Monday, August 11, 1930
Detroit 6 Boston (AL) (H) 5
The Tigers put up four in the third and then fought off a Red Sox rally in the ninth to secure the win. Whit Wyatt pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to pick up the save.
New York (AL) (H) 10 St. Louis (AL) 3
The Browns led 2-0 after four, but the Yankees scored six times in the ninth, ably assisted by two crucial Browns errors. Babe Ruth had a triple and four RBI's (132) for the day to lead the offense.
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 4 Chicago (AL) 3
The A's have gone 15-2 versus the hapless White Sox this year and today looked to be no different as Rube Walberg took a shutout into the ninth inning. Chicago then rose up and scored three times and threatened to send the game to extra innings, but Max Bishop drew a one-out walk (#100) and was then promptly doubled home by Mule Haas for the game-winner. Roy Mahaffey (10-3) was credited with a blown save and a win.
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Washington (H) 5 Cleveland 1
General Crowder kept the Indians bats quiet by only allowing two hits (although he did walk five) and the Nationals scored three in the eighth to provide a little cushion.
Chicago (NL) (H) 16 Boston (NL) 1
After five complete the Braves led 1-0, and then the Cubs scored nine times in the sixth to blow it open. Two critical errors didn’t help the Braves effort today. And if that wasn't enough, the Cubs then added a seven-run eighth to put it out of reach. Reliever Al Shealy was given the opportunity to bat in the eighth and ended up getting two hits as the Cubs batted around.
Cincinnati (H) 6 Philadelphia (NL) 4
Don Hurst hit a three run homerun in the top of the first to give the Phillies a quick 3-0 lead, but Ray Kolp (10-3) quickly settled down from there to keep the visitors relatively quiet for the rest of the day. Phillies relievers couldn’t hold the lead though, and the Reds stormed back to get the win. Kolp hit a two-run homerun to help get the Reds offense moving.
New York (NL) 5 Pittsburgh (H) 1
The Giants slowly but surely built up a 5-0 lead as Clarence Mitchell (6-4) didn’t allow a Pirates run until the eighth. Travis Jackson went 3-for-3 with two early key RBI's to get the Giants started.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 9 Brooklyn 8 (10)
The Robins quickly marched off to a 7-1 lead after five and were cruising to an easy win, when it turned into the "Chick Hafey Game." The first Cardinals run was on a Chick Hafey solo homerun in the second, and then Hafey added a two-run homerun in the sixth as the Cardinals scored four times to make it close. Hafey then hit a three run homerun in the eighth to tie the score and the hometown fans went wild. Hafey then led off the tenth with a single, stole second, went to third on an infield out, and then scored the game-winner on a squeeze bunt from Jimmie Wilson. Hafey's three homeruns and six RBI's put him at 19 and 100 for the season and gave the Cardinals a five-game sweep over the first place Robins.
Note: This was the first three homerun game of the season.
Tuesday, August 12, 1930
St. Louis (AL) 5 Boston (AL) (H) 3
The Red Sox scored one in the first, but Browns starter Chad Kimsey (3-7) quickly recovered and shut down Boston from there. The Browns took the lead with two in the fourth and then added enough that a two-run pinch-hit homerun by Bill Sweeney on the ninth could only get Boston close.
New York (AL) (H) 11 Detroit 10 (12) CYCLE
The Tigers scored four in the top of the first, but that isn't a big lead when playing the Yankees. It took a while, but the Yankees finally tied the score at 6-6 in the bottom of the eighth. Both teams scored three times in the ninth, Detroit took the lead with one in the twelfth, but in the bottom of the twelfth Babe Ruth drove in two with a double and the Yankees had the win. Ruth went 5-for-5 on the day with four RBI's and hit for the cycle!
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 9 Cleveland 1 (GM 1)
Lefty Grove (24-2) went all the way for the win, with Cleveland not scoring until the eighth inning. Grove also went 2-4 for the day with two runs scored, including the first run of the game.
