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August 28th, 1934 - AL News



Tigers Win As Rivals All Lose! Detroit ball club 1/2 game out of first; Foxx is tied for first in hitting, keeping triple crown hopes alive; Pennock "exhausted" say doctors - may not be able to join team on final road trip*


Tigers Win 3-2 Duel in Philadelphia
Bridges holds of Foxx, A's for narrow win
White Sox Cool Off Red Hot Yankees, 8-2
Simmons has big day at plate for ChiSox

Red Sox Lose Narrow Game to Cleveland, 5-4
Pennock ineffective as starter for Boston

Nats Win Over Browns, 9-7
Washington team, once contenders, now struggles to stay north of .500

* In reality, Herb Pennock did not pitch after August, and Hall of Fame researchers tell me its unlikely he joined the team for their month long September road trip (!). In real life, Boston was out of it, so this would make sense. Had Boston been in the thick of it though, it's likely Pennock would have continued. I've therefore decided that he will travel with the team in September. Because he has already reached his historical innings pitched, though, he will be used very sparingly.


















NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1934 American League Date: 8/28/1934







TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN



1934 BOA 71 55 C.Gehring DEA .374 J.Foxx PHA 46 L.Gehrig NYA 140



1934 DEA 69 54 J.Foxx PHA .374 L.Gehrig NYA 40 J.Foxx PHA 135



1934 PHA 66 52 B.Johnson PHA .366 B.Johnson PHA 34 C.Gehring DEA 116



1934 NYA 67 57 P.Higgins PHA .355 E.Averill CLA 29 B.Johnson PHA 100



1934 WAA 61 59 L.Gehrig NYA .350 Z.Bonura CHA 22 A.Simmons CHA 94



1934 CLA 60 61



1934 SLA 47 73 WINS SAVES ERA



1934 CHA 47 77 L.Gomez NYA 18 C.Hogsett DEA 9 L.Gomez NYA 2.09



S.Rowe DEA 17 A.McColl WAA 9 W.Ferrell BOA 2.80



M.Pearson CLA 14 H.Pennock BOA 6 B.Newsom SLA 2.84



S.Cain PHA 14 F.Ostermu BOA 5 D.Coffman SLA 2.88



OTHERS TIED W 13 P.Galliva CHA 5 M.Harder CLA 3.11







CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS



P.Susko WAA 12 B.Werber BOA 42 L.Gomez NYA 132



F.Crosett NYA 11 J.White DEA 23 T.Bridges DEA 126



J.Gill WAA 11 P.Fox DEA 22 M.Pearson CLA 122



Z.Bonura CHA 9 B.Chapman NYA 22 B.Newsom SLA 120



F.Bordaga CHA 8 OTHERS TIED W 14 R.Ruffing NYA 111







YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS



CHA 8 at NYA 2 CLA-Winegar(2-3, 3.86) at BOA-Welch(10-7, 4.56)



CLA 5 at BOA 4 SLA-Newsom(12-7, 2.84) at WAA-Burke(7-4, 2.03)



