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Chicago White Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1941-09-11 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 3000 · 1:29

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Chicago White Sox 2–1. Herman Besse earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Herman Besse L: Johnny Rigney SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: (none) · 3B: Harry Geisel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Philley	3	0	1	0	0	2
Don Kolloway	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Kuhel	4	1	2	0	0	0
Luke Appling	4	0	0	1	0	0
Taffy Wright	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Kennedy	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Kreevich	2	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Turner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Rigney	2	0	1	0	1	1
Myril Hoag	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Benny McCoy	4	1	1	0	0	1
Eddie Collins	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Miles	3	0	0	0	0	1
Sam Chapman	2	1	2	0	1	0
Al Brancato	3	0	0	0	0	1
Al Rubeling	3	0	1	0	0	0
Herman Besse	3	0	1	1	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Rigney	8.0	6	1	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herman Besse	9.0	6	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dave Philley: S8
Don Kolloway: E5.1-2
Joe Kuhel: 5
Luke Appling: 7
Taffy Wright: 5

Bot 1

Benny McCoy: D7
Eddie Collins: 8.2-3
Frankie Hayes: PB.3-H
Frankie Hayes: 4
Bob Johnson: 2

Top 2

Bob Kennedy: 9
Mike Kreevich: 13
Tom Turner: 53

Bot 2

Dee Miles: K
Sam Chapman: S8
Al Brancato: K
Al Rubeling: S8.1-2
Herman Besse: S8.1-2;2-H
Benny McCoy: 6

Top 3

Johnny Rigney: W
Dave Philley: K+CS2(24)/DP
Don Kolloway: 8

Bot 3

Eddie Collins: 13
Frankie Hayes: D7
Bob Johnson: 9(B)6(2)/LDP

Top 4

Joe Kuhel: S1
Luke Appling: 3/FL
Taffy Wright: 4
Bob Kennedy: 7

Bot 4

Dee Miles: 5/FL
Sam Chapman: W
Al Brancato: CS2(24)
Al Brancato: 9

Top 5

Mike Kreevich: 7
Tom Turner: 9
Johnny Rigney: K/C

Bot 5

Al Rubeling: 8
Herman Besse: 5/L
Benny McCoy: 43

Top 6

Dave Philley: K
Don Kolloway: S7
Joe Kuhel: 31(B)56(1)/GDP

Bot 6

Eddie Collins: 53
Frankie Hayes: 63
Bob Johnson: 53

Top 7

Luke Appling: 7
Taffy Wright: 6
Bob Kennedy: 8

Bot 7

Dee Miles: 7
Sam Chapman: S5
Al Brancato: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Mike Kreevich: W
Tom Turner: 46(1)3/GDP
Johnny Rigney: S9
Myril Hoag: 9

Bot 8

Al Rubeling: 6
Herman Besse: 2/FL
Benny McCoy: K

Top 9

Don Kolloway: 8
Joe Kuhel: T8
Luke Appling: 8.3-H
Taffy Wright: S3
Bob Kennedy: K