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Boston Red Sox @ St. Louis Browns

1947-07-19 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 2434 · 1:47

Boston Red Sox defeated St. Louis Browns 1–0. Earl Johnson earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Earl Johnson L: Ellis Kinder SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam Dente	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Pesky	4	1	2	0	0	0
Sam Mele	3	0	1	0	1	1
Ted Williams	3	0	1	1	1	0
Bobby Doerr	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dom DiMaggio	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jake Jones	3	0	0	0	1	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Ray Coleman	4	1	0	1
Billy Hitchcock	4	1	0	1
Vern Stephens	3	1	0	0
Jeff Heath	2	0	1	0
Willard Brown	3	0	0	0
Wally Judnich	3	0	0	0
Rusty Peters	3	0	0	1
Les Moss	3	0	0	0
Ellis Kinder	2	0	0	1
Paul Lehner	1	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Johnson	9.0	3	1	5

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ellis Kinder	9.0	5	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sam Dente: 2/FL
Johnny Pesky: 43
Sam Mele: 7

Bot 1

Ray Coleman: S5/G5S
Billy Hitchcock: S8/F8S.1-2
Vern Stephens: S/G1S.2-3;1-2
Jeff Heath: 9/F9
Willard Brown: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Ted Williams: 7/F78XD
Bobby Doerr: 7
Dom DiMaggio: K

Bot 2

Wally Judnich: 13
Rusty Peters: K
Les Moss: 6/L

Top 3

Jake Jones: 7
Birdie Tebbetts: 3/FL
Earl Johnson: 4/L

Bot 3

Ellis Kinder: K
Ray Coleman: K/C
Billy Hitchcock: 53

Top 4

Sam Dente: 63
Johnny Pesky: S8
Sam Mele: W.1-2
Ted Williams: OA.2X3(15);1-2
Ted Williams: W
Bobby Doerr: 63

Bot 4

Vern Stephens: 43
Jeff Heath: W
Willard Brown: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Dom DiMaggio: 43
Jake Jones: 2/FL
Birdie Tebbetts: 4/P4MD

Bot 5

Wally Judnich: 43
Rusty Peters: 3/FL
Les Moss: 63

Top 6

Earl Johnson: K
Sam Dente: 9/L
Johnny Pesky: S4/P89S
Sam Mele: S.1-3
Ted Williams: S.3-H;1-3
Bobby Doerr: K

Bot 6

Ellis Kinder: 63
Ray Coleman: 7/F7
Billy Hitchcock: 63

Top 7

Dom DiMaggio: 8/F8XD
Jake Jones: 13
Birdie Tebbetts: 63

Bot 7

Vern Stephens: 53
Jeff Heath: 2/FL
Willard Brown: 13

Top 8

Earl Johnson: 5/FL
Sam Dente: E3/G3
Johnny Pesky: 9
Sam Mele: K

Bot 8

Wally Judnich: 9/F
Rusty Peters: 4/P
Les Moss: 7/L

Top 9

Ted Williams: 7
Bobby Doerr: 8
Dom DiMaggio: D
Jake Jones: W
Birdie Tebbetts: 8/F8XD

Bot 9

Paul Lehner: K
Ray Coleman: 43
Billy Hitchcock: K

Notes & reviews

Major league debut for Willard Brown
Attempted delayed double steal
Over Peters

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