DEA 3 at PHA 2



SLA 7 at WAA 9







WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS



BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS



L.Gehrig NYA .385 39 15 12 11 5 G.Earnshaw CHA 9 1 0 3 4 0 100



B.Ruth NYA .423 26 11 9 2 4 L.Gomez NYA 18 10 0 5 9 0 200



J.Foxx PHA .424 33 14 9 7 3 J.Marcum PHA 18 14 2 4 8 0 200



T.Lazzeri NYA .317 41 13 13 9 2 S.Rowe DEA 21 16 5 3 4 2 300



M.Owen DEA .385 39 15 13 3 2 B.Burke WAA 9 4 0 3 1 0 100







WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS



BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS



J.Burnett CLA .125 24 3 0 1 0 M.Pearson CLA 11 15 15 7 8 5 020



H.Manush WAA .154 26 4 0 2 0 M.Weaver WAA 14 32 17 6 4 1 020



O.Melillo SLA .229 48 11 2 0 0 B.Hadley SLA 15 21 17 12 5 3 030



O.Bejma SLA .231 26 6 1 1 0 T.Lee CLA 5 10 8 3 4 0 010



C.Reynolds BOA .219 32 7 3 0 0 H.Pennock BOA 7 10 8 4 0 0 010







INJURY REPORT



No injuries to report



LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1934 American League







WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT



1934 Boston BOA 71 55 .563 ---- 32 76 76 .500



1934 Detroit DEA 69 54 .561 .5 101 53 .656



1934 Philadelphia PHA 66 52 .559 1.0 68 82 .453



1934 New York NYA 67 57 .540 3.0 90 64 .584



1934 Washington WAA 61 59 .508 7.0 66 88 .429



1934 Cleveland CLA 60 61 .496 8.5 85 69 .552



1934 St. Louis SLA 47 73 .392 21.0 67 85 .441



1934 Chicago CHA 47 77 .379 23.0 53 99 .349















OVERALL RECORD



Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK



BOA 71 55 .563 41-31 30-24 11- 7 60-48 10- 7 23-15 3-7 Lost 1



CHA 47 77 .379 21-36 26-41 6- 6 41-71 2- 7 7-17 7-3 Won 1



CLA 60 61 .496 32-20 28-41 13-17 47-44 4- 8 17-16 3-7 Won 1



DEA 69 54 .561 31-27 38-27 17-21 52-33 7- 5 24-13 9-1 Won 4



NYA 67 57 .540 39-28 28-29 18-10 49-47 5- 7 12-18 8-2 Lost 1



PHA 66 52 .559 42-23 24-29 5- 6 61-46 9- 4 21-13 6-4 Lost 2



SLA 47 73 .392 23-26 24-47 14-12 33-61 5- 3 12-21 1-9 Lost 6



WAA 61 59 .508 35-33 26-26 9-13 52-46 3- 4 15-18 4-6 Won 3



TOTAL 488 488 .500







TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+



BOA 8- 3 13-14 19-10 20-12 11-16 0- 0



CHA 6- 4 10-17 8-23 10-20 13-13 0- 0



CLA 6- 3 11-15 14-14 16-17 13-12 0- 0



DEA 5- 5 17-12 15-12 19-12 13-13 0- 0



NYA 4- 7 16-11 14-12 12-19 21- 8 0- 0



PHA 5- 7 17- 9 16-11 14-14 14-11 0- 0



SLA 2- 7 8-20 10-16 16-12 11-18 0- 0



WAA 6- 6 17-11 15-13 14-15 9-14 0- 0











WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:







TEAM BOA CHA CLA DEA NYA PHA SLA WAA



BOA - 11 11 7 13 6 10 13



CHA 7 - 3 8 6 4 10 9



CLA 6 13 - 10 5 6 10 10



DEA 11 11 9 - 10 9 10 9



NYA 6 12 13 8 - 8 10 10



PHA 11 13 11 6 10 - 11 4



SLA 8 8 7 6 8 6 - 4



WAA 6 9 7 9 5 13 12 -

















NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1934 American League Date: 8/28/1934



















ST. LOUIS AT WASHINGTON



Browns.......... 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 7 13 1



Nationals....... 0 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 - 9 11 1



Win:Russell(8-4) Loss:Hadley(7-16) Save:McColl(9th)



Homeruns- B.Campbell(10th), R.Hornsby(4th), D.Harris(2nd)







In a close game it was the Washington Nationals 9, the reeling St. Louis



Browns 7 at Griffith Stadium.







Dave Harris had a good day at the plate. He smashed a two-run homer (his 2nd



of the season) in the 5th inning and tripled plating two runs in the 6th



inning. Washington managed 11 in their victory.







Jack Russell(8-4) was the winner allowing 6 runs in 7 innings. Alex McColl



earned the save, his 9th. Bump Hadley(7-16) was hit with the loss. He was



unable to control the Washington offense and allowed 8 hits and 4 walks in 5



and 2/3 innings.







'I just wanted to give my team a chance to win.' said Russell, 'I got burned



on a couple of pitches. But we won the game, and that's all that matters.'







DETROIT AT PHILADELPHIA



Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 3 10 0



Athletics....... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 0



Win:Bridges(12-15) Loss:Cascarella(7-9)



Homeruns- J.Foxx(46th)







Tommy Bridges held Philadelphia to 3 hits and third baseman Marv Owen had 2



base hits at Shibe Park where the Detroit Tigers beat the Philadelphia



Athletics 3 to 2.