Cleveland 7 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 2 (GM 2)
The Indians gained a split in the doubleheader when Clint Brown (9-10) allowed only two unearned runs and went all the way for the victory. Earl Averill had two doubles and drove in two runs to spark the Indians offense.
Chicago (AL) 8 Washington (H) 5
The White Sox built an early 5-1 lead - Bob Fothergill drove home Johnny Watwood with a double in the first, a triple in the third, and then once more with a double in the fifth - and Ted Lyons (15-12) appeared to be cruising. The Nationals fought their way back into the game with a four-run seventh that left the score tied at 5-5. First baseman Bud Clancy hit a solo homerun (#6) in the eighth to regain the lead for Chicago, and then Clancy added a two-run homerun (#7) in the ninth to give Lyons a little breathing room.
Chicago (NL) (H) 10 Brooklyn 9 (11)
After having lost five in a row in St. Louis it's out of the frying pan and into the fire for Brooklyn as they now have a four-game set against second-place Chicago. Brooklyn scored first with two in the fourth, but Gabby Hartnett hit a three run homerun and Footsie Blair added a two-run homerun shortly thereafter and it looked like it was going to be the Cubs day. The Robins responded, fought their way back into it, and eventually tied the game with two in the ninth. Brooklyn took the lead with one in the eleventh, but in the bottom of the inning, Cliff Heathcote hit a two-run pinch-hit homerun to give the Cubs the win.
Philadelphia (NL) 6 Pittsburgh (H) 4 (GM 1)
In his first game against his old team Phillies center fielder Fred Brickell hit two triples to spark the Philadelphia offense in game one of the doubleheader. Snipe Hansen (3-3) went 3-for-3 at the plate and drove in two runs.
Pittsburgh (H) 1 Philadelphia (NL) 0 (GM 2)
I don’t think I have used the phrases "1-0 game" and "1930 Phillies" or anything similar in the same sentence yet this year, but today was the day. Gus Suhr, who entered the game as part of an injury replacement, broke the scoreless tie with a solo homerun in the bottom of the eighth. Glenn Spencer (6-5) got the shutout and Les Sweetland (5-12) was the hard-luck loser.
Note: Pirates third baseman Pie Traynor took a pitch off the elbow in the bottom of the first and was benched to allow him to ice the elbow down.
Boston (NL) 5 St. Louis (NL) (H) 4 (14)
Jimmy Welsh and Wally Berger hit back-to-back homeruns in the first, but Jim Bottomley responded with a two run homerun in the bottom of the first and the Cardinals moved to a 4-2 lead after two. But that was all the scoring for the Cardinals today, and the Braves eventually tied the game a 4-4 in the eighth, and then finally won it in the fourteenth when Lance Richbourg singled, stole second, and then scored on a Rabbit Maranville single.
Wednesday, August 12, 1930
St. Louis (AL) 4 Boston (AL) (H) 0
Browns starter Lefty Stewart (19-5) didn't allow a hit until Earl Webb singled in the seventh and went all the way for the shutout victory. Red Kress got the scoring started with a two-run homerun in the fourth, and then Ski Melillo hit solo homeruns in both the fifth (#3) and seventh inning (#4) to give Stewart a little cushion.
Detroit 6 New York (AL) (H) 2
Detroit third baseman Marty McManus recently returned to the lineup after having missed almost three weeks and went 2-for 2 with a double and a homerun to lead the Tigers offense. Vic Sorrell (13-9) didn’t allow a run until the seventh, and Tommy Bridges made his major league debut when he pitched the ninth inning for Detroit, the two combining to end the Yankees six-game winning streak.
