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Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians

1939-04-22 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 5000 · 2:17

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 2–1. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 1st. Willis Hudlin earned the win and Johnny Humphries picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Willis Hudlin L: Vern Kennedy SV: Johnny Humphries

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	4	0	2	1	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	3	0	0	0	1	0
Hank Greenberg	3	0	2	0	1	0
Rudy York	4	0	1	0	0	2
Pete Fox	4	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Frank Croucher	4	0	0	0	0	1
Vern Kennedy	2	0	1	0	0	0
Les Fleming	1	0	0	0	0	1
Roy Cullenbine	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Webb	2	1	1	0	2	0
Ben Chapman	3	1	0	0	1	0
Earl Averill	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jeff Heath	4	0	2	2	0	1
Hal Trosky	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	3	0	1	0	0	0
Oscar Grimes	3	0	0	0	0	0
Willis Hudlin	2	0	1	0	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	7.0	5	4	4
Archie McKain	1.0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willis Hudlin	7.1	8	1	3
Johnny Humphries	1.2	0	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Barney McCosky: 31
Dixie Walker: S6
Charlie Gehringer: 13.1-2
Hank Greenberg: 63

Bot 1

Skeeter Webb: W
Ben Chapman: W.1-2
Earl Averill: K/C
Jeff Heath: D9.2-H;1-H
Hal Trosky: 8
Ken Keltner: 7/FL

Top 2

Rudy York: K/C
Pete Fox: 63
Billy Rogell: 43

Bot 2

Rollie Hemsley: 53
Oscar Grimes: 53
Willis Hudlin: K

Top 3

Frank Croucher: 53
Vern Kennedy: S7
Barney McCosky: 16(1)/FO
Dixie Walker: 46(1)/FO

Bot 3

Skeeter Webb: E6/TH.B-2
Ben Chapman: FC2/BG.2X3(25)
Earl Averill: 64(1)/FO
Jeff Heath: CS2(26)

Top 4

Charlie Gehringer: 43
Hank Greenberg: S8
Rudy York: S5.1-2
Pete Fox: 13.2-3;1-2
Billy Rogell: 43

Bot 4

Jeff Heath: S8
Hal Trosky: 7
Ken Keltner: 13.1-2
Rollie Hemsley: 7/F78D

Top 5

Frank Croucher: 63
Vern Kennedy: 63
Barney McCosky: 31

Bot 5

Oscar Grimes: 8
Willis Hudlin: W
Skeeter Webb: D/89.1-3
Ben Chapman: 53
Earl Averill: K

Top 6

Dixie Walker: 43
Charlie Gehringer: 3/G
Hank Greenberg: S7.BX2(76)

Bot 6

Jeff Heath: K23
Hal Trosky: 43
Ken Keltner: 5/FL

Top 7

Rudy York: K
Pete Fox: S7
Billy Rogell: 46(1)/FO
Frank Croucher: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Rollie Hemsley: S8
Oscar Grimes: 1(B)3(1)/BP/DP
Willis Hudlin: S7
Skeeter Webb: W.1-2
Ben Chapman: 7

Top 8

Les Fleming: K/C
Barney McCosky: D9
Dixie Walker: S9.2-H
Charlie Gehringer: W.1-2
Hank Greenberg: W.2-3;1-2
Rudy York: 5/FL
Pete Fox: 5

Bot 8

Earl Averill: K/C
Jeff Heath: 3/G
Hal Trosky: 5/FL

Top 9

Billy Rogell: W
Frank Croucher: K
Roy Cullenbine: K+CS2(26)/DP