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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1954-07-15 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 6209 · 2:17

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 4–0. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 5th. Early Wynn earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Early Wynn L: Alex Kellner SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Berry · 1B: Johnny Stevens · 2B: Larry Napp · 3B: Nestor Chylak · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Smith	5	1	1	1	0	2
Bobby Avila	4	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Doby	2	0	0	0	2	0
Al Rosen	3	0	1	1	1	1
Wally Westlake	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Glynn	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sam Dente	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Hegan	3	1	1	0	1	1
Early Wynn	3	1	1	1	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Spook Jacobs	2	0	2	0
Don Bollweg	4	0	0	0
Jim Finigan	4	2	0	0
Bill Renna	4	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	3	0	1	0
Bill Wilson	3	0	0	2
Joe DeMaestri	3	0	0	0
Joe Astroth	3	1	0	0
Alex Kellner	2	0	0	0
Lou Limmer	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Early Wynn	9.0	3	3	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alex Kellner	8.0	5	5	4
Marion Fricano	1.0	0	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Smith: K
Bobby Avila: 63
Larry Doby: 4/P

Bot 1

Spook Jacobs: 63
Don Bollweg: 53
Jim Finigan: D7
Bill Renna: 8

Top 2

Al Rosen: 63
Wally Westlake: 9
Bill Glynn: 9

Bot 2

Elmer Valo: 5/P
Bill Wilson: K
Joe DeMaestri: 3/P

Top 3

Sam Dente: 8
Jim Hegan: K
Early Wynn: 8

Bot 3

Joe Astroth: 8
Alex Kellner: 13
Spook Jacobs: W
Don Bollweg: 2/P

Top 4

Al Smith: K
Bobby Avila: D7
Larry Doby: W
Al Rosen: D7.2-H;1-3
Wally Westlake: W
Bill Glynn: 9(B)9242(3)/DP

Bot 4

Jim Finigan: S5
Bill Renna: CS2(24)
Bill Renna: 4/P
Elmer Valo: W
Bill Wilson: K

Top 5

Sam Dente: 53
Jim Hegan: D7
Early Wynn: S7.2-H
Al Smith: D9.1-H;B-H(E6/TH)(NR)(UR)
Bobby Avila: 63
Larry Doby: W
Al Rosen: K

Bot 5

Joe DeMaestri: 9
Joe Astroth: D7
Alex Kellner: 4/FL/P
Spook Jacobs: W
Don Bollweg: 7

Top 6

Wally Westlake: 31
Bill Glynn: 6/P
Sam Dente: 63

Bot 6

Jim Finigan: 13
Bill Renna: 3/FL/P
Elmer Valo: 5/FL/P

Top 7

Jim Hegan: 3/FL/P
Early Wynn: W
Al Smith: 6(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 7

Bill Wilson: 9
Joe DeMaestri: 7
Joe Astroth: 3/G

Top 8

Bobby Avila: 63
Larry Doby: 53
Al Rosen: W
Wally Westlake: 53

Bot 8

Lou Limmer: 2/FL/P
Spook Jacobs: 53
Don Bollweg: 2/FL/P

Top 9

Bill Glynn: W
Sam Dente: SB2.1-3(E6)
Sam Dente: 9
Jim Hegan: W
Early Wynn: 6/P
Al Smith: 8

Bot 9

Jim Finigan: 53
Bill Renna: 7
Elmer Valo: 63