Monday, June 16, 1930
Chicago (AL) (H) 2 Boston (AL) 0
The Red Sox had visions of actually getting over .500, but Ted Lyons (7-6) and the White Sox had other ideas. Willie Kamm hit a two-run homerun in the bottom of the seventh and Lyons took it home from there.
Philadelphia (AL) 15 Detroit (H) 5
The A's led 3-2 after two, and then they started to score, and score, and score. George Earnshaw (5-3) was the recipient of this largess, although Earnshaw contributed with a 3-for-4 day and scored two runs. Right fielder Bing Miller went 5-for-5 along with three RBI's and a double.
St. Louis (AL) (H) 6 Washington 1
Shortstop Red Kress hit a two-run homerun in the fourth to give Lefty Stewart (9-3) and quick lead, and then the Browns added three more in the fifth, and Stewart did the rest. After having a batting average in the .130's a month ago Brown's first baseman Lu Blue is now up to a robust (?) .191.
Note: Second baseman Buddy Myer and right fielder Sam Rice collided chasing a shallow pop-up and both had to be removed from the game.
Boston (NL) (H) 6 Cincinnati 5
Boston starter Burleigh Grimes got off to a good start and even drove in a run to help get the Braves an early lead, but couldn't hold back the Reds and Cincinnati eventually clawed their way back on top. The eventual winning run scored in the seventh when left fielder Wally Berger legged out a fielder's choice to avoid a double play to allow the necessary run to score.
Note: Reds Starter Benny Frey was unable to complete the second inning and had to be removed from the game.
St. Louis (NL) 9 Brooklyn (H) 6
The Cardinals scored first, Brooklyn regained the lead, but St. Louis kept fighting and eventually took a 6-4 lead after putting up a three-spot in the top of the seventh. Of course, Brooklyn tied it with two in the eighth, and the game went to extra innings. In the top of the tenth George Watkins hit a three-run homerun, his tenth of the year (in only 92 plate appearances) and the Cardinals held on to take the victory.
Chicago (NL) 1 New York (NL) (H) 0
In a real pitcher's duel Cubs starter Charley Root (6-2) got the victory over Carl Hubbell (7-3). The only run scored when second baseman Footsie Blair singled to center and the ball skipped off center fielder Ethan Allen's glove and rolled to the deepest part of the Polo Grounds, allowing Blair to circle the bases.
Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 4 (10)
The first three Pittsburgh runs were solo homeruns (Adam Comorosky, Rollie Hemsley, and Fred Brickell), but when Chuck Klein surprised the Pirates with a squeeze bunt in the bottom of the fifth the Phillies regained the lead. Pie Traynor then used a squeeze bunt in the top of the ninth to tie the score and send it to extra innings. Brickell tripled home Hemsley to give the Pirates the lead in the top of the tenth and Erv Brame picked up a one-inning save.
Tuesday, June 17, 1930
Trade: In their third trade in less than a week, Washington traded reliever Garland Braxton and catcher Bennie Tate to Chicago (AL) for first baseman/pinch-hitter Art Shires. Regular Nationals first baseman Joe Judge is 36 this year and until recently has played almost every day, so Shires can spell him from time to time. The White Sox are on their fifth catcher already, so one more can't hurt I suppose.
Braxton is an interesting case. As strictly a reliever he had performed at a very high level for Washington this year, so for a team in the middle of a tight pennant race you might think that would be a valuable commodity to have, but instead he was traded, along with a backup catcher, in return for a backup first baseman. I had read a story once, and I can't find the story now, that Washington had once traded a reliever in this timeframe just because the manager was tired of his starters looking over their shoulders in hopes that a certain reliever was getting ready to come in for them and the manager didn’t like it, so he had the reliever shipped off. Who knows if this was that case, or who knows if that story is even true, but at the end of the day Washington finished in second place in the AL in 1930 and maybe could have used someone like Braxton coming in down the stretch.
Trade: Boston (NL) traded old warhorse 36-year-old Burleigh Grimes to St. Louis (NL) in return for pitchers Bill Sherdel and Fred Frankhouse. Grimes certainly wasn't doing much for the Braves this season, but with St. Louis he would have a great remainder of the season and be a real boon to the Cardinals pennant run. Boston's pitching numbers were thin to begin with, so the opportunity to add two healthy bodies for not much certainly seemed like a good deal. Sherdel was 33 now and had several good years for the Cardinals in the recent past, but he didn't do much better for the Braves than he had with the Cardinals this year. The 26-year-old Frankhouse continued to struggle in 1930 but went on to be a productive pitcher for Boston for most of the 1930's.
