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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1938-08-26 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 5000 · 2:17

St. Louis Browns defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–4. St. Louis Browns put up 2 in the 6th. Fred Johnson earned the win and Ed Cole picked up the save. Wayne Ambler went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Fred Johnson L: Bud Thomas SV: Ed Cole

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mel Almada	4	1	2	1	1	0
George McQuinn	5	0	1	1	0	1
Buster Mills	5	1	2	0	0	1
Harlond Clift	4	1	1	0	0	0
Beau Bell	4	0	0	1	0	0
Red Kress	4	2	1	1	0	0
Billy Sullivan	4	0	2	0	0	0
Don Heffner	4	1	2	2	0	1
Fred Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Cole	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	4	0	0	1	1	1
Lou Finney	4	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Sperry	4	0	2	0	1	0
Dick Siebert	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	2	2	0	1	0
Billy Werber	3	0	1	0	1	0
Frankie Hayes	2	1	0	0	2	0
Wayne Ambler	3	1	2	3	1	0
Bud Thomas	2	0	0	0	1	0
Lynn Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Johnson	6.1	7	8	0
Ed Cole	2.2	1	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bud Thomas	8.0	11	1	3
Dave Smith	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mel Almada: S7
George McQuinn: D8.1-3
Buster Mills: K/C
Harlond Clift: 2/FL
Beau Bell: 8/F

Bot 1

Wally Moses: 9/L
Lou Finney: 3/G
Stan Sperry: W
Dick Siebert: 7/F

Top 2

Red Kress: S7
Billy Sullivan: S9.1-3
Don Heffner: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)
Fred Johnson: 53

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: S1/BG
Billy Werber: 9/F
Frankie Hayes: CS2(24)
Frankie Hayes: W
Wayne Ambler: 43

Top 3

Mel Almada: 7
George McQuinn: 5/FL
Buster Mills: 43

Bot 3

Bud Thomas: 53
Wally Moses: W
Lou Finney: 23/SH.1-2
Stan Sperry: S3.2-3
Dick Siebert: 43

Top 4

Harlond Clift: 31
Beau Bell: 63
Red Kress: 3/FL

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: S/46
Billy Werber: W.1-2
Frankie Hayes: W.2-3;1-2
Wayne Ambler: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bud Thomas: 12(3)3/GDP.2-3;1-2
Wally Moses: 9/F

Top 5

Billy Sullivan: D9/9D
Don Heffner: K
Fred Johnson: 13
Mel Almada: W
George McQuinn: 31

Bot 5

Lou Finney: 9/F
Stan Sperry: S/46
Dick Siebert: S7.1-2
Bob Johnson: 5/FL
Billy Werber: 5(2)/FO

Top 6

Buster Mills: S7
Harlond Clift: D7.1-3
Beau Bell: 8/F.3-H;2-3
Red Kress: 7/F.3-H
Billy Sullivan: 43

Bot 6

Frankie Hayes: E6/G
Wayne Ambler: T8.1-H(UR)
Bud Thomas: W
Wally Moses: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Lou Finney: 46(1)/FO
Stan Sperry: 43

Top 7

Don Heffner: D8
Fred Johnson: 34/SH.2-3
Mel Almada: S9.3-H
George McQuinn: SB2
George McQuinn: WP.2-3
George McQuinn: 8/F.3-H
Buster Mills: S8
Harlond Clift: 2/P

Bot 7

Dick Siebert: 99
Bob Johnson: W
Billy Werber: S.1-3#
Frankie Hayes: 99
Wayne Ambler: D7.3-H;1XH(72)#

Top 8

Beau Bell: 99
Red Kress: E4
Billy Sullivan: 99
Don Heffner: D7.1-H(UR)
Ed Cole: K

Bot 8

Lynn Nelson: 99
Wally Moses: K
Lou Finney: 99

Top 9

Mel Almada: 99
George McQuinn: K
Buster Mills: 99

Bot 9

Stan Sperry: 99
Dick Siebert: 99
Bob Johnson: 99

Notes & reviews

Billy Sullivan's foul hit coach Ski Melillo on the left leg; he was carried off the field
Reconstructed from here to end of game

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