The Detroit Tigers win the 1938 World Series! In a dramatic 9th inning rally, the Tigers came back from a 1 run deficit and won game 6 by the score of 2-1. In a well pitched game by both teams starters, Detroit entered the 9th inning trailing 1-0 and stared at the possibility of having to play a game 7 in Cincinnati. After the Reds pitcher Peaches Davis got the first out in the 9th, Hank Greenberg was safe at 1st on a throwing error by 3rd baseman Lew Riggs. Jo-Jo White came in to run for Greenberg who represented the tying run. Rudy York then doubled to center scoring White and advanced to 3rd on cf Harry Craft's throwing error. Tony Piet then came in to run for York at 3rd. With Greenberg and York out of the game, Detroit was going all-out to win the game now. The next batter, Pete Fox was able to hit a flyball deep enough to leftfield to score Piet from 3rd and give the Tigers a 2-1 lead. Al Benton came in to pitch the bottom of the 9th for Detroit. He retired the Reds in order to preserve the win and make the Tigers World Series Champions.
BOXSCORE: 1938 Detroit Tigers At 1938 Cincinnati Reds 10/12/1938
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG
D.Walker LF 3 0 0 0 .174 L.Frey 2B 4 0 1 0 .292
C.Morgan CF 4 0 0 0 .286 N.Richardson SS 4 0 1 1 .304
C.Gehringer 2B 4 0 1 0 .160 F.McCormick 1B 4 0 0 0 .346
H.Greenberg 1B 3 0 0 0 .190 E.Lombardi C 4 0 1 0 .308
B-J.White PR 0 1 0 0 .400 I.Goodman RF 4 0 1 0 .167
D-B.Tebbetts C 0 0 0 01.000 W.Berger LF 4 0 0 0 .360
R.York C 4 0 1 1 .143 H.Craft CF 4 0 1 0 .231
C-T.Piet PR,1B 0 1 0 0 ---- L.Riggs 3B 3 1 0 0 .150
P.Fox RF 3 0 2 1 .273 P.Davis P 3 0 2 0 .667
B.Rogell SS 4 0 0 0 .200 J.Weaver P 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Christman 3B 3 0 2 0 .222
G.Gill P 2 0 0 0 .200
A-C.Laabs PH 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Poffenberger P 0 0 0 0 ----
A.Benton P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 31 2 6 2 Totals 34 1 7 1
A-Pinch Hit For Gill In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Greenberg In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For York In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For White In 9th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 6 1
Reds............ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 2
Tigers (4-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Gill 7 7 1 0 0 1 0 1.80
B.Poffenberg WIN(1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
A.Benton SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 7 1 0 0 1 0
Reds (2-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
P.Davis LOSS(0-1) 8 1/3 6 2 0 2 4 0 0.00
J.Weaver 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 6 2 0 2 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 10,041 DATE- Wednesday, October 12th 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:02
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 5 Reds: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1 Reds: 2
ERRORS- C.Morgan, H.Craft, L.Riggs
DOUBLES- R.York(2nd)
TRIPLES- I.Goodman(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Fox
WALKS- D.Walker, H.Greenberg
STRIKE OUTS- R.York, G.Gill-2, C.Laabs, I.Goodman
GIDP- B.Rogell, I.Goodman
2-out RBI- N.Richardson
RLISP 2-out- R.York, F.McCormick, N.Richardson, W.Berger, C.Morgan
The Detroit Tigers came roaring back in the top of the ninth to spoil the
anticipated celebration of the hometown fans. The final score,, was 2 to
1.
Detroit scored the winning runs in the 9th inning plating 2 runs. After an
out was recorded, Hank Greenberg initiated the scoring spurt when he reached
on an error. Rudy York followed and he doubled, and an error was also
committed. Pete Fox then hit a sacrifice fly. The Cincinnati bats were
silent in the bottom of the 9th.
Boots Poffenberger(1-0) got the win allowing no runs in 1 inning. Al Benton
gained credit for his 1st save. Peaches Davis(0-1) suffered the loss. He
was pinned with the loss despite not allowing an earned run in his 8 and 1/3
innings of work.