Boston (AL) 3 Chicago (AL) (H) 1
Red Sox starter Milt Gaston (8-3) didn't allow a run until two outs in the ninth (a solo homerun by Carl Reynolds) and Gaston also contributed with a 2-for-3 day with a double and he scored two of Boston's three runs. White Sox starter Ed Walsh (1-3) went eight innings and only gave up two earned runs, lowering his ERA to 7.09.
New York (AL) 9 Cleveland (H) 5
New York starter Roy Sherid (2-1) made his second start of the season and accorded himself well, going all the way to pick up the victory. Sherid gave up 13 hits for the day, none of them for extra bases, and the two walks he allowed come to naught. Babe Ruth hit a two-run homerun (#20) in the four-run fourth to temporarily put the Yankees ahead, but the Yankees required a four-run seventh to go ahead and then stay ahead.
Washington 1 St. Louis (AL) (H) 0 (14)
This game started with thirteen scoreless innings, but neither of the two starters, Ad Liska or George Blaeholder, got to figure in the decision. In the top of the fourteenth center fielder Sam West singled, was sacrificed to second by Sam Rice, and then scored on a Heinie Manush single, and that was it for all of the scoring. The Browns had runners on base in the bottom of the inning, but Myles Thomas (3-3) got out of it unscathed and got the win. Dick Coffman (2-10) was the unfortunate loser in a one-inning relief appearance.
Cincinnati 6 Boston (NL) (H) 0 (GM 1)
Reds starter Jakie May (2-7) started the game with an ERA over 9.00, but only allowed three hits and three walks to shut-out the Braves. Harry Heilmann added two doubles and George Kelly drove in two runs, and May hit a triple and drove in a run to help his own cause.
Cincinnati 4 Boston (NL) (H) 2 (GM 2)
The Reds successfully completed four sacrifice hits in this one and they all made a difference as Eppa Rixey (3-4) was able to secure the doubleheader sweep for Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh 7 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 6 (11)
Pirates starter went Larry French (6-6) went all eleven today to even his record back up, and contributed three hits to boot. The Pirates displayed some sloppy defense at times that allowed the Phillies to stay in the game, but eventually, Adam Comorosky was finally able to squeeze in Paul Waner in the eleventh to put the Pirates ahead for good. Right fielder Chuck Klein went 2-for-5 with a homerun and three RBI's, and once again momentarily touched a .400 batting average, but ended the day at .397.
Wednesday, June 18, 1930
A light day today because it is another travel day, as all of the AL teams are leaving the Midwest and heading east, while all the NL teams are doing the opposite.
Cleveland 9 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 3
A's Catcher Mickey Cochrane hit a two-run homerun in the bottom of the eighth to make the score 4-3, and all Rube Walberg was supposed to do was come in and get one inning of relief while in between starts, but instead, he gave up five runs as the Indians blew it open late. Wes Ferrell (7-7) evened his record in the complete game victory.
Note: A game error … in the fateful ninth inning, Walberg gave up five hits and a successful sacrifice hit but was credited with zero innings pitched, when it should have been one-third of an inning pitched.
New York (NL) 7 Pittsburgh (H) 4
The Giants scored four times in the top of the first to get a quick lead, but pesky Pittsburgh kept things within range for the remainder of the game until finally, time ran out. Bill Walker (7-3) got the win in an abbreviated appearance, and Hub Pruett went three innings of no-hit ball to pick up the save. Shortstop Travis Jackson went 2-for-3 with three RBI's, but took a pitch to the hand in the seventh and had to be removed from the game.
Thursday, June 19, 1930
Boston (AL) (H) 2 St. Louis (AL) 1 (12)
The 1920's were pretty bleak for the Boston Red Sox. It's probably been quite a while since they were over .500 in the month of June or later, but as of today, they are 28-27. It took Danny MacFayden (4-6) twelve innings to do it, but Earl Webb squeezed home Bill Sweeney in the bottom of the twelfth for the game-winner. Both teams had multiple chances to take control, but neither could get the hit or put down a bunt when it was needed.
Detroit 5 New York (AL) (H) 3
Ed Wells (1-5) and the Yankees led 3-1 heading into the eighth, but the Tigers scored twice in the eighth and then two more times in the ninth to get the win. With two outs in the top of the ninth, the Tigers opted to let starter George Uhle (9-3) bat for himself and he drew a walk and was then immediately tripled home by right fielder Roy Johnson to get the Tigers their first lead since the first inning.
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 7 Cleveland 0
Lefty Grove (13-2) tossed his sixth shutout of the season and now has thirteen wins just beyond the halfway point in June. Bing Miller drove in three and Mickey Cochrane drove in two, as timely hitting was as much a key for the A's success today as Grove's pitching.