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 11 Cleveland 7
Cleveland pitcher Roxie Lawson made his first ML start and it happened to be against the most powerful team in the league. In the movie version of this game, he would go all the way and win in a nail-biter. In the replay version, his shoulder stiffened before he could finish with the first batter and he was removed from the game. Later in the same inning right fielder Dick Porter crashed into the right-field wall going after a fly ball and was helped off the field. The A's, being the A's, led 5-0 after the second and looked to be cruising to an easy win.
This is where the movie version of the game picks back up. The Indians kept pushing across single runs until they drew within one and then scored a three-spot in the seventh to take the lead. And then the A's scored five times in the bottom of the seventh to put the game away. Ray Mahaffey (11-3) got the win in relief, his second such win this week.
Washington (H) 4 Chicago (AL) (H) 0
Bump Hadley (12-6) didn’t allow a hit until the eighth inning and got the complete-game victory, plus he went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs in the second to help his own cause.
Note: Ossie Bluege took a pitch off the shoulder in the second inning and took the rest of the day off.
Brooklyn 11 Chicago (NL) (H) 3
The Robins knew if they lost to the Cubs today they would drop into a tie for first place, but starter Ray Phelps (9-5) shut down the home team to help Brooklyn preserve their hold on first place. Phelps also drove in two runs to help himself, and Babe Herman stayed hot with a double (#35) and a homerun (#28).
Note: Del Bissonette had his 32 game hitting streak broken in this one.
New York (NL) 18 Cincinnati (H) 2
The Giants collected 23 hits and seven walks on the day off of a series of Reds pitchers and Bill Walker (13-8) got the easy win. Travis Jackson hit two two-run triples and Freddie Lindstrom went 4-for-7 with a double (#36) and a homerun (#9).
Note: In the fourth inning Leo Durocher took a ground ball off the kneecap and had to be helped off the field.
Philadelphia (NL) 6 Pittsburgh (H) 5
Lefty O'Doul (#14) and Chuck Klein (#27) hit back-to-back homeruns in the top of the first to get the Phillies off to a quick 3-0 lead, but the Pirates answered with three runs in the bottom of the first to even things up. Both starters settled down from there, with the Phillies eventually regaining the lead with two in the seventh. Both teams threatened to score after that, but nobody did, and the Phillies had the win.
Thursday, August 14, 1930
St. Louis (AL) 7 Boston (AL) (H) 3 (12)
The Browns led 2-1 after the fifth, and there the score stood until the Red Sox tied it with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Both teams then scored a single run in the tenth inning, but both also missed opportunities to score more. In the twelfth Ski Melillo hit a bases-clearing double to put the game out of reach and to allow the Browns to pass the Red Sox into fifth place in the standings.
New York (AL) (H) 13 Detroit 4
It was close for a while, then the Yankees exploded for six runs in the sixth inning, a Tony Lazzeri two-run triple being the big hit. Backup catcher Benny Bengough had two doubles on the day, and then in the eighth third-string catcher Arndt Jorgens, in his first at-bat of the season, knocked a three-run triple to put the game out of reach.
Note: Charlie Gehringer was picked off first base in the first inning and was ejected for stating his disagreement a little too strenuously. This was Gehringer's second ejection for arguing a call this season - who knew he had such a temper.
Cleveland 7 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 3
The Indians put three on the board in the second and Wes Ferrell (17-9) went the distance and held the powerful A's at bay for the win. Bibb Falk got an opportunity to start in left field today and responded with a 5-for-5 day for the Indians.
Washington (H) 4 Chicago (AL)2
The Nationals plated single runs in the second through the fifth innings and rookie Carl Fischer (2-2) had another impressive start. Heinie Manush went 2-for-3 with two doubles and edged his average up to .399.
Chicago (NL) (H) 6 Brooklyn 5
The Cubs scored six times in the bottom of the sixth, powered by three Brooklyn errors and a two-run Hack Wilson double. The Robins answered with four in the seventh to make it close, but Pat Malone (17-6) eventually got Babe Herman to pop out with two outs and two on in the ninth to get the win.