'Del Baker was estatic following the game, 'You love stealing one on the road
like this. We just kept plugging away until we pulled it out!'
*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 D.Walker 1- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
1 C.Morgan 3- 7 15 0 Line Out b-0
2 C.Gehringer 4- 7 0 Single b-1
2 1 H.Greenberg 3- 3 0 Walk 1-2 b-1
2 12 R.York 5- 5 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 L.Frey 6- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
1 N.Richardso 5- 8 0 Ground Out b-0
2 F.McCormick 3- 5 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 P.Fox 6-11 11 0 Single b-1
0 1 B.Rogell 1- 6 0 Fly Out b-0
1 1 M.Christman 3- 2 0 Line Out Double Play 1-o b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 E.Lombardi 5- 6 14 0 Single b-1
0 1 I.Goodman 5- 7 0 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
2 W.Berger 3- 7 4 0 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 G.Gill 1- 9 0 Strike Out b-0
1 D.Walker 4- 4 0 Ground Out b-0
2 C.Morgan 4- 5 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 H.Craft 4- 9 0 Single b-1
0 1 L.Riggs 4-10 0 2 Base Error - CF 1-3 b-2
0 23 P.Davis 2-11 16 0 Line Out b-0
1 23 L.Frey 0 Fielders Choice 3-o 2-3 b-1
2 1 3 N.Richardso 3- 6 0 Single 3-H 1-3 b-1
2 1 3 F.McCormick 3- 6 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 C.Gehringer 2- 8 0 Pop Out b-0
1 H.Greenberg 2- 6 0 Ground Out b-0
2 R.York 4- 6 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 E.Lombardi 1-11 19 0 Line Out b-0
1 I.Goodman 2- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
2 W.Berger 4- 6 0 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 P.Fox 1- 5 0 Single b-1
0 1 B.Rogell 6- 6 0 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
2 M.Christman 3- 7 0 Single b-1
2 1 G.Gill 3- 9 0 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 H.Craft 5- 3 0 Fly Out b-0
1 L.Riggs 3- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
2 P.Davis 4- 7 0 Single b-1
2 1 L.Frey 6- 5 0 Single 1-2 b-1
2 12 N.Richardso 2- 8 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 D.Walker 6-10 0 Fly Out b-0
1 C.Morgan 1- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
2 C.Gehringer 4-11 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0 F.McCormick 3- 8 0 Ground Out b-0
1 E.Lombardi 5- 4 14 0 Line Out b-0
2 I.Goodman 2- 5 3 0 Triple b-3
2 3 W.Berger 4-11 0 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 H.Greenberg 6- 6 0 Fly Out b-0
1 R.York 3- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
2 P.Fox 2- 8 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 H.Craft 5-12 0 Ground Out b-0
1 L.Riggs 6- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
2 P.Davis 5- 6 19 0 Single b-1
2 1 L.Frey 6- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
0 B.Rogell 3- 6 0 Pop Out b-0
1 M.Christman 3- 8 0 Single b-1
SUBSTITUTE PH- Chet Laabs
1 1 C.Laabs 3- 9 0 Strike Out b-0
2 1 D.Walker 1- 8 0 Walk 1-2 b-1
2 12 C.Morgan 6- 4 0 Pop Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Boots Poffenberger
0 N.Richardso 5- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
1 F.McCormick 2- 5 0 Ground Out b-0
2 E.Lombardi 6- 6 0 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0 C.Gehringer 1-11 0 Ground Out b-0
1 H.Greenberg 5- 4 0 1 Base Error - 3B b-1
SUBSTITUTE PR- Jo-Jo White
1 1 R.York 6- 8 1 0 Double & Error - CF 1-H b-3
SUBSTITUTE P - Jim Weaver
SUBSTITUTE PR- Tony Piet
1 3 P.Fox 4-11 0 Sac Fly 3-H b-0
2 B.Rogell 1- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE C - Birdie Tebbetts
SUBSTITUTE 1B- Tony Piet
SUBSTITUTE P - Al Benton
0 I.Goodman 6- 4 0 Fly Out b-0
1 W.Berger 5- 8 0 Ground Out b-0
2 H.Craft 5-11 17 0 Line Out b-0
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