Washington (H) 9 Chicago (AL) 2
Newly acquired General Crowder (3-7) was a little shaky at times, but the new Nationals hurler kept the White Sox from putting together a big inning and picked up the victory for the day. Right fielder Sam Rice went 4-for-5 and shortstop Joe Cronin went 4-for-4, and Cronin finally pushed his batting average over .400 to .403.
Chicago (NL) (H) 17 Boston (NL) 9
With a 6-0 lead heading into the bottom of the fourth and Socks Seibold, Boston's best pitcher, on the mound, the hometown Cubs fans were decidedly dejected. But in those final five frames, the Cubs hit three triples and four homeruns and absolutely pounded Seibold and two relievers. Hack Wilson hit his fifteenth and sixteenth homeruns and drove in five runs and now has 64 RBI's for the season. In a case of too little too late, Wally Berger hit a three-run homerun in the ninth, his fifteenth of the season.
Note: According to the box score, Wilson had exactly 64 RBI's on this date in 1930.
Cincinnati (H) 6 Brooklyn 2
The Reds continue to be a thorn in the Robins side. It looked like it was going to be a low-scoring affair until Harry Heilmann suddenly hit a two-out three-run homerun in the bottom of the fifth. Ray Kolp (4-2) took it over from there and shut out Brooklyn the rest of the way.
Friday, June 20, 1930
St. Louis (AL) 6 Boston (AL) (H) 0
Browns starter Sam Gray pitched a masterpiece, only allowing two hits and two walks as the hometown Red Sox didn't put up much of a fight. It was a close game through the first four, but then Goose Goslin hit his first homerun as a Brown, a three-run shot in the fifth, and Gray did the rest.
Detroit 4 New York (AL) (H) 3
The Tigers scored three times in the first against George Pipgras (6-5), although Pipgras quickly settled down and starting setting down the Tigers regularly. The Yankees did fight back to tie the score, but in the top of the ninth Mark Koenig legged out a triple against his old teammates and then scored the eventual game-winner when he was squeezed home by Liz Funk. Vic Sorrell (5-6) shut down the Yankees in the bottom of the ninth and got the complete-game victory.
Note: Yankees starting catcher Bubbles Hargrave got nicked by a foul tip while behind the plate in the third and had to be replaced. It is worth noting that Bubbles brother, Pinky Hargrave, was the starting catcher for Detroit in this game. Later, third baseman Ben Chapman had words with the home plate umpire after a called third strike and was ejected.
Cleveland 4 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 3
Indians starter Clint Brown (3-8) held the A's scoreless for the first seven innings and allowed his teammates to build up a small lead, and then when the A's mounted late rallies in the eighth and ninth he held them off to pick up the win. Backup Catcher Glenn Myatt, now a starter while Luke Sewell is out, got the scoring started with his first homerun of the season, a solo shot in the third.
Washington (H) 6 Chicago (AL) 5
The Nationals scored three times in the first, but the White Sox fought back to tie it up at 3-3 after five. Washington took the lead, the White Sox tied it up, and then once again, with the White Sox tying the game the third time when shortstop John Kerr hit a solo homerun in the top of the ninth. Nationals reliever Firpo Marberry (8-1) blew the save when he allowed Kerr's homerun, but was able to vulture the win when Joe Cronin drove in Heinie Manush with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth.
Chicago (NL) (H) 9 Boston (NL) 1
Catcher Gabby Hartnett his a three-run homerun (#14) in the bottom of the third and the Cubs were off to the races. Shortstop Clyde Beck hit a two-run homerun in the fifth, and then Cubs starter Pat Malone (9-4), who not only got the win and went 4-for-4 on the day, hit his third homerun of the season.
Note: Hack Wilson took a pitch off the hand in the second inning and had to be removed from the game.
Brooklyn 4 Cincinnati (H) 1
Robins shortstop Glenn Wright has only made limited appearances over the past three weeks but was back in the lineup today, and Wright quickly announced his appearance by hitting a two-run homerun in his first at-bat. Dazzy Vance (7-5) took it over from there and picked up the win.
New York (NL) 5 Pittsburgh (H) 2
The Pirates led 2-0 after six innings, but the Giants eventually got to Ray Kremer (5-9) and came from behind to win the game for Freddie Fitzsimmons (7-3). Bill Terry went 2-for-4 with a double and a triple and is now hitting .436.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 9 Philadelphia (NL) 4
Frankie Frisch was back in the lineup for the first time in two weeks and went 2-for-4 to get his batting average up to .399, although he did make an error on his first fielding attempt. The Cardinals led 3-2 after the second and the score remained the same through seven innings. Third baseman Pinky Whitney hit a two-run single in the top of the eighth to give the Phillies their first lead of the game, but in the bottom of the eighth, a pair of Phillies relievers gave up six runs for a come from behind Cardinals win.