Bridges(12-15) had a strong outing. He was stingy on the mound, allowing just



3 hits and 4 walks in 9 innings. Philadelphia had a chance to come back in



the 9th but they came up short.







Joe Cascarella(7-9) was the loser. He gave up 10 hits and 5 walks in 9



innings.







CLEVELAND AT BOSTON



Indians......... 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 2



Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 - 4 7 2



Win:Hudlin(9-12) Loss:Pennock(4-2) Save:Brown(3rd)







Right fielder Milt Galatzer had 2 base hits at Fenway Park as the Cleveland



Indians beat the Boston Red Sox by the count of 5 to 4.







Cleveland took the lead for keeps in the 3rd inning scoring a single run.



Boston had a chance to come back in the 9th but they came up short.







Willis Hudlin(9-12) was the winner allowing 3 runs in 7 and 1/3 innings. Lloyd



Brown recorded his 3rd save. Herb Pennock(4-2) ended up with the loss.



Cleveland scored big getting 5 runs off him in 4 and 1/3 innings.







Bucky Harris was subdued when questioned after the game, 'Sure, this kind of



loss takes a while to get over, but heck, we're all professionals. We've



been through this many times - it's the nature of the game. We'll be fine -



as for me - I'll be ready to go again tomorrow!'







CHICAGO AT NEW YORK



White Sox....... 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 - 8 12 0



Yankees......... 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 6 1



Win:Gaston(5-12) Loss:Deshong(7-6)



Homeruns- A.Simmons(15th), B.Ruth(19th)







Left fielder Al Simmons connected with a 'big fly' and had 5 RBI and Milt



Gaston was able to finish what he started and was credited with a complete



game as the Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees by a score of 8



to 2 at Yankee Stadium.







Simmons had a big day at the plate. He doubled bringing in a run in the 3rd



inning, banged out a single in the 8th inning and rifled a three-run blast



(his 15th of the season) in the 9th inning. Chicago had 12 hits for the



afternoon.







Gaston(5-12) finished the game allowing 2 runs in the victory. Jimmie



Deshong(7-6) was given the loss. He pitched 7 innings giving up 7 hits and 2



walks.



































1934 St. Louis Browns At 1934 Washington Nationals 8/27/1934







Browns AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG



H.Clift 3B 5 0 3 0 .230 B.Myer 2B 5 1 1 2 .313



B.McAfee P 0 0 0 0 .200 J.Stone RF 4 2 2 0 .376



S.West CF 4 0 2 0 .328 D.Harris LF 4 1 2 4 .294



J.Burns 1B 3 0 0 1 .259 J.Cronin SS 5 1 2 0 .253



D.Garms LF 5 1 0 0 .283 C.Bolton C 4 2 1 0 .295



B.Campbell RF 5 1 1 2 .285 F.Schulte CF 3 1 1 1 .298



O.Melillo 2B 4 1 1 0 .250 P.Susko 1B 4 0 2 2 .283



F.Grube C 4 1 1 1 .238 O.Bluege 3B 2 1 0 0 .171



A.Strange SS 3 1 1 0 .249 J.Russell P 1 0 0 0 .000



I.Andrews P 0 0 0 0 .393 B-H.Manush PH 1 0 0 0 .346



C-R.Hornsby PH,3B 1 1 1 1 .378 A.McColl P 0 0 0 0 .059



B.Hadley P 2 0 1 2 .167



A-O.Bejma SS 2 1 2 0 .231



-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---



Totals 38 7 13 7 Totals 33 9 11 9







A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Hadley In 6th Inning



B-Pinch Hit For Russell In 7th Inning



C-Pinch Hit For Andrews In 8th Inning







Browns.......... 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 7 13 1



Nationals....... 0 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 - 9 11 1







Browns (47-73) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA



B.Hadley LOSS(7-16) 5 2/3 8 8 7 4 1 1 133 5.83



I.Andrews 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 18 5.27



B.McAfee 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 5.49



Totals 8 11 9 8 4 1 1







Nationals (61-59) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA



J.Russell WIN(8-4) 7 10 6 6 1 2 1 141 2.93



A.McColl SAVE(9th) 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 32 3.60



Totals 9 13 7 7 1 2 2







ATTENDANCE- 15,380 DATE- Monday, August 27th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good



