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Scores
Standings
WSH
@CLE		11
3
PHA
@DET		4
2
PHA
@DET		10
11
BOS
@SLB		6
3
STL
@BRO		2
7
PIT
@BSN		9
3
CHC
@NYG		8
7
CIN
@PHI		2
0
Saturday, July 22, 1939,
, Briggs Stadium
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 2:31
First game of doubleheader, see Second game.
Athletics
4
33-50
⇐ Won 2 ⇒
7th, 27½ GB
 at Tigers
2
41-44
⇐ Lost 3 ⇒
5th, 19½ GB
W: Lynn Nelson (6-3)
L: Bobo Newsom (10-7)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Athletics       2  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  2    4 16  1
Tigers          0  1  1   0  0  0   0  0  0    2  5  0

Philadelphia Athletics

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Wally Moses RF 5 1 2 0 0 0 .323 .769 2 0
Dick Siebert 1B 5 1 2 2 0 1 .295 .776 11 1 HR
Bill Nagel 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .291 .855 0 2
   Joe Gantenbein 2B 2 1 2 0 0 0 .284 .738 0 2
Bob Johnson LF 3 1 2 0 2 0 .342 1.035 1 0
Frankie Hayes C 5 0 0 0 0 4 .278 .825 6 1
Sam Chapman CF 2 0 0 0 1 1 .267 .806 2 0
   Dee Miles CF 2 0 2 1 0 0 .312 .746 2 0
Skeeter Newsome SS 3 0 1 0 0 2 .212 .550 1 2
   Chubby Dean 1 0 0 0 0 0 .297 .685
   Wayne Ambler SS 1 0 1 1 0 0 .218 .570 1 1 2B
Dario Lodigiani 3B 5 0 3 0 0 1 .278 .750 0 4
Lynn Nelson P 5 0 1 0 0 1 .262 .565 1 1
Team Totals 42 4 16 4 3 12 .381 .898 27 14
2B: W Ambler (12).
HR: D Siebert (3).
TB: D Siebert 5; D Lodigiani 3; D Miles 2; W Moses 2; B Johnson 2; W Ambler 2; J Gantenbein 2; S Newsome; L Nelson.
RBI: D Siebert 2 (14); W Ambler (22); D Miles (28).
Team LOB: 14.
Fielding
E: S Chapman (12).

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Barney McCosky CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .316 .844 3 0
Benny McCoy 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .889 1 1
Earl Averill LF 2 1 0 0 1 0 .273 .889 2 0 HBP
Pinky Higgins 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .841 1 1
Hank Greenberg 1B 4 1 3 0 0 0 .305 .995 5 1
Roy Cullenbine RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .275 .758 1 0
Birdie Tebbetts C 2 0 0 0 1 0 .290 .729 13 0 CS,SH
Billy Rogell SS 1 0 0 1 1 0 .200 .607 0 1 SH
   Dixie Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 .305 .845
Bobo Newsom P 3 0 0 0 0 1 .197 .409 1 1
   Rudy York 1 0 0 0 0 1 .320 .884
Team Totals 30 2 5 2 3 4 .167 .431 27 5
SH: B Rogell (5); B Tebbetts (6).
HBP: E Averill (1).
TB: H Greenberg 3; R Cullenbine; P Higgins.
RBI: P Higgins (37); B Rogell (14).
Team LOB: 7.
Baserunning
CS: B Tebbetts (1, -1st base by  POCS).

Philadelphia Athletics

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Lynn Nelson, W (6-3) 9 5 2 1 3 4 0 5.06 36 72
Team Totals 9 5 2 1 3 4 0 1.00 36 72

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Bobo Newsom, L (10-7) 9 16 4 4 3 12 1 3.73 45 48
Team Totals 9 16 4 4 3 12 1 4.00 45 48
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: L Nelson (2).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Joe Rue, 1B - Cal Hubbard, 2B - (none), 3B - (none).
Time of Game: 2:31.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Philadelphia Athletics         Detroit Tigers
1 Wally Moses RF 1 Barney McCosky CF
2 Dick Siebert 1B 2 Benny McCoy 2B
3 Bill Nagel 2B 3 Earl Averill LF
4 Bob Johnson LF 4 Pinky Higgins 3B
5 Frankie Hayes C 5 Hank Greenberg 1B
6 Sam Chapman CF 6 Roy Cullenbine RF
7 Skeeter Newsome SS 7 Birdie Tebbetts C
8 Dario Lodigiani 3B 8 Billy Rogell SS
9 Lynn Nelson P 9 Bobo Newsom P

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