1938 AL Game: Det at St. Louis. Hank Greenberg shatters Ruth's HR Record

August 14, 1938

Detroit's Hank Greenberg hit HR #61 in the 7th inning, breaking Babe Ruth's single season record of 60 set in 1927. As if that were not enough, he blasted #62, a grandslam in the 8th inning. This gave Hank 6 rbi in Detroit's 8-3 win over the St. Louis Browns.

BOXSCORE: 1938 Detroit Tigers At 1938 St. Louis Browns              8/14/1938
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Browns             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.White LF          5  2  3  0 .283     M.Almada CF         4  0  0  0 .302  
  B.Rogell SS         4  1  1  1 .254     G.McQuinn 1B        3  1  1  1 .330  
  C.Gehringer 2B      5  1  0  0 .309     B.Mills LF          3  1  1  0 .282  
  H.Greenberg 1B      6  2  3  6 .324     H.Clift 3B          2  0  0  0 .277  
  P.Fox RF            4  0  2  0 .309     B.Bell RF           3  0  0  0 .236  
  C.Morgan CF         5  1  2  0 .261     R.Kress SS          3  0  0  0 .307  
  B.Tebbetts C        5  1  2  0 .400     B.Sullivan C        3  0  2  2 .344  
  M.Christman 3B      5  0  0  1 .268     D.Heffner 2B        4  0  0  0 .269  
  V.Kennedy P         4  0  2  0 .313     B.Newsom P          3  1  1  0 .203  
                                        A-M.Mazzera PH        1  0  0  0 .305  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      43  8 15  8                 Totals      29  3  5  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Newsom In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 1 1 0  0 0 1  1 4 0  -  8 15  0
Browns.......... 0 0 1  0 0 2  0 0 0  -  3  5  3
 
Tigers (67-37)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
V.Kennedy WIN(9-7)        9       5   3   3   6   1   0   5.48
Totals                    9       5   3   3   6   1   0
 
Browns (39-62)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Newsom LOSS(11-14)      9      15   8   8   6   8   2   4.64
Totals                    9      15   8   8   6   8   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 2,551 DATE- Sunday, August 14th 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- George Moriarty, Emmett  Ormsby, George Pipgras, 
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:14  Browns: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Browns: 1
ERRORS- G.McQuinn, D.Heffner, B.Newsom
DOUBLES- B.Newsom
TRIPLES- B.Tebbetts(4th)
HOME RUNS- H.Greenberg-2(62nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Morgan
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.McQuinn
WALKS- J.White, B.Rogell-2, C.Gehringer, P.Fox, V.Kennedy, B.Mills, H.Clift-2,
       B.Bell, R.Kress, B.Sullivan
STRIKE OUTS- B.Rogell, C.Gehringer-2, H.Greenberg-3, M.Christman, V.Kennedy,
             D.Heffner
GIDP- B.Tebbetts, R.Kress, D.Heffner
2-out RBI- H.Greenberg, B.Rogell, B.Sullivan-2
RLISP 2-out- C.Morgan, C.Gehringer-4, H.Greenberg-4, B.Sullivan, J.White,
             D.Heffner, M.Christman
 
Hank Greenberg knocked 2 homeruns and Vern Kennedy completed the game without
help from the bullpen as the very strong Detroit Tigers bested the St. Louis
Browns 8 to 3 at Sportsman's Park.
 
Greenberg was a source of great heartache for the St. Louis faithful all day.
He just kept pounding out hits! He banged out a single which scored a run in
the 1st inning, ripped a solo home run in the 7th inning and launched a
rocket-shot out of the park for a Grand Slam homerun in the 8th inning.
Detroit rapped out 15 hits for the afternoon.  
 
Kennedy(9-7), allowing 3 runs for the game, picked up the victory. Bobo
Newsom(11-14) was given the loss.  He was hit hard and gave up 15 hits and 6
walks in 9 innings.  
 
'I had a big day, but there's a lot of credit to go around' Greenberg said.
'We played well together as a team.'