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St. Louis Browns @ New York Yankees

1945-09-16 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · 1:57

St. Louis Browns defeated New York Yankees 6–2. St. Louis Browns put up 3 in the 8th. Bob Muncrief earned the win. Vern Stephens went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	6	8
NYA	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6

W: Bob Muncrief L: Tiny Bonham SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cal Hubbard · 1B: Charlie Berry · 2B: (none) · 3B: Red Jones · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Gray	4	1	1	0	0	0
Lou Finney	2	1	0	0	1	0
Milt Byrnes	3	2	2	0	1	0
George McQuinn	4	0	1	1	0	1
Vern Stephens	4	1	1	4	0	1
Len Schulte	4	1	2	0	0	0
Frank Mancuso	4	0	1	0	0	0
Don Gutteridge	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Muncrief	4	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Snuffy Stirnweiss	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bud Metheny	3	0	0	0	1	0
Russ Derry	4	0	1	0	0	1
Charlie Keller	3	1	0	0	1	0
Nick Etten	4	1	1	2	0	0
Aaron Robinson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Oscar Grimes	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frankie Crosetti	3	0	1	0	0	2
Tiny Bonham	2	0	0	0	1	1
Hersh Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Drescher	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Muncrief	9.0	6	3	5

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tiny Bonham	9.0	8	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Gray: 43
Lou Finney: 7
Milt Byrnes: D
George McQuinn: 13

Bot 1

Snuffy Stirnweiss: S
Bud Metheny: SB2
Bud Metheny: 4/P
Russ Derry: K
Charlie Keller: W
Nick Etten: 9

Top 2

Vern Stephens: K
Len Schulte: S
Frank Mancuso: 64(1)/FO
Don Gutteridge: 6/L

Bot 2

Aaron Robinson: 9
Oscar Grimes: 8
Frankie Crosetti: K23

Top 3

Bob Muncrief: 563
Pete Gray: 3/G
Lou Finney: 43

Bot 3

Tiny Bonham: K
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 163
Bud Metheny: 43

Top 4

Milt Byrnes: 8
George McQuinn: K
Vern Stephens: 8

Bot 4

Russ Derry: S
Charlie Keller: 46(1)/FO
Nick Etten: HR/9.1-H
Aaron Robinson: 3/L
Oscar Grimes: S
Frankie Crosetti: K

Top 5

Len Schulte: S
Frank Mancuso: S.1-3
Don Gutteridge: 7.3-H
Bob Muncrief: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Tiny Bonham: W
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 46(1)/FO
Bud Metheny: SB2
Bud Metheny: 8
Russ Derry: 3/P

Top 6

Pete Gray: 6/P
Lou Finney: W
Milt Byrnes: S.1-3
George McQuinn: S.3-H;1-3
Vern Stephens: 54(1)/FO.3-H
Len Schulte: 8

Bot 6

Charlie Keller: 3/G
Nick Etten: 5/P
Aaron Robinson: K

Top 7

Frank Mancuso: 63
Don Gutteridge: 8
Bob Muncrief: 43

Bot 7

Oscar Grimes: 53
Frankie Crosetti: S6
Tiny Bonham: 6/P
Snuffy Stirnweiss: S5.1-3(E5);B-2
Bud Metheny: W
Russ Derry: 3/G

Top 8

Pete Gray: S
Lou Finney: 13/SH.1-2
Milt Byrnes: W
George McQuinn: 9
Vern Stephens: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Len Schulte: 2/P

Bot 8

Charlie Keller: 4/P
Nick Etten: 9
Aaron Robinson: 6/P

Top 9

Frank Mancuso: 43
Don Gutteridge: 8
Bob Muncrief: 9

Bot 9

Oscar Grimes: 63
Hersh Martin: 4/P
Bill Drescher: 4/P