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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1938-09-27 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 2:10

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 5–4. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 1st. Roxie Lawson earned the win. Dixie Walker went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	12
DET	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1		5	7

W: Roxie Lawson L: Fred Johnson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cal Hubbard · 1B: Eddie Rommel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Kolls · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mel Almada	4	0	1	0	1	0
George McQuinn	4	0	1	0	1	0
Mel Mazzera	5	1	1	0	0	1
Harlond Clift	4	1	1	0	1	1
Joe Grace	5	1	2	0	0	0
Red Kress	5	0	1	1	0	1
Billy Sullivan	2	1	2	2	2	0
Don Heffner	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Walkup	3	0	2	0	0	0
Beau Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chet Morgan	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	5	2	2	1	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	2	1	0	0	2	0
Hank Greenberg	1	0	1	1	3	0
Pete Fox	4	0	2	1	0	0
Billy Rogell	3	1	0	0	1	1
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Christman	3	1	1	1	1	0
Al Benton	2	0	0	0	0	1
Roxie Lawson	2	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Walkup	7.0	6	5	2
Fred Johnson	1.0	1	2	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Benton	5.2	9	2	1
Roxie Lawson	3.1	3	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mel Almada: 6/P
George McQuinn: S5
Mel Mazzera: 46(1)/FO
Harlond Clift: PB.1-2
Harlond Clift: K/C

Bot 1

Chet Morgan: 7
Dixie Walker: S5/BG
Charlie Gehringer: OA.1X2(2E6)
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: S8.2-H;1-3
Pete Fox: S5/BG.3-H;1-2
Billy Rogell: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: 7

Top 2

Joe Grace: S7
Red Kress: 43.1-2
Billy Sullivan: W
Don Heffner: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Mark Christman: HR8/IPHR
Al Benton: K
Chet Morgan: 7/FL
Dixie Walker: HR/9
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: PO1(E2).1-2
Hank Greenberg: W
Pete Fox: 13

Top 3

Jim Walkup: 63
Mel Almada: 5/L
George McQuinn: 43

Bot 3

Billy Rogell: K
Birdie Tebbetts: 2/FL
Mark Christman: 9

Top 4

Mel Mazzera: S9
Harlond Clift: S7.1-2
Joe Grace: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Red Kress: S9.3-H;1-2
Billy Sullivan: S9.2-H;1-3
Don Heffner: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Al Benton: 43
Chet Morgan: 63
Dixie Walker: 9

Top 5

Jim Walkup: S8
Mel Almada: 7
George McQuinn: 146(1)/FO
Mel Mazzera: 43

Bot 5

Charlie Gehringer: 3/G
Hank Greenberg: W
Pete Fox: S1.1-2
Billy Rogell: 6/P
Birdie Tebbetts: 3/G

Top 6

Harlond Clift: W
Joe Grace: 3/G.1-2
Red Kress: 53
Billy Sullivan: S9.2-H
Don Heffner: SB2
Don Heffner: S8.2-H
Jim Walkup: S8.1-2
Mel Almada: W.2-3;1-2
George McQuinn: 9

Bot 6

Mark Christman: 5/FL
Roxie Lawson: 43
Chet Morgan: 13

Top 7

Mel Mazzera: K/C
Harlond Clift: 3/P
Joe Grace: S8
Red Kress: K/C

Bot 7

Dixie Walker: 8
Charlie Gehringer: 9
Hank Greenberg: W
Pete Fox: 54(1)/FO

Top 8

Billy Sullivan: W
Don Heffner: 14/SH.1-2
Beau Bell: 9
Mel Almada: S4.2-3
George McQuinn: W.1-2
Mel Mazzera: 43

Bot 8

Billy Rogell: W
Birdie Tebbetts: SB2
Birdie Tebbetts: S1/BG.2-H(E1/TH1)(NR)(UR);B-3
Mark Christman: W
Roxie Lawson: FC6.3XH(62);1-2;B-1
Chet Morgan: 6/P
Dixie Walker: 9

Top 9

Harlond Clift: 2/P
Joe Grace: 4/L
Red Kress: 4/P