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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1939-09-22 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 1000 · 1:55

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 7–5. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 4th. Charlie Wagner earned the win and Emerson Dickman picked up the save. Doc Cramer went 3-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	6
BOS	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	1		7	13

W: Charlie Wagner L: Les McCrabb SV: Emerson Dickman

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: John Quinn · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill McGowan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	4	2	1	1	1	0
Al Brancato	2	0	1	1	1	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	0	1	1	0
Frankie Hayes	3	1	0	0	1	0
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	0	2
Sam Chapman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Fred Chapman	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dario Lodigiani	3	1	0	0	1	0
Les McCrabb	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Collins	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chubby Dean	1	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Gantenbein	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Miles	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Nonnenkamp	5	2	1	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	5	2	3	3	0	0
Ted Williams	4	0	3	1	1	1
Joe Cronin	4	0	3	1	1	0
Bobby Doerr	4	0	0	1	0	0
Lou Finney	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Tabor	4	1	2	0	0	0
Gene Desautels	3	1	1	0	1	0
Charlie Wagner	3	1	0	0	0	0
Emerson Dickman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Les McCrabb	6.0	12	2	1
Chubby Dean	1.1	1	1	0
George Caster	0.2	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Wagner	6.1	5	4	1
Emerson Dickman	2.2	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Wally Moses: 13
Al Brancato: 63
Bob Johnson: 5/L

Bot 1

Red Nonnenkamp: T7
Doc Cramer: S8.3-H
Ted Williams: K
Joe Cronin: S7.1-2
Bobby Doerr: 4/P
Lou Finney: 43

Top 2

Frankie Hayes: 9
Dick Siebert: 3/G
Sam Chapman: 9

Bot 2

Jim Tabor: 2/FL
Gene Desautels: 9
Charlie Wagner: 2/P

Top 3

Fred Chapman: S7
Dario Lodigiani: 9
Les McCrabb: 53/SH.1-2
Wally Moses: S1.2-H
Al Brancato: D9.1-H
Bob Johnson: IW
Frankie Hayes: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Red Nonnenkamp: 5/P/FL
Doc Cramer: 31
Ted Williams: S9
Joe Cronin: S9.1-3
Bobby Doerr: 8

Top 4

Dick Siebert: K/C
Sam Chapman: 63
Fred Chapman: S1
Dario Lodigiani: 5/P/FL

Bot 4

Lou Finney: 3/L
Jim Tabor: S8
Gene Desautels: S8.1-3;B-2(E8)
Charlie Wagner: FC1.3-3;2-2;B-1
Red Nonnenkamp: E4/THH.1-2;2-3;3-H(NR)
Doc Cramer: S8.1-3;2-H(UR);3-H(UR)
Ted Williams: S9.1-3;3-H(UR)
Joe Cronin: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Les McCrabb: 99
Wally Moses: 99
Al Brancato: W
Bob Johnson: 99

Bot 5

Bobby Doerr: 99
Lou Finney: 99
Jim Tabor: S
Gene Desautels: SB2
Gene Desautels: W
Charlie Wagner: 99

Top 6

Frankie Hayes: E5/TH
Dick Siebert: BK.1-2
Dick Siebert: E6.2-3
Sam Chapman: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(UR)
Fred Chapman: 99

Bot 6

Red Nonnenkamp: 99
Doc Cramer: S/BG
Ted Williams: W.1-2
Joe Cronin: D7/7D.1-3;2-H
Bobby Doerr: 99
Lou Finney: 99

Top 7

Dario Lodigiani: W
Eddie Collins: 99
Wally Moses: W.1-2
Chubby Dean: S9.1-3;2-H
Bob Johnson: 7/SF.3-H
Frankie Hayes: W.1-2
Dick Siebert: K

Bot 7

Jim Tabor: 99
Gene Desautels: 99
Emerson Dickman: 99

Top 8

Sam Chapman: S
Fred Chapman: 99
Dario Lodigiani: 99
Joe Gantenbein: 99

Bot 8

Red Nonnenkamp: 99
Doc Cramer: E4
Ted Williams: S8.1-3;B-2(E8)
Joe Cronin: IW
Bobby Doerr: 99/SH.1-2;2-3;3-H
Lou Finney: 99

Top 9

Wally Moses: 99
Dee Miles: 99
Bob Johnson: 99

Notes & reviews

Off Wagner's leg.
All runners were safe when Tabor scrambled safely back to third after being caught in a rundown.
Lodigiani threw wild to home.
Off the wall.
Dickman relieved C. Wagner with a count of 2-0 on Johnson.
Squeeze play.

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