Boston (NL) 7 St. Louis (NL) (H) 4 (GM 1)
Wally Berger hit a two-run single to spark a three-run first inning for the Braves, and then Berger added a two-run homerun (#27, 83) in a four-run second inning and Socks Seibold (11-11) had what he needed to get the win. Bill Hallahan (9-12) was pulled after giving up seven runs in the first two innings and then loading the bases in the third.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 4 Boston (NL) 0 (GM 2)
Burleigh Grimes (13-7) held the Braves to four hits and went all the way for the shutout. George Watkins went 2-for-4 and drove in three runs.
Note: Since coming over to St. Louis from Boston, Grimes has gone 11-1 and has played a major role in the Cardinals charge for the pennant.
Friday, August 15, 1930
There were no AL games played today. There must have been some major weather on the east coast. So I looked. I found a link to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle for August 15 and the weather was described as "stormy." Now, I didn't want to pay the $50 subscription to get full access to these archives, but this is an interesting option for re-players. I am supposing (again, $50/year) that this would give me access to local sports reporting and daily game write-ups as well. Interesting doesn't necessarily mean feasible though.
Chicago (NL) (H) 5 Brooklyn 0
Once again the Cubs had climbed to within one game of the first place Robins, but this time Charlie Root (17-5) was too much as he threw a complete game shutout and the two teams are now tied atop the standings. Left fielder Danny Taylor got a start and came through with four RBI's on the day.
New York (NL) 8 Cincinnati (H) 3
Carl Hubbell (14-8) handled the Reds quite easily and Bill Terry went 3-for-5 with a homerun (#13) and three RBI's (97) to lead the offense. Mel Ott chipped in with 4-for-5 and a double (#29) and an RBI (90) as well.
Pittsburgh (H) 15 Philadelphia (NL) 9 (GM 1) CYCLE
Phil Collins (10-8) has been the Phillies best pitcher this year, but not today as the Pirates came out hitting, building up a 12-3 lead after only four innings. George Grantham went 5-for-5 with two homeruns and four RBI's but the real highlight was Pie Traynor going 4-for-5 and hitting for the cycle.
Pittsburgh (H) 10 Philadelphia (NL) 5 (GM 2)
Glenn Spencer (7-5) didn’t pitch especially well as the Phillies had thirteen hits and three walks, but the visitors also grounded into three double plays and the Pirates had a doubleheader sweep. Pie Traynor and George Grantham both homered, giving then two and three homeruns respectively in the doubleheader.
St, Louis (NL) (H) 5 Boston (NL) 2
The Cardinals scored twice in the second and then gave starter Jesse Haines (14-3) some cushion when they added three in the sixth. Catcher Jimmie Wilson went 3-for-3 and scored two runs.
Saturday. August 16, 1930
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 9 St. Louis (AL) 0
Imagine you are the Browns, the second-worst hitting team in the AL, and you are playing on the road against the mighty A's. You are facing Lefty Grove (25-2). It’s the third inning and you are already losing 4-0. Your best two hitters, Goose Goslin and Red Kress, have just bumped heads when converging on a pop fly in short left field and had to come out of the game. Your goal – just to avoid getting no-hit. In that, they succeeded, getting two hits on the day.
Detroit 9 Washington (H) 0
George Uhle (16-8) scattered five hits and shut out the Nationals. Charlie Gehringer went 4-for-5 and had five RBI's, including double #43, and Dale Alexander chipped in with a two-run homerun (#15).
Chicago (NL) (H) 10 Philadelphia (NL) 3 (GM 1)
The Phillies got off to a fast start with two in the top of the first, but the first place Cubs could not be held back in game one. Lefty O'Doul hit a homerun (#15) and Chuck Klein went 3-for4 with two doubles (#40, #41) and bumped his RBI total to 124, but Bud Teachout quickly settled down and kept the Phillies off the board after the third. Hack Wilson had a two-run homerun (#32) and drove in three (122) and shortstop Doc Farrell knocked a three-run triple in the eighth to put the game out of reach.
