1938 AL Game: Greenberg Hits #40

July 3, 1938

The Detroit Tigers Hank Greenberg hit his 40th homerun of the season, a 3-run blast in the 9th inning to propel the Tigers over the St. Louis Browns 10-8. Charlie Gehringer chipped in with 2 HR and 5 RBI for the victors.

BOXSCORE: 1938 Detroit Tigers At 1938 St. Louis Browns               7/3/1938
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Browns             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.White CF          5  0  2  1 .296     M.Almada CF         4  2  2  4 .310  
  B.Rogell SS         4  2  0  0 .242     G.McQuinn 1B        5  1  3  1 .323  
  C.Gehringer 2B      4  3  3  5 .292     H.Clift 3B          3  0  0  0 .260  
  H.Greenberg 1B      5  2  3  3 .324     B.Bell RF           4  0  1  1 .248  
  R.York C            5  0  1  1 .325     R.Kress SS          5  1  1  0 .317  
  D.Walker LF         5  0  1  0 .271     G.McQuillen LF      4  0  0  0 .286  
  P.Fox RF            5  2  2  0 .325     B.Sullivan C        4  1  1  1 .353  
  D.Ross 3B           4  1  2  0 .281     D.Heffner 2B        3  1  0  0 .269  
  V.Kennedy P         1  0  0  0 .261     O.Hildebrand P      3  2  2  1 .280  
  S.Coffman P         0  0  0  0 ----     B.Cox P             0  0  0  0 .200  
A-R.Hayworth PH       1  0  0  0 .133                                          
  T.Bridges P         0  0  0  0 .176                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39 10 14 10                 Totals      35  8 10  8
 
A-Pinch Hit For Coffman In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 2 0 0  0 4 1  0 0 3  - 10 14  1
Browns.......... 0 6 0  2 0 0  0 0 0  -  8 10  0
 
Tigers (47-21)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
V.Kennedy                 1 2/3   4   6   6   3   1   0   6.31
S.Coffman                 5 1/3   5   2   2   3   1   1   5.18
T.Bridges WIN(6-5)        2       1   0   0   0   4   0   4.89
Totals                    9      10   8   8   6   6   1
 
Browns (21-42)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
O.Hildebrand LOSS(2-6)    8 1/3  13  10  10   3   6   3   7.94
B.Cox                     0 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   4.11
Totals                    9      14  10  10   3   6   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 1,540 DATE- Sunday, July 3rd 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- George Pipgras, , George Moriarty, Emmett  Ormsby
T- 2:23
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 6  Browns: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Browns: 0
ERRORS- J.White
DOUBLES- R.York(19th), G.McQuinn-2(15th)
HOME RUNS- C.Gehringer-2(14th), H.Greenberg(40th), M.Almada(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- R.Kress(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Coffman
WALKS- B.Rogell, C.Gehringer, S.Coffman, M.Almada, H.Clift-2, B.Bell, D.Heffner,
       O.Hildebrand
STRIKE OUTS- J.White, B.Rogell-2, C.Gehringer, H.Greenberg, P.Fox, H.Clift,
             R.Kress, G.McQuillen-2, D.Heffner, O.Hildebrand
GIDP- H.Clift
2-out RBI- C.Gehringer-5, R.York, B.Sullivan, O.Hildebrand, M.Almada-2,
           G.McQuinn, B.Bell, J.White
RLISP 2-out- D.Walker-2, H.Clift-2, R.Kress-3, B.Rogell-2, S.Coffman, B.Bell
 
Second baseman Charlie Gehringer smacked 2 homeruns at Sportsman's Park as the
potent Detroit Tigers staged a comeback win over the St. Louis Browns by the
count of 10 to 8.
 
Detroit came through with the game-winning runs in the top of the 9th inning
plating 3 runs using 3 hits.  Jo-Jo White kicked off the action when he
banged out a single.  After an out was recorded, Gehringer stepped in and he
drew a walk.  Hank Greenberg then clubbed a three-run home run.  One out
later, Dixie Walker came to bat and hit a single.  Detroit had 14 hits for
the game and St. Louis had 10.  
 
Tommy Bridges(6-5) got the win allowing no runs in 2 innings. Oral
Hildebrand(2-6) absorbed the loss.  He surrended 3 homeruns in his 8 and 1/3
innings.  
 
'We just kept swinging the bats and didn't give up,' Gehringer said. 'If you
just keep trying good things can happen!'