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Chicago White Sox @ Cleveland Guardians

1939-04-24 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 2500 · 2:40

Chicago White Sox defeated Cleveland Indians 9–3. Chicago White Sox put up 3 in the 2nd. Thornton Lee earned the win. Gee Walker went 4-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Thornton Lee L: Johnny Humphries SV: (none)

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

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marv Owen	3	1	1	1	0	0
Joe Kuhel	4	0	1	0	1	0
Gee Walker	5	2	4	2	1	0
Luke Appling	3	1	1	1	3	0
Eric McNair	4	1	2	1	1	0
Hank Steinbacher	2	1	0	0	3	0
Mike Kreevich	3	1	0	1	2	0
Ken Silvestri	3	1	0	0	2	1
Thornton Lee	3	1	1	1	2	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Webb	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ben Chapman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Earl Averill	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Heath	4	2	2	0	0	0
Hal Trosky	3	1	1	1	1	0
Ken Keltner	4	0	2	1	0	1
Frankie Pytlak	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Shilling	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Drake	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Odell Hale	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Thornton Lee	9.0	8	3	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Humphries	1.1	1	5	0
Tom Drake	5.1	7	10	0
Johnny Allen	2.1	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Marv Owen: HP
Joe Kuhel: CS2(26)
Joe Kuhel: 8/F
Gee Walker: D7
Luke Appling: W
Eric McNair: PO2(145)

Bot 1

Skeeter Webb: 63
Ben Chapman: 53
Earl Averill: K

Top 2

Eric McNair: W
Hank Steinbacher: W.1-2
Mike Kreevich: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Ken Silvestri: W.2-3;1-2
Thornton Lee: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Marv Owen: 8/SF.3-H
Joe Kuhel: W.2-3;1-2
Gee Walker: S8.3-H;2-3;1-2
Luke Appling: 9/L

Bot 2

Jeff Heath: S8
Hal Trosky: W.1-2
Ken Keltner: PO1(13)
Ken Keltner: K+E2.2-H(NR)(UR);B-1
Frankie Pytlak: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Eric McNair: 63
Hank Steinbacher: 6/P
Mike Kreevich: W
Ken Silvestri: W.1-2
Thornton Lee: W.2-3;1-2
Marv Owen: 2/P

Bot 3

Jim Shilling: S8
Tom Drake: 13/SH.1-2
Skeeter Webb: 7/F
Ben Chapman: W
Earl Averill: 43

Top 4

Joe Kuhel: S8
Gee Walker: 46(1)3/GDP
Luke Appling: W
Eric McNair: S8.1-2
Hank Steinbacher: PO2(E1).2-H(E8)(UR);1-H(UR)
Hank Steinbacher: W
Mike Kreevich: 43

Bot 4

Jeff Heath: 13
Hal Trosky: 5/FL
Ken Keltner: S7
Frankie Pytlak: S8.1-2
Jim Shilling: 9/F

Top 5

Ken Silvestri: 3/G
Thornton Lee: 3/G
Marv Owen: 63

Bot 5

Tom Drake: 43
Skeeter Webb: 8/F
Ben Chapman: 9/F

Top 6

Joe Kuhel: 3/P
Gee Walker: S7
Luke Appling: W.1-2
Eric McNair: 8/F
Hank Steinbacher: W.2-3;1-2
Mike Kreevich: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ken Silvestri: 3/G

Bot 6

Earl Averill: 8/F
Jeff Heath: S9
Hal Trosky: D8.1-H
Ken Keltner: S9.2-H
Frankie Pytlak: 2/FL
Jim Shilling: 63

Top 7

Thornton Lee: S8
Marv Owen: 14/SH.1-2
Joe Kuhel: 43/SH.2-3
Gee Walker: W
Luke Appling: S9.3-H;1-3
Eric McNair: S7.3-H;1-3
Hank Steinbacher: 8/F

Bot 7

Johnny Allen: 8/F
Skeeter Webb: W
Ben Chapman: 43.1-2
Earl Averill: 43

Top 8

Mike Kreevich: 2/FL
Ken Silvestri: K
Thornton Lee: 2/FL

Bot 8

Jeff Heath: 7/F
Hal Trosky: 7/F
Ken Keltner: 63

Top 9

Marv Owen: D7
Joe Kuhel: 53.2-3
Gee Walker: S7.3-H;B-2(E7)
Luke Appling: 13/DP/G.2XH(32)

Bot 9

Frankie Pytlak: S5/G
Jim Shilling: 46(1)/FO
Odell Hale: 8/LDP.1X1(83)