Chicago (NL (H) 7 Philadelphia (NL) 6 (GM 2)
Once again the Phillies got off to a fast start - two runs in the second - but once again the Cubs responded by slowly but surely grinding their way through the Phillies pitching, building up a 7-2 lead after the seventh. The Phillies jumped back into it with four in the eighth but just couldn’t get the tying run home. Chuck Klein became the first to 200 hits, ending the day with 201 hits and a .426 average.
Note: It's going to work out mathematically, but the ATM schedule doesn't quite match up with what is in Baseball-Reference.com. The Cubs and the Phillies have the only two ties of the 1930 season coming up, as referenced in the chart below in the BBR column. The BBW/ATM schedule file provided has the schedule as in the rightmost column.
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08/17/1930
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2
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3
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08/18/1930
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08/19/1930
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08/19/1930
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08/20/1930
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So BBW is correct in that there are 22 game resultants for the two teams, but the tie games themselves aren’t accounted for schedule-wise correctly. However, I am leery about going in and mucking with the ATM files to try and correct it at this point, so instead, I am just going to punt. The second game on the 19th and the game on the 20th both have real lineups in BBR, so each of those players in the starting lineups will get credited for a game played and a game at their position for each of those two games. This will allow the Cubs and the Phillies to "play" 156 games while only having 154 wins and losses. KikI Cuyler has 156 games played so he will be able to reach that number as well. The is a BBW utility that allows one to edit the player's database, and I will cover that next week when I actually do this.
New York (NL) 3 Cincinnati (H) 0 (GM 1)
Freddie Fitzsimmons (14-6) went all the way and shut out the Reds in game one of their doubleheader. Ray Kolp (10-4) pitched well for Cincinnati but could have used some offensive help.
Cincinnati (H) 1 New York (NL) 0 (12) (GM 1)
Joe Stripp led off the twelfth with a double, was sacrificed to third by Tony Cuccinello, and then scored on a Pat Crawford bloop single over the drawn-in infield. Eppa Rixey (4-10) got the win in relief, and Tiny Chaplin (1-1) took the hard-luck loss despite a strong outing.
Brooklyn 9 Pittsburgh (H) 7 (GM 1)
On April 18 both Brooklyn and Boston had 1-0 records and shared first place. 114 games played later this is the first day since then that the Robins have not started the day in sole possession of first place, and they know they need to get their mojo back. The Robins scored five times in the third and took an early 6-1 lead, only to see the Pirates rally back and tie the score at 6-6 after the fifth. This time the Robins rallied with three in the seventh, and a series of Brooklyn pitchers held off the Pirates for the win in game one. Jumbo Elliott (12-3) got the win, while newcomer Spades Wood (0-1), making his ML debut, took the loss. George Grantham hit his fourth homerun (#17) in two days.
Note: In the second inning Adam Comorosky took a pitch off the ribs and needed to be replaced. In the bottom of the ninth Watty Clark came in relief but after only facing two batters declared he couldn’t continue and was replaced also.
Pittsburgh (H) 6 Brooklyn 1 (GM 2)
George Grantham homered again (#18), giving him five homeruns in four games over the past two days. Ray Kremer (11-16) went all the way, not allowing a Brooklyn run until the ninth inning.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 7 Boston (NL) 1
Flint Rhem (7-2) benefitted from the Cardinals power show today and kept St. Louis right in the thick of the NL pennant race. George Watkins (#23), Chick Hafey (#20), and Showboat Fisher (#11) all homered in today's game.
Sunday, August 17, 1930
Four shutouts yesterday, and another game where a team didn’t score until the ninth inning. Today there are eleven games scheduled, so a full schedule, especially in the NL.
