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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1939-08-11 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 5118 · sunny · 2:16

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 4–3. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 4th. Bobo Newsom earned the win. George McQuinn went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	8
DET	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	10

W: Bobo Newsom L: Bob Harris SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: Harry Geisel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Eddie Rommel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Heffner	3	0	0	0	1	3
Joe Grace	3	2	2	0	1	0
George McQuinn	4	1	1	2	0	1
Moose Solters	3	0	1	1	1	1
Harlond Clift	4	0	1	0	0	1
Myril Hoag	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Glenn	4	0	2	0	0	1
Johnny Berardino	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Harris	3	0	0	0	0	2

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	3	1	1	0	1	0
Benny McCoy	4	0	0	1	0	0
Earl Averill	3	1	1	0	1	0
Hank Greenberg	4	1	2	0	0	1
Pinky Higgins	3	0	1	0	1	0
Pete Fox	4	0	1	2	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	3	1	1	0	1	0
Frank Croucher	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bobo Newsom	4	0	1	1	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Harris	8.1	10	4	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	9.0	8	3	11

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Heffner: W
Joe Grace: CS2(263)
Joe Grace: S7
George McQuinn: CS2(26)
George McQuinn: K

Bot 1

Barney McCosky: 8/L
Benny McCoy: 63
Earl Averill: 3/G

Top 2

Moose Solters: K
Harlond Clift: S4/G4M
Myril Hoag: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 2

Hank Greenberg: S8
Pinky Higgins: 6(1)3/GDP
Pete Fox: 43

Top 3

Joe Glenn: K
Johnny Berardino: 7/F
Bob Harris: K/C

Bot 3

Birdie Tebbetts: 63
Frank Croucher: 7/F
Bobo Newsom: 43

Top 4

Don Heffner: K
Joe Grace: W
George McQuinn: HR/F9D.1-H
Moose Solters: 8/F
Harlond Clift: 8/F

Bot 4

Barney McCosky: T/89
Benny McCoy: 3/G.3-H
Earl Averill: D/78
Hank Greenberg: D8/F8S.2-3
Pinky Higgins: IW
Pete Fox: D/78.3-H;2-H;1-3
Birdie Tebbetts: IW
Frank Croucher: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Myril Hoag: 5/L
Joe Glenn: 7/F
Johnny Berardino: S4/G4M
Bob Harris: K/C

Bot 5

Bobo Newsom: 43
Barney McCosky: 13/BG
Benny McCoy: 31

Top 6

Don Heffner: K
Joe Grace: S7
George McQuinn: 1/G.1-2
Moose Solters: S8.2-H
Harlond Clift: E5/G.1-2
Myril Hoag: 54(1)/FO

Bot 6

Earl Averill: 43
Hank Greenberg: 5/FL
Pinky Higgins: S9
Pete Fox: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Joe Glenn: D/78
Johnny Berardino: 4/P3D
Bob Harris: FC1/BG.2X3(15)
Don Heffner: K/C

Bot 7

Birdie Tebbetts: 7/F
Frank Croucher: S7.B-3(E7)
Bobo Newsom: 63
Barney McCosky: W
Benny McCoy: 9/F

Top 8

Joe Grace: 13
George McQuinn: 43
Moose Solters: W
Harlond Clift: K

Bot 8

Earl Averill: W
Hank Greenberg: K
Pinky Higgins: 16(1)/FO
Pete Fox: PO1(136)

Top 9

Myril Hoag: 3/P
Joe Glenn: S9
Johnny Berardino: CS2(24)
Johnny Berardino: K/C

Bot 9

Pete Fox: 7/F
Birdie Tebbetts: S5/G
Frank Croucher: S5/G5S.1-2
Bobo Newsom: S7.2-H;1-2

Notes & reviews

Into lower RF stands
Newsom tagged McQuinn
Berardino: 1-handed catch
Through Solters' legs
Off Clift's glove

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