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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1939-06-23 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 3000 · 2:42

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 12–5. Cleveland Indians put up 7 in the 7th. Bob Feller earned the win. Skeeter Webb went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	1	0	0	1	1	7	2	0	12	17
PHA	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	10

W: Bob Feller L: Chubby Dean SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rollie Hemsley	6	0	1	1	0	0
Bruce Campbell	6	1	3	1	0	0
Ben Chapman	4	1	0	1	1	0
Jeff Heath	5	2	1	0	1	0
Hal Trosky	5	2	3	2	0	0
Ken Keltner	5	1	1	0	0	0
Oscar Grimes	4	3	3	2	1	0
Skeeter Webb	5	1	2	3	0	0
Bob Feller	4	1	3	1	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dario Lodigiani	5	1	1	0	0	1
Wayne Ambler	4	0	0	1	0	1
Dee Miles	4	0	1	1	1	0
Bob Johnson	3	1	1	0	2	0
Earle Brucker	5	0	1	1	0	1
Sam Chapman	5	0	2	0	0	1
Eric Tipton	3	1	1	0	1	0
Joe Gantenbein	3	1	1	1	1	1
Bill Beckmann	2	1	1	0	0	0
Chubby Dean	1	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Joyce	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Feller	9.0	10	5	6

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Beckmann	6.0	8	3	0
Chubby Dean	0.0	3	0	0
Bob Joyce	3.0	6	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rollie Hemsley: 63
Bruce Campbell: 8
Ben Chapman: 8

Bot 1

Dario Lodigiani: 4
Wayne Ambler: K
Dee Miles: 6

Top 2

Jeff Heath: W
Hal Trosky: SB2
Hal Trosky: S9.2-H
Ken Keltner: 64(1)3/GDP
Oscar Grimes: S7
Skeeter Webb: 7

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: W
Earle Brucker: 7
Sam Chapman: S8.1-3
Eric Tipton: CSH(262)
Eric Tipton: 2/FL

Top 3

Bob Feller: W
Rollie Hemsley: 54(1)/FO
Bruce Campbell: S7.1-2
Ben Chapman: W.2-3;1-2
Jeff Heath: 3/L
Hal Trosky: 3

Bot 3

Joe Gantenbein: 4/L
Bill Beckmann: S7
Dario Lodigiani: D8.1-3
Wayne Ambler: 13/SH.3-H;2-3
Dee Miles: S8.3-H
Bob Johnson: WP.1-2
Bob Johnson: W
Earle Brucker: 9

Top 4

Ken Keltner: 8
Oscar Grimes: 7
Skeeter Webb: 63

Bot 4

Sam Chapman: D7
Eric Tipton: E4/TH.2-3
Joe Gantenbein: K
Bill Beckmann: 9
Dario Lodigiani: 6(1)/FO

Top 5

Bob Feller: S8
Rollie Hemsley: D8.1-3
Bruce Campbell: 3/L
Ben Chapman: 7/SF.3-H
Jeff Heath: 9

Bot 5

Wayne Ambler: 43
Dee Miles: 31
Bob Johnson: 9

Top 6

Hal Trosky: 43
Ken Keltner: 7
Oscar Grimes: S8
Skeeter Webb: SB2
Skeeter Webb: S7.2-H
Bob Feller: D8.1-3
Rollie Hemsley: 53

Bot 6

Earle Brucker: K
Sam Chapman: K
Eric Tipton: S4
Joe Gantenbein: D8.1-H
Chubby Dean: S7.2-H
Dario Lodigiani: K

Top 7

Bruce Campbell: D9
Ben Chapman: E4.2-H(NR)
Jeff Heath: S8.1-3
Hal Trosky: S8.3-H(UR);1-2
Ken Keltner: S9.2-3;1-2
Oscar Grimes: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Skeeter Webb: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Bob Feller: K
Rollie Hemsley: 53.2-H(UR);1-2
Bruce Campbell: D9.2-H(UR)
Ben Chapman: 53

Bot 7

Wayne Ambler: 8
Dee Miles: 7
Bob Johnson: S6
Earle Brucker: D9.1-H
Sam Chapman: 7

Top 8

Jeff Heath: 5
Hal Trosky: S8
Ken Keltner: 9
Oscar Grimes: D9.1-H
Skeeter Webb: E4.2-3
Bob Feller: S8.3-H;1-2
Rollie Hemsley: 46(1)/FO

Bot 8

Eric Tipton: W
Joe Gantenbein: W.1-2
Bob Joyce: K
Dario Lodigiani: 5/FL
Wayne Ambler: 46(1)/FO

Top 9

Bruce Campbell: 3
Ben Chapman: 9
Jeff Heath: 53

Bot 9

Dee Miles: W
Bob Johnson: 6
Earle Brucker: 3
Sam Chapman: 6