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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1939-05-19 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 2000 · 2:37

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 11–6. Philadelphia Athletics put up 4 in the 7th. Buck Ross earned the win and Chubby Dean picked up the save. Sam Chapman went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	6	8
PHA	0	1	2	0	1	1	4	2		11	16

W: Buck Ross L: Slick Coffman SV: Chubby Dean

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: George Pipgras · 2B: Bill Summers · 3B: Steve Basil · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	5	1	1	1	0	0
Dixie Walker	5	1	2	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	1	1	2	0	0
Hank Greenberg	4	1	1	0	1	1
Rudy York	4	0	1	1	1	0
Beau Bell	3	0	1	2	1	0
Pinky Higgins	3	0	0	0	1	0
Red Kress	3	1	1	0	1	0
Al Benton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Fox	1	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	1	1	0	0	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Gantenbein	5	0	1	0	0	0
Dee Miles	4	2	2	0	1	0
Sam Chapman	4	1	1	1	1	0
Bob Johnson	4	1	1	1	1	0
Nick Etten	4	2	3	2	1	0
Bill Nagel	5	2	3	1	0	1
Frankie Hayes	4	2	1	1	1	0
Wayne Ambler	3	1	3	2	1	0
Buck Ross	3	0	0	0	0	2
Chubby Dean	1	0	1	3	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Benton	4.0	7	1	2
Jim Walkup	2.0	4	1	1
Slick Coffman	1.0	3	3	0
Dizzy Trout	1.0	2	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	7.0	6	5	0
Chubby Dean	2.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Barney McCosky: 53
Dixie Walker: 13
Charlie Gehringer: 3

Bot 1

Joe Gantenbein: 31
Dee Miles: 8
Sam Chapman: W
Bob Johnson: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: 53
Rudy York: 8
Beau Bell: 8

Bot 2

Nick Etten: 23
Bill Nagel: S
Frankie Hayes: E5.1-2
Wayne Ambler: S.1-2;2-H
Buck Ross: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Pinky Higgins: 13
Red Kress: 9
Al Benton: 53

Bot 3

Joe Gantenbein: S
Dee Miles: S9.1X3(95)
Sam Chapman: SB2
Sam Chapman: 53
Bob Johnson: S.2-H
Nick Etten: SB2
Nick Etten: S9.2-H
Bill Nagel: K

Top 4

Barney McCosky: 8
Dixie Walker: T8
Charlie Gehringer: 7/SF.3-H
Hank Greenberg: W
Rudy York: W.1-2
Beau Bell: 6(1)/FO

Bot 4

Frankie Hayes: 5
Wayne Ambler: D
Buck Ross: K
Joe Gantenbein: 8

Top 5

Pinky Higgins: W
Red Kress: 8
Pete Fox: 54(1)/FO
Barney McCosky: 2

Bot 5

Dee Miles: S7.BX2(743)
Sam Chapman: HR/7
Bob Johnson: 13
Nick Etten: W
Bill Nagel: 6

Top 6

Dixie Walker: 8
Charlie Gehringer: 6
Hank Greenberg: E4
Rudy York: T.1-H(UR)
Beau Bell: W
Pinky Higgins: 8

Bot 6

Frankie Hayes: HR/7
Wayne Ambler: S
Buck Ross: K
Joe Gantenbein: 46(1)/FO
Dee Miles: 43

Top 7

Red Kress: W
Billy Rogell: E3.1-2
Barney McCosky: S9.1-2;2-H
Dixie Walker: 8
Charlie Gehringer: S9.1-2;2-H(UR)
Hank Greenberg: S8.1-2;2-3
Rudy York: 5/P
Beau Bell: S.1-3(E7);2-H(UR);3-H(UR)
Pinky Higgins: 3/FL

Bot 7

Sam Chapman: 4
Bob Johnson: W
Nick Etten: S4.1-2
Bill Nagel: S7.2XH(7252);1-3;B-2
Frankie Hayes: IW
Wayne Ambler: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Chubby Dean: D8/89/L.1-H;2-H;3-H
Joe Gantenbein: 43

Top 8

Red Kress: S
Birdie Tebbetts: 64(1)3/GDP
Barney McCosky: 8

Bot 8

Dee Miles: W
Sam Chapman: WP.1-2
Sam Chapman: 9
Bob Johnson: 6
Nick Etten: D9.2-H
Bill Nagel: T.2-H
Frankie Hayes: 6

Top 9

Dixie Walker: S
Charlie Gehringer: 6(1)/FO
Hank Greenberg: K
Rudy York: 9