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Philadelphia Athletics @ St. Louis Browns

1919-08-15 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 6500 · sunny, dry · 1:26

St. Louis Browns defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–2. St. Louis Browns put up 4 in the 3rd. Lefty Leifield earned the win. Baby Doll Jacobson went 4-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	8
SLA	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	1		8	17

W: Lefty Leifield L: Jing Johnson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Dinneen · 1B: Dick Nallin · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Merlin Kopp	5	0	1	0	0	0
Fred Thomas	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tillie Walker	4	1	1	0	0	0
George Burns	3	1	1	0	1	0
Whitey Witt	3	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Dugan	4	0	2	2	0	0
Cy Perkins	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Burrus	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jing Johnson	4	0	2	0	0	1
Wickey McAvoy	3	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jimmy Austin	5	2	2	0	1
Joe Gedeon	3	0	0	0	0
Baby Doll Jacobson	5	3	4	2	0
George Sisler	5	0	3	2	0
Ken Williams	4	1	0	0	0
Jack Tobin	4	1	1	0	0
Wally Gerber	3	1	3	0	0
Hank Severeid	4	0	2	1	0
Lefty Leifield	4	0	2	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jing Johnson	8.0	17	0	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Leifield	9.0	8	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Merlin Kopp: 3/F
Fred Thomas: 13
Tillie Walker: S8
George Burns: 43

Bot 1

Jimmy Austin: D7
Joe Gedeon: 13/SH.2-3
Baby Doll Jacobson: D9/F9D.3-H
George Sisler: S7/G.2-H
Ken Williams: CS2(26)
Ken Williams: 2/FL

Top 2

Whitey Witt: S8
Joe Dugan: 3/FL
Cy Perkins: SB2
Cy Perkins: 63.2-3
Dick Burrus: 9/L

Bot 2

Jack Tobin: 63
Wally Gerber: S7
Hank Severeid: 43.1-2
Lefty Leifield: S1/G.2-3
Jimmy Austin: 3/G

Top 3

Jing Johnson: 4/P
Merlin Kopp: 3/FL
Fred Thomas: 6/P

Bot 3

Joe Gedeon: 43
Baby Doll Jacobson: D9/F9D
George Sisler: 8/F8D.2-3
Ken Williams: E6/G.3-H(NR)(UR)#
Jack Tobin: S9.1-3
Wally Gerber: SBH(UR);SB2
Wally Gerber: S7.2-H(E7/TH)(NR)(UR);B-3#
Hank Severeid: S8.3-H(UR)
Lefty Leifield: 14(1)/FO

Top 4

Tillie Walker: 99
George Burns: 99
Whitey Witt: W
Joe Dugan: 99

Bot 4

Jimmy Austin: S9
Joe Gedeon: 99/SH.1-2
Baby Doll Jacobson: S8.2-H;BX2(84)
George Sisler: T
Ken Williams: 99

Top 5

Wickey McAvoy: 99
Dick Burrus: 99
Jing Johnson: S
Merlin Kopp: S.1-2
Fred Thomas: 99

Bot 5

Jack Tobin: E5#
Wally Gerber: 99/SH.1-2
Hank Severeid: S6/G6D.2-2#
Lefty Leifield: PO1(99)#
Lefty Leifield: S.2-3
Jimmy Austin: K

Top 6

Tillie Walker: E3/P
George Burns: W.1-2
Whitey Witt: 4(1)/FO.2-3
Joe Dugan: S.3-H(UR);1-2
Wickey McAvoy: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 6

Joe Gedeon: E1#
Baby Doll Jacobson: 99
George Sisler: 99
Ken Williams: 99

Top 7

Dick Burrus: K
Jing Johnson: D
Merlin Kopp: 99
Fred Thomas: 99

Bot 7

Jack Tobin: E1#
Wally Gerber: S.1-3
Hank Severeid: 54(1)/FO/DP.3XH(42)
Lefty Leifield: 99

Top 8

Tillie Walker: 99
George Burns: D9/F9D
Whitey Witt: 99
Joe Dugan: S7.2-H
Wickey McAvoy: 99

Bot 8

Jimmy Austin: 99
Joe Gedeon: 99
Baby Doll Jacobson: T9/F9D
George Sisler: S7.3-H
Ken Williams: CS2(99)

Top 9

Dick Burrus: 99/FL
Jing Johnson: K
Merlin Kopp: 8/F