Saturday, June 21, 1930
St. Louis (AL) 4 Boston (AL) (H) 2
The Red Sox got on the board first, but the Browns took a 3-2 lead after the top of the third and Lefty Stewart (10-3) shut down Boston the rest of the way to pick up the victory. Second baseman Oscar "Ski" Melillo went 4-for-4 with a homerun and three RBI's to lead the Browns offense.
Detroit 6 New York (AL) (H) 5
Chief Hogsett (2-5) and the Tigers seemed to have this one well in hand until Babe Ruth homered (#21) in the bottom of the eighth to make it close, and then a misplayed bunt attempt kept the inning going until the Yankees had scored four times and taken a 5-3 lead. Undeterred, the Tigers stormed right back and scored three of their own in the top of the ninth and reclaimed the lead and eventually the win. A two-run double by left fielder John Stone tied the game and then Mark Koenig continued to bedevil his old teammates with a double to drive home Stone to give the Tigers the lead.
Cleveland 9 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 4
The Indians took an early lead in this one and just continued to put men on base and into scoring position - they had three successful squeeze bunts - to claim the victory. Mel Harder (3-4) got the win over Rube Walberg (9-4). Cleveland first baseman Ed Morgan was recently moved down from batting leadoff to batting third and went 3-for-4 with four runs scored.
Washington (H) 12 Chicago (AL) 1
The White Sox took arguably the best reliever in the American League, newly acquired Garland Braxton (3-3), and started him today against his old team and things didn't go well. The Nationals pounded Braxton and two team teammates for 20 hits for an easy win for Lloyd Brown (6-4).
Chicago (NL) (H) 4 Boston (NL) 3 (GM 1)
Cubs starter Sherriff Blake came up lame after only two innings, and then reliever Bud Teachout did likewise just one inning later - that was a first for this replay. Regardless, two-run homeruns by shortstop Clyde Beck (in the fourth) (Beck's second in two days) and Third baseman Woody English (in the seventh) were enough to get Guy Bush (3-4) the win. The play of the game was when left fielder Riggs Stephenson threw out Lance Richbourg to keep the Braves from tying it up in the ninth.
Chicago (NL) (H) 8 Boston (NL) 3 (GM 2)
It was tight until the Cubs put up four in the bottom of the fifth. Kiki Cuyler and Woody English went a combined 5-for-9 with three doubles and triple to spark the Cubs offense as they swept the doubleheader.
Brooklyn 9 Cincinnati (H) 5 (GM 1)
The Reds took an early 5-1 after the second but just couldn’t hold on as the Robins finally exploded with a five-run eighth to regain the lead. A Babe Herman bases-loaded double was the big hit in the big inning.
Brooklyn 10 Cincinnati (H) 3 (GM 2)
The Robins didn't waste any time in this and quickly led 6-0 after three innings, and cruised to an easy victory and a doubleheader sweep from there. Babe Herman picked up two more RBI's, giving him five for the day and 47 for the year.
Note: Robins starter Ray Moss was injured before the start of the fourth inning and had to be replaced.
Pittsburgh (H) 6 New York (NL) 5 (10)
The Giants took the early lead but could never break through and put the game away, and they paid for it late. The Pirates finally tied the game with two in the bottom of the eighth, and then after the Giants scored had once in the top of the tenth, rallied again with two in the bottom of the tenth when Adam Comorosky squeezed home Paul Waner for the game-winner.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 8 Philadelphia (NL) 4
The Cardinals had the lead for the whole game, but it took a three-run eighth before they could feel secure. Jesse Haines (9-1) got the win and Phil Collins (3-3) took the loss, but Collins did hit his first homerun of the season. Cardinals right fielder George Watkins hit his eleventh homerun in his 102nd plate appearance. Watkins is currently hitting .489 and has 40 RBI's, but hasn't been able to secure a starting job in the Cardinals outfield.
Sunday, June 22, 1930
Boston (AL) (H) 3 Detroit 2 (GM 1)
Left fielder Russ Scarritt hit a two-run homerun to give Boston a first-inning lead, but the Tigers eventually battled back to tie the game 2-2 after the sixth. In the bottom of the seventh, second baseman Otto Miller singled, got sacrificed to second, then scored the eventual winning run on a single by Shortstop Ray Narleski. Milt Gaston (9-3) outdueled Earl Whitehill (5-5) and got the victory.
