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Philadelphia Athletics @ Chicago White Sox

1940-09-12 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · 1:48

Chicago White Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 1–0. Bill Dietrich earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
CHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	9

W: Bill Dietrich L: Buck Ross SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Quinn · 1B: Red Ormsby · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Joe Gantenbein	4	1	0	0
Wally Moses	3	2	0	0
Sam Chapman	3	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	1	1
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	3	0	0	0
Benny McCoy	3	0	0	0
Al Brancato	3	0	0	0
Buck Ross	3	1	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Webb	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Tresh	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Kuhel	3	0	1	0	1	0
Moose Solters	4	1	2	0	0	0
Luke Appling	4	0	2	0	0	0
Taffy Wright	4	0	2	1	0	0
Mike Kreevich	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Kennedy	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Dietrich	2	0	0	0	1	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	8.0	9	2	2

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Dietrich	9.0	4	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Gantenbein: 99
Wally Moses: S
Sam Chapman: 99
Bob Johnson: K

Bot 1

Skeeter Webb: 99
Mike Tresh: 99
Joe Kuhel: W
Moose Solters: S.1-3
Luke Appling: 99

Top 2

Dick Siebert: 99
Frankie Hayes: 99
Benny McCoy: 99

Bot 2

Taffy Wright: S
Mike Kreevich: 99
Bob Kennedy: S.1-3
Bill Dietrich: K
Skeeter Webb: 99

Top 3

Al Brancato: 99
Buck Ross: S
Joe Gantenbein: 99
Wally Moses: 99

Bot 3

Mike Tresh: 99
Joe Kuhel: 99
Moose Solters: 99

Top 4

Sam Chapman: 99
Bob Johnson: W
Dick Siebert: 99
Frankie Hayes: 99

Bot 4

Luke Appling: S
Taffy Wright: 99(1)/FO
Mike Kreevich: S.1-3;B-2(TH)
Bob Kennedy: 99/P
Bill Dietrich: W
Skeeter Webb: 13

Top 5

Benny McCoy: 99
Al Brancato: 99
Buck Ross: 99

Bot 5

Mike Tresh: 99
Joe Kuhel: S
Moose Solters: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Joe Gantenbein: S8
Wally Moses: 99/SH.1-2
Sam Chapman: 8.2-3
Bob Johnson: 6/L

Bot 6

Luke Appling: 99
Taffy Wright: 99
Mike Kreevich: 99

Top 7

Dick Siebert: 99
Frankie Hayes: 99
Benny McCoy: 99

Bot 7

Bob Kennedy: 99
Bill Dietrich: K
Skeeter Webb: 99

Top 8

Al Brancato: 99
Buck Ross: 99
Joe Gantenbein: 99

Bot 8

Mike Tresh: 99
Joe Kuhel: 99
Moose Solters: S7
Luke Appling: S5.1-2
Taffy Wright: S9.2-H;1-3
Mike Kreevich: 8

Top 9

Wally Moses: S9
Sam Chapman: 99/SH.1-2
Bob Johnson: 7
Dick Siebert: 43