T- 2:26



LEFT ON BASE- Browns: 7 Nationals: 7



DOUBLE PLAYS- Browns: 0 Nationals: 1



ERRORS- A.Strange, J.Cronin



DOUBLES- B.Myer(29th), J.Stone-2(30th), J.Cronin(25th)



TRIPLES- O.Melillo(4th), D.Harris(8th), P.Susko-2(4th)



HOME RUNS- B.Campbell(10th), R.Hornsby(4th), D.Harris(2nd)



SACRIFICE HITS- S.West, J.Russell-2



SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Burns, F.Schulte



WALKS- J.Burns, J.Stone, D.Harris, O.Bluege-2



STRIKE OUTS- J.Burns, B.Campbell, F.Schulte



GIDP- S.West



WILD PITCHES- B.Hadley, J.Russell



1934 Detroit Tigers At 1934 Philadelphia Athletics 8/27/1934







Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG



J.White CF 3 0 1 0 .325 D.Cramer CF 4 0 0 0 .279



M.Cochrane C 3 0 0 0 .326 D.Williams 2B 3 0 0 0 .250



C.Gehringer 2B 4 0 0 0 .374 E.Coleman RF 4 1 1 0 .287



G.Goslin LF 4 0 1 0 .278 J.Foxx 1B 3 1 2 2 .374



B.Rogell SS 4 1 2 0 .281 P.Higgins 3B 3 0 0 0 .355



H.Greenberg 1B 3 1 1 0 .315 E.McNair SS 4 0 0 0 .271



M.Owen 3B 4 1 2 1 .326 L.Finney LF 3 0 0 0 .276



P.Fox RF 4 0 3 2 .289 A-B.Johnson PH 0 0 0 0 .366



T.Bridges P 4 0 0 0 .095 C.Berry C 2 0 0 0 .228



J.Cascarella P 3 0 0 0 .119



-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---



Totals 33 3 10 3 Totals 29 2 3 2







A-Pinch Hit For Finney In 9th Inning







Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 3 10 0



Athletics....... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 0







Tigers (69-54) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA



T.Bridges WIN(12-15) 9 3 2 2 4 6 1 109 3.79



Totals 9 3 2 2 4 6 1







Athletics (66-52) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA



J.Cascarella LOSS(7-9) 9 10 3 3 5 4 0 143 3.94



Totals 9 10 3 3 5 4 0







ATTENDANCE- 7,151 DATE- Monday, August 27th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average



UMPIRES- George Hildebrand, Louis Kolls, , Red Ormsby



T- 1:41



LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 9 Athletics: 4



DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0 Athletics: 2



TRIPLES- M.Owen(9th), E.Coleman(11th)



HOME RUNS- J.Foxx(46th)



