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Detroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns

1937-08-21 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 1298 · 2:10

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 6–5. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 1st. Slick Coffman earned the win. Charlie Gehringer went 3-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	14
SLA	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	13

W: Slick Coffman L: Oral Hildebrand SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

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

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Boots Poffenberger	1.2	7	1	0
Slick Coffman	7.1	6	1	2

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Oral Hildebrand	9.0	14	5	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gee Walker: W
Pete Fox: FC5.1X2(5E4);B-1
Charlie Gehringer: D7.2-H;1-H(UR)
Hank Greenberg: S7.2-H;B-2(E7)
Rudy York: 63
Chet Laabs: CS3(25)
Chet Laabs: W
Marv Owen: 13

Bot 1

Harry Davis: S9
Sam West: S6.1-2
Joe Vosmik: S7.2-H;1X3(75);B-2
Harlond Clift: 7
Beau Bell: 8

Top 2

Billy Rogell: 5/P
Boots Poffenberger: 63
Gee Walker: S5/BG
Pete Fox: CS2(24)

Bot 2

Bill Knickerbocker: W
Nig Lipscomb: S7/G.1-3;B-2(TH)
Rollie Hemsley: 6/P
Oral Hildebrand: S8.3-H;2-H
Harry Davis: S9.1-2
Sam West: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Joe Vosmik: S7.3-H;1-3
Harlond Clift: 7/L

Top 3

Pete Fox: K
Charlie Gehringer: 43
Hank Greenberg: 8

Bot 3

Beau Bell: 43
Bill Knickerbocker: 2/FL
Nig Lipscomb: 53

Top 4

Rudy York: 7
Chet Laabs: D7
Marv Owen: K/C
Billy Rogell: 43

Bot 4

Rollie Hemsley: 43
Oral Hildebrand: S7
Harry Davis: 36(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH)
Sam West: D9.2-H(UR)
Joe Vosmik: 63

Top 5

Slick Coffman: S9
Gee Walker: 14(1)/FO
Pete Fox: 46(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH)
Charlie Gehringer: D7.2-H
Hank Greenberg: S8.2-H
Rudy York: S8.1-3
Chet Laabs: W.1-2
Marv Owen: 4/P

Bot 5

Harlond Clift: S7
Beau Bell: 54(1)/FO
Bill Knickerbocker: D/89.1-3
Nig Lipscomb: FC6.3XH(62);B-1
Rollie Hemsley: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Billy Rogell: S4
Slick Coffman: K
Gee Walker: HP.1-2
Pete Fox: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Charlie Gehringer: 8

Bot 6

Oral Hildebrand: 9/L
Harry Davis: 6/P
Sam West: W
Joe Vosmik: K

Top 7

Hank Greenberg: 7
Rudy York: D7
Chet Laabs: K
Marv Owen: D7.2-H
Billy Rogell: IW
Slick Coffman: K/C

Bot 7

Harlond Clift: 7
Beau Bell: 53
Bill Knickerbocker: S9
Nig Lipscomb: 5/FL

Top 8

Gee Walker: 99
Pete Fox: S
Charlie Gehringer: S.1-2
Hank Greenberg: 99
Rudy York: 99

Bot 8

Jim Bottomley: 99
Oral Hildebrand: 99
Harry Davis: 99

Top 9

Chet Laabs: S
Marv Owen: SB2
Marv Owen: 8/FDP.2X2(84)
Billy Rogell: W
Slick Coffman: SB2
Slick Coffman: K

Bot 9

Sam West: 99
Joe Vosmik: S
Harlond Clift: 99
Beau Bell: K