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Scores
Standings
WSH
@CHW		6
4		 
(10)
PHA
@DET		7
6
NYY
@SLB		5
4
STL
@BRO		8
5		 
(12)
CHC
@BSN		6
2
CIN
@NYG		5
4		 
(11)
PIT
@PHI		11
6
Friday, August 17, 1923,
, Sportsman's Park III
Attendance: 9,000, Time of Game: 1:45
Yankees
5
72-37
⇐ Won 2 ⇒
 at Browns
4
54-53
⇐ Lost 2 ⇒
W: Bullet Joe Bush (16-10)
L: Elam Vangilder (10-13)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         2  1  0   0  0  0   0  2  0    5 12  0
Browns          1  0  0   0  0  2   0  1  0    4 12  1

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Whitey Witt CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 .335 .833 4 0
Joe Dugan 3B 5 1 3 0 0 0 .282 .693 2 2
Babe Ruth LF 4 2 3 2 1 1 .396 1.324 0 1 HR,2B
Elmer Smith RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .317 .904 4 0 SH
Wally Pipp 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .304 .758 10 1
Aaron Ward 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .282 .760 0 3
Everett Scott SS 3 0 1 1 0 0 .257 .608 2 3 SH
Fred Hofmann C 4 1 1 0 0 0 .283 .777 5 0 2B
Bullet Joe Bush P 4 0 1 1 0 0 .276 .760 0 2 3B
Team Totals 35 5 12 5 2 1 .343 .921 27 12
2B: B Ruth (29); F Hofmann (7).
3B: B Bush (3).
HR: B Ruth (31).
SH: E Scott (18); E Smith (3).
TB: B Ruth 7; J Dugan 3; B Bush 3; F Hofmann 2; E Scott; W Witt; W Pipp; A Ward.
RBI: B Ruth 2 (92); B Bush (16); E Scott (49); W Pipp (84).
Team LOB: 7.

St.Louis Browns

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Jack Tobin RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 .307 .851 2 0
Wally Gerber SS 5 0 1 0 0 1 .293 .714 0 7
Ken Williams LF 4 1 2 0 1 0 .346 1.038 0 0
Baby Doll Jacobson CF 4 0 2 0 1 1 .312 .764 4 0
Marty McManus 2B 5 2 3 1 0 0 .319 .863 3 3 2B
Hank Severeid C 5 1 2 0 0 0 .299 .768 1 1 2B
Homer Ezzell 3B 3 0 2 2 1 0 .204 .490 2 2
Dutch Schliebner 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .281 .719 15 1
Elam Vangilder P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .244 .586 0 2
   Pat Collins PH 0 0 0 1 1 0 .197 .625
   Urban Shocker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209 .561 0 0
Team Totals 38 4 12 4 4 5 .316 .749 27 16
2B: H Severeid (23); M McManus (28).
TB: M McManus 4; H Severeid 3; K Williams 2; B Jacobson 2; H Ezzell 2; W Gerber.
RBI: H Ezzell 2 (10); M McManus (69); P Collins (20).
Team LOB: 11.
Fielding
DP: 2. W Gerber-D Schliebner-H Ezzell; W Gerber-M McManus-D Schliebner.
E: B Jacobson (6).

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Bullet Joe Bush, W (16-10) 9 12 4 4 4 5 0 3.05 42 48
Team Totals 9 12 4 4 4 5 0 4.00 42 48

St.Louis Browns

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Elam Vangilder, L (10-13) 8 11 5 5 2 0 1 2.79 35 38
Urban Shocker 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.53 4
Team Totals 9 12 5 5 2 1 1 5.00 39 38
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - George Hildebrand, 1B - Billy Evans, 2B - (none), 3B - (none).
Time of Game: 1:45.
Attendance: 9,000.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

New York Yankees         St.Louis Browns
1 Whitey Witt CF 1 Jack Tobin RF
2 Joe Dugan 3B 2 Wally Gerber SS
3 Babe Ruth LF 3 Ken Williams LF
4 Elmer Smith RF 4 Baby Doll Jacobson CF
5 Wally Pipp 1B 5 Marty McManus 2B
6 Aaron Ward 2B 6 Hank Severeid C
7 Everett Scott SS 7 Homer Ezzell 3B
8 Fred Hofmann C 8 Dutch Schliebner 1B
9 Bullet Joe Bush P 9 Elam Vangilder P

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