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Philadelphia Athletics @ St. Louis Browns

1952-06-14 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 3758 · 94°F · 2:14

Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Browns 9–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 4 in the 6th. Bobby Shantz earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Bobby Shantz L: Tommy Byrne SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Johnny Stevens · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Grieve · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	2	1	1	2	3	0
Ferris Fain	4	0	1	2	1	0
Dave Philley	4	0	0	1	1	0
Kite Thomas	4	1	1	0	1	0
Elmer Valo	3	2	0	0	2	0
Skeeter Kell	4	2	1	0	0	0
Hal Bevan	3	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Astroth	5	0	1	1	0	1
Bobby Shantz	2	1	0	1	1	0
Billy Hitchcock	2	1	1	2	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Young	5	1	1	0	0	0
Cass Michaels	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Dyck	4	1	3	1	0	1
Bob Nieman	4	0	2	1	0	0
Les Moss	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Kryhoski	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Rivera	4	0	2	0	0	0
Fred Marsh	3	0	1	0	1	0
Tommy Byrne	2	0	0	0	0	1
Joe DeMaestri	1	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Shantz	9.0	9	2	3

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy Byrne	6.0	4	6	1
Bob Mahoney	0.0	3	1	0
Gene Bearden	1.0	1	2	0
Stubby Overmire	2.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Joost: W
Ferris Fain: S9/L9DW.1-3
Dave Philley: 9/F.3-H
Kite Thomas: W.1-2
Elmer Valo: 3
Skeeter Kell: 43

Bot 1

Bobby Young: 7
Cass Michaels: 13
Jim Dyck: K

Top 2

Hal Bevan: S
Joe Astroth: 53.1-2
Bobby Shantz: 3
Eddie Joost: W
Ferris Fain: 7

Bot 2

Bob Nieman: S
Les Moss: 64(1)3/GDP
Dick Kryhoski: 8

Top 3

Dave Philley: W
Kite Thomas: 9
Elmer Valo: 9
Skeeter Kell: 63

Bot 3

Jim Rivera: 13
Fred Marsh: 7
Tommy Byrne: K

Top 4

Hal Bevan: 6
Joe Astroth: 7
Bobby Shantz: W
Eddie Joost: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Bobby Young: 63
Cass Michaels: 63
Jim Dyck: S
Bob Nieman: 53

Top 5

Ferris Fain: 63
Dave Philley: 9
Kite Thomas: 8

Bot 5

Les Moss: 8
Dick Kryhoski: 3
Jim Rivera: S
Fred Marsh: SB2
Fred Marsh: W
Tommy Byrne: 2

Top 6

Elmer Valo: W
Skeeter Kell: FC1/BG/TH2/SH.1-2
Hal Bevan: S/BG34S.2-3;1-2
Joe Astroth: K/C
Bobby Shantz: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Eddie Joost: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3(E1)
Ferris Fain: 8.3-H(UR)
Dave Philley: 63

Bot 6

Bobby Young: T/F78XDW
Cass Michaels: K
Jim Dyck: D.3-H
Bob Nieman: S.2-H
Les Moss: 8/F
Dick Kryhoski: 9/F

Top 7

Kite Thomas: D
Elmer Valo: W
Skeeter Kell: S/BG.2-3;1-2
Billy Hitchcock: S.3-H;2-H;1-3
Joe Astroth: S7/G5L.3-H;1-2
Bobby Shantz: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Eddie Joost: IW
Ferris Fain: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Dave Philley: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Jim Rivera: S8.BX2(84)
Fred Marsh: S
Joe DeMaestri: 54(1)/FO
Bobby Young: 43

Top 8

Kite Thomas: 7
Elmer Valo: 31
Skeeter Kell: 7

Bot 8

Cass Michaels: E5
Jim Dyck: S.1-2
Bob Nieman: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Les Moss: W.1-2
Dick Kryhoski: 5/P
Jim Rivera: 46(1)/FO

Top 9

Billy Hitchcock: 8
Joe Astroth: 8
Bobby Shantz: 4

Bot 9

Fred Marsh: 8
Leo Thomas: 6/L
Bobby Young: 1

Notes & reviews

Ladies' Day crowd totalled 9469
Off RF screen
Byrne fumbled Rivera's throw. $Bevan broke his right leg and dislocated his right ankle while sliding home; out for season.
Off LCF screen

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