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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1939-06-24 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 7000 · 2:16

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Cleveland Indians 10–6. Philadelphia Athletics put up 4 in the 2nd. Nels Potter earned the win. Bob Johnson went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	8
PHA	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0		10	14

W: Nels Potter L: Willis Hudlin SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rollie Hemsley	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bruce Campbell	4	2	1	0	1	0
Ben Chapman	4	2	2	1	1	0
Jeff Heath	4	1	0	1	1	0
Hal Trosky	3	1	1	2	1	0
Ken Keltner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Oscar Grimes	4	0	1	0	0	0
Skeeter Webb	2	0	1	0	0	0
Willis Hudlin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Humphries	2	0	0	0	0	2
Odell Hale	1	0	0	1	0	0
Bill Zuber	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Dario Lodigiani	4	2	1	1	1
Wayne Ambler	4	1	1	1	0
Dee Miles	5	3	3	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	1	3	2	1
Frankie Hayes	2	0	1	2	1
Sam Chapman	5	0	1	1	0
Eric Tipton	3	2	1	0	1
Joe Gantenbein	4	0	2	1	0
Nels Potter	3	1	1	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Willis Hudlin	1.2	8	0
Johnny Humphries	4.0	4	4
Bill Zuber	2.1	2	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nels Potter	9.0	8	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rollie Hemsley: 3
Bruce Campbell: 9
Ben Chapman: W
Jeff Heath: E4.1-3
Hal Trosky: PO3(E2).3-H(UR);1-2
Hal Trosky: T.2-H(UR)
Ken Keltner: 63

Bot 1

Dario Lodigiani: 53
Wayne Ambler: S
Dee Miles: D.1-3
Bob Johnson: S.2-3;3-H
Frankie Hayes: 7/SF.3-H
Sam Chapman: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Oscar Grimes: 5
Skeeter Webb: S
Willis Hudlin: 7
Rollie Hemsley: 3

Bot 2

Eric Tipton: S
Joe Gantenbein: 23.1-2
Nels Potter: S.2-H
Dario Lodigiani: T.1-H
Wayne Ambler: 63.3-H
Dee Miles: S6/G
Bob Johnson: D.1-H
Frankie Hayes: W
Sam Chapman: 7

Top 3

Bruce Campbell: W
Ben Chapman: T.1-H
Jeff Heath: W
Hal Trosky: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Ken Keltner: 64(1)/FO
Oscar Grimes: 4

Bot 3

Eric Tipton: W
Joe Gantenbein: D.1-H
Nels Potter: 54/SH.2-3
Dario Lodigiani: 2
Wayne Ambler: 7

Top 4

Skeeter Webb: 9
Johnny Humphries: K
Rollie Hemsley: 53

Bot 4

Dee Miles: 43
Bob Johnson: S
Frankie Hayes: SB2
Frankie Hayes: 8
Sam Chapman: 8

Top 5

Bruce Campbell: D
Ben Chapman: 43.2-3
Jeff Heath: 43.3-H
Hal Trosky: 13

Bot 5

Eric Tipton: 3
Joe Gantenbein: 6
Nels Potter: 7

Top 6

Ken Keltner: 8
Oscar Grimes: S
Odell Hale: 2
Johnny Humphries: K

Bot 6

Dario Lodigiani: W
Wayne Ambler: 53/SH.1-2
Dee Miles: S.2-3
Bob Johnson: W.1-2
Frankie Hayes: 7/SF.3-H
Sam Chapman: S.1-3;2-H
Eric Tipton: SB2;SBH#
Eric Tipton: 53

Top 7

Rollie Hemsley: S
Bruce Campbell: 8
Ben Chapman: 54(1)/FO
Jeff Heath: 43

Bot 7

Joe Gantenbein: S
Nels Potter: 16(1)/FO
Dario Lodigiani: 54(1)/FO
Wayne Ambler: 43

Top 8

Hal Trosky: W
Ken Keltner: S.1-2
Oscar Grimes: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Odell Hale: 8/SF.3-H
Bill Zuber: SB2#
Bill Zuber: 23

Bot 8

Dee Miles: 5
Bob Johnson: 43
Frankie Hayes: S
Sam Chapman: 9

Top 9

Rollie Hemsley: 53
Bruce Campbell: 43
Ben Chapman: S6/G
Jeff Heath: 5