Boston (AL) (H) 8 Detroit 7 (GM 2)
For a game that was 2-1 in favor of Detroit at the end of five innings, this turned out to have quite a finish. Boston rallied and put up three in the sixth to retake the lead, then the Tigers put up three of their own in the seventh to go back on top. The Red Sox then put u another three-spot in the eighth to tie the score at 7-7. In the bottom of the ninth Tom Oliver had a lead-off single, was sacrificed to second, and the Russ Scarritt drove home the game-winner with a single.
Note: The second game actually only went six innings. There have been a few other games like this, and I know there are more coming up. Not a lot, but they do happen. Since I am using ATMgr and the real as-played schedule, rainouts are already taken into account, so I have rainouts turned off in BBW, but then that means I won't get any rain-shortened games.
Cleveland (H) 6 Philadelphia (AL) 2
It's a Sunday, no home games in Pennsylvania on Sunday's, so the A's and the Indians caught a fast train after yesterday's game and played today in Cleveland. Ed Morgan got things started with a solo homerun in the first, and he then added a second solo shot in the fourth, giving him 15 homeruns for the season. It also put him up to 30 RBI's, but now that he is batting third that might pick up. It was a close one all the way until the Indians plated three in the bottom of the eighth and Wes Ferrell (8-7) was able to cruise home with the victory.
New York (AL) (H) 12 St. Louis (AL) 11 (GM 1)
Browns reliever Rollie Stiles, in only his second game ever, got Babe Ruth to pop-up with the bases loaded to end the fifth and then got Lou Gehrig to do the same to end the sixth. Unfortunately for Stiles, with two out in the eighth Red Ruffing stroked a two-out pinch-hit grand slam homerun and the Yankees were able to stagger away with the win.
St. Louis (AL) 11 New York (AL) (H) 6 (GM 2)
Despite having given up six runs in the first three innings the Yankees opted to leave starter Roy Sherid to face Goose Goslin with two runners on-base in the fourth and Goslin said "Thank You " with a three run homerun and effectively put the game away for the Browns. George Blaeholder (2-1) went all the way for the Browns.
Note: Babe Ruth did have a triple and a homerun (#22) for the day. His three RBI's bumped him up to 71 for the season, but still behind Lou Gehrig (73). On this day in real life, Gehrig was at 72 and Ruth was at 63.
Washington (H) 8 Chicago (AL) 6
Twice the Nationals opened a multi-run lead and twice the White Sox rallied back to tie the score, the second time making the score 6-6 heading into the bottom of the seventh. By now the Nationals were deep into the White Sox bullpen and they quickly scored two runs to regain the lead and then held on for the victory. Joe Cronin continued his hot streak by going 3-for-4 today and pushing his batting average up to .416.
Brooklyn (H) 5 Pittsburgh 4
After yesterday's game, the Pirates and the Robins boarded separate trains so they could play a Sunday game in Brooklyn. The Robins scored three times in the bottom of the first, but Pirates starter Larry French (6-7) settled down from there, and even though the Pirates were able to tie the score at 3-3 after three, Brooklyn was able to squeak out a close win. Watty Clark (7-3) got the win and Dolf Luque fought his way out of ninth-inning trouble to get the save.
Chicago (NL) (H) 4 Boston (NL) 3
The Cubs extended their winning streak to eight game with a victory over the Braves. The Braves went up 3-0 early, but the Cubs roared back to take the lead and then held on to grab the victory. Charlies Root (7-2) got the win and Lynn Nelson earned a two-inning save
Cincinnati (H) 9 New York (NL) 5
The Giants plated four in the top of the third, but Carl Hubbell (7-4) just didn't have the good stuff today and the Reds roared back to win an easy one. Leo Durocher went 3-for-4 with two doubles and four RBI's.
Philadelphia (NL) 6 St. Louis (NL) (H) 4 (GM 1)
Right fielder George Watkins hit a homerun (#12) to give the Cardinals a 2-0 first inning lead. Phillies starter Hap Collard (1-4) settled down from there and held the Cardinals whole his teammates whittle down the lead and eventually moved ahead 5-2 in the seventh. The Cardinals made it close, but Collard got the outs when he needed them. Collard also went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI to spark his own offense.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 10 Philadelphia (NL) 2
Newly acquired Burleigh Grimes (3-6) made his first start for the Cardinals and went all the way to pick up the easy win. George Watkins hit his thirteenth and fourteenth homeruns of the season, picking up four RBI's for the game, six for the day, and is now at 46 RBI's for the season, all in only 111 plate appearances.
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