: 7/L
Sam West: S8
Joe Vosmik: 3/P
Harlond Clift: S7.1-2
Beau Bell: 9

Bot 9

Harry Kelley: S7
Wally Moses: 36(1)/FO
Chubby Dean: CS2(26)
Chubby Dean: S8
Billy Werber: D7.1-H