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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1916-05-11 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 4000 · 1:42

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 3–2. Elmer Myers earned the win. George Burns went 3-for-3 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Elmer Myers L: Jean Dubuc SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Silk O'Loughlin · 1B: Ollie Chill · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Donie Bush	2	0	0	0	3	0
Ossie Vitt	1	0	0	0	2	0
Ty Cobb	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sam Crawford	3	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Heilmann	3	1	0	0	1	0
George Burns	3	0	3	1	1	0
Ralph Young	4	0	0	0	0	0
Oscar Stanage	2	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Coveleski	2	0	0	0	0	1
Marty Kavanagh	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Harper	0	1	0	0	1	0
Del Baker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jean Dubuc	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Witt	3	0	0	0	1	1
Wally Schang	4	0	2	0	0	0
Amos Strunk	4	1	1	0	0	1
Stuffy McInnis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nap Lajoie	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Walsh	3	1	1	0	1	0
Charlie Pick	3	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Stellbauer	3	0	3	1	0	0
Elmer Myers	2	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Coveleski	6.0	5	1	1
Jean Dubuc	2.1	4	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elmer Myers	9.0	3	10	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Donie Bush: W
Ossie Vitt: W.1-2
Ty Cobb: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Sam Crawford: W.2-3;1-2
Harry Heilmann: 52(3)3(B)/GDP

Bot 1

Whitey Witt: 13
Wally Schang: D7
Amos Strunk: 43.2-2
Stuffy McInnis: 13

Top 2

George Burns: W
Ralph Young: 54(1)/FO
Oscar Stanage: SB2
Oscar Stanage: K
Harry Coveleski: 8/F

Bot 2

Nap Lajoie: 53
Jimmy Walsh: W
Charlie Pick: CS2(26)
Charlie Pick: 8/F

Top 3

Donie Bush: 53
Ossie Vitt: 8/F
Ty Cobb: 63

Bot 3

Bill Stellbauer: D7
Elmer Myers: 53.2-3
Whitey Witt: 23(B)5(3)/DP

Top 4

Sam Crawford: 8/F
Harry Heilmann: W
George Burns: D8.1-H
Ralph Young: 8(B)4(2)/DP

Bot 4

Wally Schang: 53
Amos Strunk: T9.B-H(E2)(UR)
Stuffy McInnis: 8/F
Nap Lajoie: 9/F

Top 5

Oscar Stanage: 6/F
Harry Coveleski: K
Donie Bush: W
Ossie Vitt: SB2
Ossie Vitt: W
Ty Cobb: 7/F

Bot 5

Jimmy Walsh: E5/TH.B-2
Charlie Pick: 13/SH.2-3
Bill Stellbauer: S7.3-H(UR)
Elmer Myers: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Sam Crawford: 13
Harry Heilmann: 8/F
George Burns: S9
Ralph Young: SB2
Ralph Young: 4/F

Bot 6

Whitey Witt: K
Wally Schang: S8
Amos Strunk: 13.1-2
Stuffy McInnis: 4/L

Top 7

Marty Kavanagh: 9/F
George Harper: W
Donie Bush: W.1-2
Ossie Vitt: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Ty Cobb: WP.3-H;2-3
Ty Cobb: W
Sam Crawford: SB2
Sam Crawford: 13

Bot 7

Nap Lajoie: 63
Jimmy Walsh: 5/F
Charlie Pick: 2/F

Top 8

Harry Heilmann: 63
George Burns: S5.B-2(E5/TH)
Ralph Young: 63.2-3
Del Baker: CSH(2)

Bot 8

Bill Stellbauer: S3
Elmer Myers: 13/SH.1-2
Whitey Witt: W
Wally Schang: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Amos Strunk: SB2
Amos Strunk: K

Top 9

Del Baker: 9/F
Jean Dubuc: 9/L
Donie Bush: 63

Bot 9

Stuffy McInnis: 6/F
Nap Lajoie: S9
Jimmy Walsh: S9.1-3
Charlie Pick: S8.3-H;1-2