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September 5th, 1934 - AL News

Quiet AL Sees Lead Unchanged; teams rest up for intense few weeks


Browns Top Tribe, 5-3

Mellilo gets third homer to boost Brownies








NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1934 American League Date: 9/5/1934



TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN

1934 BOA 74 56 C.Gehring DEA .387 J.Foxx PHA 47 L.Gehrig NYA 142

1934 DEA 72 56 J.Foxx PHA .377 L.Gehrig NYA 40 J.Foxx PHA 139

1934 PHA 68 56 P.Higgins PHA .353 B.Johnson PHA 34 C.Gehring DEA 122

1934 NYA 71 59 B.Johnson PHA .351 E.Averill CLA 30 B.Johnson PHA 100

1934 CLA 64 64 L.Gehrig NYA .346 Z.Bonura CHA 22 A.Simmons CHA 94

1934 WAA 63 64

1934 SLA 51 77 WINS SAVES ERA

1934 CHA 48 79 L.Gomez NYA 20 A.McColl WAA 10 L.Gomez NYA 1.94

S.Rowe DEA 17 C.Hogsett DEA 9 W.Ferrell BOA 2.75

M.Pearson CLA 16 H.Pennock BOA 7 B.Newsom SLA 2.79

S.Cain PHA 15 F.Ostermu BOA 5 D.Coffman SLA 3.19

E.Whitehi WAA 15 P.Galliva CHA 5 F.Ostermu BOA 3.31



CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS

E.Averill CLA 11 B.Werber BOA 43 L.Gomez NYA 139

G.Goslin DEA 11 J.White DEA 24 T.Bridges DEA 132

J.Gill WAA 11 P.Fox DEA 22 M.Pearson CLA 131

M.Owen DEA 10 B.Chapman NYA 22 B.Newsom SLA 129

OTHERS TIED W 9 C.Gehring DEA 15 OTHERS TIED W 115



YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS

CLA 3 at SLA 5 BOA-Grove(6-6, 5.40) at CLA-Winegar(3-3, 4.05)

PHA-Marcum(14-7, 4.20) at DEA-Rowe(17-7, 3.89)

WAA-Russell(8-5, 3.67) at SLA-Newsom(13-8, 2.79)



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

B.Ruth NYA .435 23 10 9 5 3 L.Gomez NYA 27 13 0 7 12 0 300

H.Greenberg DEA .464 28 13 9 4 3 T.Bridges DEA 18 9 3 6 12 1 200

J.Foxx PHA .444 27 12 6 6 2 M.Gaston CHA 17 13 2 9 3 1 200

T.Lazzeri NYA .333 27 9 7 9 1 W.Hudlin CLA 16 12 4 4 7 0 200

C.Gehringer DEA .548 31 17 8 6 0 G.Rhodes BOA 9 4 0 5 6 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

D.Cramer PHA .189 37 7 1 0 0 O.Hildebrand CLA 8 18 15 9 0 0 020

L.Finney PHA .231 26 6 1 0 0 C.Brown CLA 10 25 13 2 3 2 000

L.Lary BOA .160 25 4 1 4 0 J.Murphy NYA 7 10 7 7 0 0 010

O.Melillo SLA .140 43 6 5 1 1 J.Russell WAA 12 21 15 5 3 1 110

L.Appling CHA .217 23 5 1 3 0 W.Wilshere PHA 5 12 5 0 2 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 74 56 .569 ---- 25 76 76 .500

1934 Detroit DEA 72 56 .563 1.0 101 53 .656

1934 Philadelphia PHA 68 56 .548 3.0 68 82 .453

1934 New York NYA 71 59 .546 3.0 90 64 .584

1934 Cleveland CLA 64 64 .500 9.0 85 69 .552

1934 Washington WAA 63 64 .496 9.5 66 88 .429

1934 St. Louis SLA 51 77 .398 22.0 67 85 .441

1934 Chicago CHA 48 79 .378 24.5 53 99 .349







OVERALL RECORD

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

BOA 74 56 .569 41-32 33-24 12- 7 62-49 10- 7 23-16 6-4 Won 3

CHA 48 79 .378 21-36 27-43 6- 6 42-73 2- 7 7-18 5-5 Lost 1

CLA 64 64 .500 33-22 31-42 16-17 48-47 4- 8 18-16 5-5 Lost 1

DEA 72 56 .563 31-27 41-29 17-21 55-35 7- 5 24-14 7-3 Won 2

NYA 71 59 .546 43-30 28-29 19-11 52-48 5- 7 14-19 7-3 Lost 1

PHA 68 56 .548 43-26 25-30 5- 7 63-49 9- 4 22-13 4-6 Won 1

SLA 51 77 .398 26-29 25-48 16-13 35-64 5- 3 13-22 4-6 Won 1

WAA 63 64 .496 36-35 27-29 9-14 54-50 3- 4 17-20 5-5 Lost 1

TOTAL 511 511 .500



TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+

BOA 8- 3 13-14 19-10 20-12 11-17 3- 0

CHA 6- 4 10-17 8-23 10-20 13-14 1- 1

CLA 6- 3 11-15 14-14 16-17 15-12 2- 3

DEA 5- 5 17-12 15-12 19-12 14-15 2- 0

NYA 4- 7 16-11 14-12 12-19 23- 8 2- 2

PHA 5- 7 17- 9 16-11 14-14 15-12 1- 3

SLA 2- 7 8-20 10-16 16-12 13-19 2- 3

WAA 6- 6 17-11 15-13 14-15 10-17 1- 2





WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:



