1938 AL Game: September 12th Chi. at Det

The Detroit Tigers bats finally woke up in September as they pummeled the Chicago White Sox 18-2.  Rudy York led the way for the Tigers with 2 homeruns and 9 rbi. The 9 rbi were the most in one game this season in MLB. Hank Greenberg added 4 rbi himself, increasing his league leading total to 185. With the win, Detroit increased their lead to 5 games over 2nd place New York.

BOXSCORE: 1938 Chicago White Sox At 1938 Detroit Tigers             9/12/1938
 
  White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Kuhel 1B          3  0  0  0 .266     C.Morgan CF         6  3  3  0 .278  
  M.Owen 3B           4  1  3  0 .263     D.Walker LF         4  2  1  0 .302  
  G.Walker RF         4  1  2  1 .318     C.Gehringer 2B      4  5  3  2 .301  
  R.Radcliff LF       4  0  1  1 .310     H.Greenberg 1B      3  3  3  4 .316  
  L.Appling SS        3  0  1  0 .277     R.York C            4  3  3  9 .304  
  L.Rosenthal CF      3  0  1  0 .357     P.Fox RF            5  1  0  0 .308  
  G.Meyer 2B          4  0  0  0 .185     B.Rogell SS         4  0  2  1 .267  
  M.Tresh C           4  0  0  0 .250     M.Christman 3B      5  0  2  2 .256  
  J.Knott P           1  0  0  0 .163     A.Benton P          5  1  1  0 .100  
  F.Gabler P          1  0  0  0 .333                                          
  G.Ford P            0  0  0  0 .333                                          
A-M.Connors PH        1  0  0  0 .500                                          
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         Totals      32  2  8  2                 Totals      40 18 18 18
 
A-Pinch Hit For Ford In 9th Inning
 
White Sox....... 1 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  8  1
Tigers.......... 1 0 4  5 4 0  4 0    - 18 18  0
 
White Sox (49-78)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Knott LOSS(8-7)         3       8  10   8   4   0   1   3.83
F.Gabler                  3       9   7   7   1   0   1   8.66
G.Ford                    2       1   1   1   1   0   0  15.91
Totals                    8      18  18  16   6   0   2
 
Tigers (81-53)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
A.Benton WIN(3-5)         9       8   2   2   4   3   1   5.16
Totals                    9       8   2   2   4   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 50,602 DATE- Monday, September 12th 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Harry Geise, William Grieve, , Stephen Basil
T- 2:23
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 7  Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1  Tigers: 2
ERRORS- M.Owen
DOUBLES- R.Radcliff(19th), B.Rogell-2(22nd)
TRIPLES- H.Greenberg(2nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Walker(15th), R.York-2(42nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Owen
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Walker-2
WALKS- J.Kuhel, L.Appling, L.Rosenthal, J.Knott, C.Gehringer-2, H.Greenberg-2,
       R.York, B.Rogell
STRIKE OUTS- J.Kuhel, L.Appling, J.Knott
GIDP- R.Radcliff, G.Meyer
2-out RBI- R.Radcliff, R.York-4, B.Rogell, C.Gehringer, M.Christman-2
RLISP 2-out- L.Appling, P.Fox, J.Kuhel, M.Christman-2, C.Morgan, L.Rosenthal
 
Catcher Rudy York cracked 2 homeruns and Al Benton allowed Del Baker to rest
his bullpen, tossing a complete game as the mighty Detroit Tigers really laid
it on the Chicago White Sox 18 to 2.
 
York had a great day at the plate.  He laced a single bringing in a run in the
1st inning, emptied the bases with a Grand Slam homerun in the 3rd inning and
belted a three-run homer in the 5th inning.  Detroit kept the scorekeepers
busy in the 3rd inning which saw them plate 4 runs on 3 hits, the 4th inning
with 5 runs on 4 hits, the 5th inning when they had 4 runs on 4 hits and the
7th inning which saw them score 4 runs on 4 hits.  Detroit totaled 18 hits on
the afternoon.  
 
The victory was credited to Benton(3-5) who went the distance, allowing 2
runs. Jack Knott(8-7) took the loss.  His ERA increased from 3.44 to 3.83 as
he allowed 10 runs in 3 innings.  
 
York was jubilant after the game 'Let me see a box-score' he joked, 'I want to
see how that game looks on paper.'