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Philadelphia Athletics @ Chicago White Sox

1938-09-15 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 1000 · 1:52

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Chicago White Sox 1–0. George Caster earned the win.

Line score

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

W: George Caster L: Johnny Rigney SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	5	0	3	0	0	0
Dario Lodigiani	4	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Werber	4	0	0	1	1	0
Nick Etten	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sam Chapman	3	0	0	0	1	3
Skeeter Newsome	4	1	2	0	0	1
Hal Wagner	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Caster	3	0	2	0	1	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Johnny Gerlach	3	0	1	0
Boze Berger	3	0	1	0
Hank Steinbacher	3	0	1	0
Rip Radcliff	4	1	0	0
Merv Connors	3	0	1	0
Larry Rosenthal	4	1	0	0
George Meyer	2	1	1	0
Mike Tresh	2	1	1	0
Johnny Rigney	3	0	0	2
Joe Kuhel	1	0	0	1
Gee Walker	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Caster	9.0	4	6	3

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Rigney	9.0	10	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Wally Moses: 53
Dario Lodigiani: 3/FL
Billy Werber: 9/F

Bot 1

Johnny Gerlach: W
Boze Berger: 46(1)3/GDP
Hank Steinbacher: 7/F

Top 2

Nick Etten: D7/7L
Bob Johnson: 7/F
Sam Chapman: K23
Skeeter Newsome: K/C

Bot 2

Rip Radcliff: S9
Merv Connors: 8
Larry Rosenthal: 3/FL
George Meyer: S6/G.1-2
Mike Tresh: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny Rigney: 3/G

Top 3

Hal Wagner: 8/L
George Caster: S9/89
Wally Moses: S9.1-2
Dario Lodigiani: 2/FL
Billy Werber: 8/L

Bot 3

Johnny Gerlach: 43
Boze Berger: 9/FL
Hank Steinbacher: W
Rip Radcliff: 6/P

Top 4

Nick Etten: E4/TH.B-2
Bob Johnson: 4(B)6(2)/DP
Sam Chapman: K

Bot 4

Merv Connors: W
Larry Rosenthal: 8/F
George Meyer: W.1-2
Mike Tresh: S9.2XH(9252);1-3;B-2
Johnny Rigney: K

Top 5

Skeeter Newsome: S7
Hal Wagner: 6/P
George Caster: 5/FL
Wally Moses: S9.1-3
Dario Lodigiani: HP.1-2
Billy Werber: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Nick Etten: 3/P

Bot 5

Johnny Gerlach: 63
Boze Berger: W
Hank Steinbacher: 8/F
Rip Radcliff: 3/G

Top 6

Bob Johnson: K
Sam Chapman: K
Skeeter Newsome: S6/6M/G
Hal Wagner: SB2
Hal Wagner: 9/F

Bot 6

Merv Connors: 6/P
Larry Rosenthal: S7
George Meyer: 3/FL
Mike Tresh: 3/G

Top 7

George Caster: S7
Wally Moses: 9/F
Dario Lodigiani: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Johnny Rigney: K
Johnny Gerlach: 13
Boze Berger: 6/P

Top 8

Billy Werber: 7
Nick Etten: T9
Bob Johnson: FC1.3XH(125);B-2
Sam Chapman: W
Skeeter Newsome: 7

Bot 8

Hank Steinbacher: 8
Rip Radcliff: 8
Merv Connors: 8

Top 9

Hal Wagner: 4/P
George Caster: W
Wally Moses: S9.1-2
Dario Lodigiani: S7.2-3;1-2
Billy Werber: 12(3)3/GDP

Bot 9

Larry Rosenthal: E4
George Meyer: 34/SH.1-2
Joe Kuhel: K
Gee Walker: 9