TEAM BOA CHA CLA DEA NYA PHA SLA WAA

BOA - 11 11 7 13 8 10 14

CHA 7 - 3 8 6 4 11 9

CLA 7 13 - 11 5 6 12 10

DEA 11 11 11 - 10 10 10 9

NYA 6 12 13 8 - 9 10 13

PHA 11 13 11 7 11 - 11 4

SLA 8 10 8 6 8 6 - 5

WAA 6 9 7 9 6 13 13 -






NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1934 American League Date: 9/5/1934







CLEVELAND AT ST. LOUIS

Indians......... 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 6 2

Browns.......... 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 - 5 9 4

Win:Knott(5-6) Loss:Brown(4-10) Save:Andrews(2nd)

Homeruns- O.Melillo(3rd)



In a close game it was the St. Louis Browns 5, the Cleveland Indians 3 at

Sportsman's Park.



Jack Knott(5-6) gave a fine effort for St. Louis. He went 7 and 1/3 innings

surrendering 6 hits and 3 walks. Overall St. Louis out-hit Cleveland 9 to 6.



Ivy Andrews gained credit for his 2nd save. The loss was charged to Lloyd

Brown(4-10). He pitched 6 innings giving up 8 hits and 5 walks.












1934 Cleveland Indians At 1934 St. Louis Browns 9/4/1934



Indians AB R H RBI AVG Browns AB R H RBI AVG

M.Galatzer RF 3 0 0 1 .219 H.Clift 3B 3 1 2 0 .244

E.Averill CF 4 0 1 0 .331 D.Garms LF 2 0 0 0 .292

H.Trosky 1B 4 0 1 1 .309 J.Burns 1B 3 0 0 1 .255

J.Vosmik LF 2 1 2 0 .406 R.Pepper CF 4 1 2 1 .269

O.Hale 2B 4 0 2 0 .306 B.Campbell RF 4 0 0 0 .286

W.Kamm 3B 3 0 0 0 .245 O.Melillo 2B 4 1 1 2 .238

B-J.Burnett PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .261 R.Hemsley C 4 0 1 0 .320

B.Knickerbocker SS 3 0 0 1 .294 A.Strange SS 4 0 0 0 .252

M.Berg C 4 1 0 0 .305 J.Knott P 3 2 2 0 .125

L.Brown P 1 1 0 0 .367 I.Andrews P 1 0 1 0 .433

A-S.Rice PH 1 0 0 0 .279

C.Brown P 0 0 0 0 .222

C-B.Seeds PH 1 0 0 0 .265

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

Totals 31 3 6 3 Totals 32 5 9 4



A-Pinch Hit For Brown In 7th Inning

B-Pinch Hit For Kamm In 8th Inning

C-Pinch Hit For Brown In 9th Inning



Indians......... 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 6 2

Browns.......... 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 - 5 9 4



Indians (64-64) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA

L.Brown LOSS(4-10) 6 8 5 4 5 3 1 108 5.47

C.Brown 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 28 8.36

Totals 8 9 5 4 5 4 1



Browns (51-77) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA

J.Knott WIN(5-6) 7 1/3 6 3 2 3 3 0 123 3.75

I.Andrews SAVE(2nd) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 5.11

Totals 9 6 3 2 3 4 0



ATTENDANCE- 2,942 DATE- Tuesday, September 4th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good

T- 2:00

LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 7 Browns: 9

DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Browns: 0

ERRORS- J.Vosmik, M.Berg, H.Clift, B.Campbell, O.Melillo, A.Strange

DOUBLES- J.Vosmik(34th), O.Hale(45th)

TRIPLES- R.Hemsley(7th)

HOME RUNS- O.Melillo(3rd)

CAUGHT STEALING- W.Kamm

SACRIFICE HITS- M.Galatzer-2

SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Knickerbocker, J.Burns

WALKS- J.Vosmik-2, L.Brown, H.Clift-2, D.Garms-3

STRIKE OUTS- E.Averill, W.Kamm-2, M.Berg, R.Pepper, B.Campbell, R.Hemsley,

J.Knott

WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Willie Kamm robbed Jack Burns of a base hit.




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