CAUGHT STEALING- P.Fox



WALKS- J.White-2, M.Cochrane, C.Gehringer, H.Greenberg, D.Williams, J.Foxx,



P.Higgins, C.Berry



HIT BY PITCH- M.Cochrane



STRIKE OUTS- J.White, H.Greenberg, T.Bridges-2, J.Foxx, P.Higgins, L.Finney,



C.Berry, J.Cascarella-2



GIDP- G.Goslin, M.Owen



1934 Cleveland Indians At 1934 Boston Red Sox 8/27/1934







Indians AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG



S.Rice LF 5 1 1 1 .283 M.Bishop 2B 2 1 2 0 .270



E.Averill CF 4 1 1 1 .326 B.Werber 3B 4 1 1 2 .338



H.Trosky 1B 4 0 1 2 .314 R.Johnson LF 5 0 2 2 .331



O.Hale 2B 4 0 0 0 .303 M.Solters CF 4 0 0 0 .317



W.Kamm 3B 3 0 0 0 .243 D.Porter RF 3 0 0 0 .226



B.Knickerbocker SS 4 0 2 0 .298 R.Ferrell C 3 0 0 0 .306



M.Berg C 4 1 1 0 .307 E.Morgan 1B 4 0 1 0 .288



L.Brown P 0 0 0 0 .379 L.Lary SS 4 0 0 0 .251



M.Galatzer RF 3 2 2 0 .179 H.Pennock P 1 0 0 0 .083



W.Hudlin P 1 0 0 0 .175 R.Walberg P 2 1 1 0 .207



A-F.Pytlak C 1 0 0 0 .251 B-C.Reynolds PH 1 1 0 0 .270



-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---



Totals 33 5 8 4 Totals 33 4 7 4







A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Hudlin In 8th Inning



B-Pinch Hit For Walberg In 9th Inning







Indians......... 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 2



Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 - 4 7 2







Indians (60-61) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA



W.Hudlin WIN(9-12) 7 1/3 5 3 3 3 2 0 112 4.40



L.Brown SAVE(3rd) 1 2/3 2 1 0 1 0 0 33 5.44



Totals 9 7 4 3 4 2 0







Red Sox (71-55) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA



H.Pennock LOSS(4-2) 4 1/3 6 5 5 2 0 0 74 2.54



R.Walberg 4 2/3 2 0 0 1 2 0 66 4.00



Totals 9 8 5 5 3 2 0







ATTENDANCE- 14,624 DATE- Monday, August 27th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good



T- 1:46



LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 5 Red Sox: 8



DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Red Sox: 2



ERRORS- H.Trosky, W.Kamm, R.Johnson, M.Solters



DOUBLES- B.Werber(34th), R.Johnson-2(39th)



TRIPLES- M.Galatzer(1st)



SACRIFICE HITS- W.Hudlin



SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Werber



WALKS- W.Kamm, M.Galatzer, W.Hudlin, M.Bishop-2, D.Porter, R.Ferrell



HIT BY PITCH- M.Bishop



STRIKE OUTS- E.Averill, F.Pytlak, B.Werber, L.Lary



GIDP- S.Rice, M.Berg, B.Werber



1934 Chicago White Sox At 1934 New York Yankees 8/27/1934







White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG



E.Swanson RF 5 3 2 0 .315 F.Crosetti SS 5 1 3 0 .292



M.Haas CF 5 2 2 0 .288 J.Saltzgaver 3B 5 0 0 0 .259



A.Simmons LF 4 2 3 5 .337 B.Chapman CF 2 0 0 0 .272



L.Appling SS 5 1 2 1 .347 L.Gehrig 1B 3 0 0 0 .350



J.Dykes 1B 4 0 1 0 .281 T.Lazzeri 2B 3 0 1 1 .300



J.Hayes 2B 5 0 0 0 .287 G.Selkirk LF 4 0 0 0 .344



M.Hopkins 3B 3 0 2 2 .246 M.Hoag RF 1 0 1 0 .260



E.Madjeski C 4 0 0 0 .203 A-B.Ruth PH,RF 2 1 1 1 .262



M.Gaston P 3 0 0 0 .071 A.Jorgens C 3 0 0 0 .221



J.Deshong P 3 0 0 0 .114



J.Allen P 0 0 0 0 .182



R.Van Atta P 0 0 0 0 .200



B-R.Rolfe PH 1 0 0 0 .264



-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---



Totals 38 8 12 8 Totals 32 2 6 2







A-Pinch Hit For Hoag In 6th Inning



B-Pinch Hit For Van Atta In 9th Inning







White Sox....... 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 - 8 12 0



Yankees......... 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 6 1







White Sox (47-77) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA



M.Gaston WIN(5-12) 9 6 2 2 5 2 1 141 6.42



Totals 9 6 2 2 5 2 1







Yankees (67-57) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA



J.Deshong LOSS(7-6) 7 7 5 5 2 2 0 122 4.18



J.Allen 1 1/3 4 3 3 0 0 1 28 4.11



R.Van Atta 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 5.30



Totals 9 12 8 8 3 2 1







ATTENDANCE- 12,254 DATE- Monday, August 27th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average



T- 2:16



LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 7 Yankees: 9



DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1 Yankees: 1



ERRORS- F.Crosetti



DOUBLES- E.Swanson(12th), A.Simmons(29th), J.Dykes(17th)



HOME RUNS- A.Simmons(15th), B.Ruth(19th)



SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Simmons



WALKS- J.Dykes, M.Hopkins, M.Gaston, B.Chapman, L.Gehrig, T.Lazzeri, M.Hoag,



A.Jorgens



HIT BY PITCH- B.Chapman



STRIKE OUTS- E.Swanson, M.Gaston, J.Saltzgaver, B.Chapman



GIDP- J.Hayes, A.Jorgens



WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Jack Saltzgaver robbed Mule Haas of a base hit.



Top 8th: Tony Lazzeri robbed Jimmy Dykes of a base hit.






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