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Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers

1939-08-15 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 7665 · 1:54

Detroit Tigers defeated Cleveland Indians 12–3. Detroit Tigers put up 7 in the 6th. Bobo Newsom earned the win. Ken Keltner went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3
DET	0	0	3	0	0	7	1	1		12	11

W: Bobo Newsom L: Joe Dobson SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Lou Boudreau	4	0	0	0	0
Bruce Campbell	4	0	0	0	0
Ben Chapman	4	0	0	0	0
Hal Trosky	3	1	1	1	0
Jeff Heath	3	1	1	0	0
Ken Keltner	3	1	1	2	1
Ray Mack	3	0	0	0	1
Rollie Hemsley	2	0	0	0	0
Joe Dobson	2	0	0	0	2
Luke Sewell	1	0	0	0	0
Johnny Broaca	1	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	4	2	1	0	1	0
Benny McCoy	4	2	3	6	0	0
Earl Averill	4	1	1	1	1	0
Rudy York	4	1	1	1	1	0
Pinky Higgins	3	0	0	1	2	1
Pete Fox	3	2	1	1	2	0
Birdie Tebbetts	5	1	1	1	0	0
Frank Croucher	5	1	1	1	0	0
Bobo Newsom	3	2	2	0	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Dobson	5.1	8	6	1
Johnny Broaca	2.2	3	2	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	9.0	3	0	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Boudreau: 9/FL
Bruce Campbell: 43
Ben Chapman: 43

Bot 1

Barney McCosky: 53
Benny McCoy: 23
Earl Averill: 3/G

Top 2

Hal Trosky: HR/9
Jeff Heath: 8
Ken Keltner: K
Ray Mack: 53

Bot 2

Rudy York: 53
Pinky Higgins: W
Pete Fox: 7
Birdie Tebbetts: 53

Top 3

Rollie Hemsley: 6
Joe Dobson: K
Lou Boudreau: 8/F8D

Bot 3

Frank Croucher: 7
Bobo Newsom: W
Barney McCosky: S8.1-2
Benny McCoy: D7.2-H;1-H
Earl Averill: W
Rudy York: W.2-3;1-2
Pinky Higgins: E6.3-H;2-3;1-2
Pete Fox: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Bruce Campbell: 8/L
Ben Chapman: 8/L
Hal Trosky: 8

Bot 4

Birdie Tebbetts: 2/FL
Frank Croucher: 7
Bobo Newsom: S7
Barney McCosky: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Jeff Heath: 3/G
Ken Keltner: 8
Ray Mack: 7/L

Bot 5

Benny McCoy: S8
Earl Averill: 4
Rudy York: 14(1)/FO
Pinky Higgins: K/C

Top 6

Rollie Hemsley: 53
Joe Dobson: K23
Lou Boudreau: 9

Bot 6

Pete Fox: W
Birdie Tebbetts: E6.1-2
Frank Croucher: SB3
Frank Croucher: S8.3-H;1-3
Bobo Newsom: 43.1-2
Barney McCosky: W
Benny McCoy: T7/78.3-H(UR);2-H;1-H
Earl Averill: S8.3-H
Rudy York: D7.1-H;B-3(E7)
Pinky Higgins: W
Pete Fox: S7.3-H(UR);1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: 8
Frank Croucher: 3/FL

Top 7

Bruce Campbell: 6
Ben Chapman: 1/L
Hal Trosky: 8/F8D

Bot 7

Bobo Newsom: T8
Barney McCosky: 4
Benny McCoy: 7/SF.3-H
Earl Averill: 7

Top 8

Jeff Heath: S8
Ken Keltner: HR/7.1-H
Ray Mack: K/C
Luke Sewell: 8
Johnny Broaca: K/C

Bot 8

Rudy York: 4
Pinky Higgins: 4
Pete Fox: W
Birdie Tebbetts: D9.1-H
Frank Croucher: 43

Top 9

Lou Boudreau: 43
Bruce Campbell: 3/G
Ben Chapman: 9