Boston (AL) (H) 5 Cleveland 4 (GM 1)
The Indians started the day only three games behind the Red Sox and a doubleheader would be a good opportunity for Cleveland to get a little closer. The Red Sox scored three times in the fourth to take an early lead, but the Indians chiseled away at the lead and with two in the eighth tied the score at 4-4. In the bottom of the ninth Bill Regan hit a one-out double to score Rabbit Warstler from first and the Red Sox took game one.
Cleveland 6 Boston (AL) (H) 4 (10) GM 2)
The Indians got off to a quick start with a three-run third, and Clint Brown (10-10) shut down the Red Sox until the eighth when the home team put up a three-spot of their own to tie the score at 4-4. Center fielder Tom Oliver tied the game with a two-run homerun - no, he didn’t hit an ML homerun in 1930, or ever for that fact, but he got one today and got it when it counted. The Indians finally put up two in the tenth and Brown was able to even his record.
Chicago (AL) 4 New York (AL) (H) 3 (GM 1)
Ted Lyons (16-12) outdueled George Pipgras (15-9) in game one of the doubleheader. After limited appearances over the past few weeks, Carl Reynolds returned to full-time duty with a 3-for-5 game with a homerun and two RBI's.
Chicago (AL) 8 New York (AL) (H) 6 (GM 2)
There haven't been a lot of highlights for the White Sox this year but a doubleheader sweep on the road in New York might qualify. Chicago started the game with three in the first, and then ended another three-spot in the eighth to take an 8-3 lead. Lou Gehrig hit a two-run homerun (#36, 144) in the eighth and Sammy Byrd added a pinch-hit homerun in the ninth, but it was too little too late as Red Faber (5-12) and the White Sox swept the doubleheader.
Detroit 5 Washington (H) 4
Heinie Manush hit a three run homerun in the bottom of the fifth to give the Nationals a 4-1 lead, and the hometown Nationals fans were confident of another victory. The Tigers rallied with four runs in the seventh, featuring a two-run pinch-hit triple from Roy Johnson and then General Crowder (9-13) put the Tigers ahead when he mishandled an infield grounder.
Brooklyn (H) 7 Pittsburgh 1
Both teams got in a train last night and played today's game in Brooklyn, and then they will get on a train tonight and finish their series in Pittsburgh. Dazzy Vance (14-7) had the good stuff today and he didn't allow a Pirates run until the ninth inning.
Philadelphia (NL) 11 Chicago (NL) (H) 7
The Phillies got off to a fast start against Guy Bush (6-8) and the Cubs and led 8-0 after the top of the fifth. The Cubs put up some late runs but were never really in it. Hap Collard (4-6) got the complete-game victory, plus he went 2-for-4 with two RBI's and two runs scored.
Cincinnati (H) 12 Boston (NL) 3 (GM 1)
Larry Benton (7-12) not only pitched a complete game but went 3-for-4 with three RBI's and a homerun and a triple. Joe Stripp went 4-for-5 with a homerun and five RBI's.
Boston (NL) 1 Cincinnati (H) 0 (GM 2)
Bill Sherdel (5-10) allowed only five singles and shutout the Reds in game two of the doubleheader. George Sisler drove in Buster Chatham in the top of the first with the only run of the game.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 3 New York (NL) 2 (GM 1)
The Cardinals tied the score at 2-2 when they pushed across a run in the eighth, and thought they had it won in the ninth but a Mel Ott throw nailed a Ray Blades at the plate. Undeterred, Showboat Fisher then singled home Charley Gelbert and the Cardinals took game one of the doubleheader.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 7 New York (NL) 3 (GM 2)
Again the Giants took an early lead and again the Cardinals mounted a late rally, scoring twice in the sixth and twice in the seventh to take the lead and then add a little cushion. In both games, both teams had plenty of opportunities to score more runs but just couldn't convert with two outs. Burleigh Grimes (14-7) got the win and George Watkins hit homerun #24.
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