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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1952-07-20 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 7103 · 2:42

Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics played to a 3–3 tie. Vic Wertz went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	11
PHA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6

SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Honochick · 1B: Scotty Robb · 2B: Bill Grieve · 3B: Art Passarella · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Groth	3	1	2	0	1	0
Al Federoff	4	0	0	0	0	1
Fred Hatfield	3	0	1	1	1	1
Vic Wertz	4	1	2	1	0	0
Walt Dropo	4	1	2	0	0	1
Pat Mullin	4	0	2	1	0	0
Joe Ginsberg	3	0	1	0	1	1
Neil Berry	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ted Gray	3	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Hopp	1	0	0	0	0	1
Art Houtteman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	4	1	1	0	0	2
Ferris Fain	2	1	0	0	1	1
Dave Philley	3	0	1	0	1	0
Kite Thomas	4	0	1	2	0	0
Allie Clark	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Hitchcock	4	1	2	0	0	1
Pete Suder	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Murray	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobo Newsom	1	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Kucab	2	0	0	0	0	1
Elmer Valo	1	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ted Gray	7.1	5	3	5
Art Houtteman	1.2	1	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	3.0	4	2	4
Johnny Kucab	5.0	6	1	2
Harry Byrd	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Groth: W
Al Federoff: CS2(24)#
Al Federoff: K
Fred Hatfield: W
Vic Wertz: 43

Bot 1

Eddie Joost: 3/FL
Ferris Fain: W
Dave Philley: 7/F
Kite Thomas: T8.1-H
Allie Clark: 3/FL

Top 2

Walt Dropo: S7
Pat Mullin: D8/89.1-H;BX3(845)
Joe Ginsberg: K
Neil Berry: K/C

Bot 2

Billy Hitchcock: S8
Pete Suder: 23.1-2
Ray Murray: 5/FL
Bobo Newsom: S9.2-H
Eddie Joost: K/C

Top 3

Ted Gray: K
Johnny Groth: S5
Al Federoff: 6/P
Fred Hatfield: T8.1-H;BX3(5)

Bot 3

Ferris Fain: K
Dave Philley: 5/FL
Kite Thomas: 8/F

Top 4

Vic Wertz: S9
Walt Dropo: S8.1-2
Pat Mullin: SB3;SB2#
Pat Mullin: 3/G
Joe Ginsberg: W
Neil Berry: 3/FL
Ted Gray: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Allie Clark: 2/FL
Billy Hitchcock: 8/F
Pete Suder: 8/F

Top 5

Johnny Groth: S7
Al Federoff: CS2(26)#
Al Federoff: 7/F
Fred Hatfield: 5/FL

Bot 5

Ray Murray: 3/P
Johnny Kucab: 9/L
Eddie Joost: K/C

Top 6

Vic Wertz: 7/F
Walt Dropo: K
Pat Mullin: 8/F

Bot 6

Ferris Fain: 1/G
Dave Philley: W
Kite Thomas: 6/P
Allie Clark: W.1-2
Billy Hitchcock: K/C

Top 7

Joe Ginsberg: 31
Neil Berry: S7
Ted Gray: 46(1)/FO
Johnny Groth: PB.1-2#
Johnny Groth: 8/L

Bot 7

Pete Suder: 9/F
Ray Murray: 4/P
Johnny Kucab: K/C

Top 8

Al Federoff: 7/L
Fred Hatfield: K
Vic Wertz: HR/9
Walt Dropo: 7/F

Bot 8

Eddie Joost: S7
Ferris Fain: 54/SH.1-2
Dave Philley: SB3#
Dave Philley: S5.3-3
Kite Thomas: 8/F.3-H
Allie Clark: SB2#
Allie Clark: 63

Top 9

Pat Mullin: D9
Joe Ginsberg: PO2(26)#
Joe Ginsberg: D8
Johnny Hopp: K
Art Houtteman: PB.2-3#
Art Houtteman: 7/L

Bot 9

Billy Hitchcock: S9
Pete Suder: 34/SH.1-2
Ray Murray: K
Elmer Valo: K

Notes & reviews

Billy Hitchcock caught Fred Hatfield with the hidden ball trick
Fowler, Goldak, and Wright pitched in 10th sequence was K,W,3/G,W,S7, Souchak pinch walk for Mullin,9 scoring 2 Tiger runs $game called due to 7 PM curfew in middle of the 10th

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