Detroit Tigers 7 – 12 Boston Red Sox
21 September 1937 · BOS07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | final score 12–7 | 1 in 633 games | |
| 24 | 5 RBI | Hank Greenberg | 1 in 492 player-games |
| 19 | 12 hits allowed | Lefty Grove | 1 in 76 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 15 | 2 |
Box score
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jo-Jo White | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Pete Fox | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Gehringer | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hank Greenberg | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 HR |
| Rudy York | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Birdie Tebbetts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gee Walker | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marv Owen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Billy Rogell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Gelbert | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Boots Poffenberger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chet Laabs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 40 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boots Poffenberger | 4.2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Slick Coffman | 1.1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Pat McLaughlin | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Boston Red Sox batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dom Dallessandro | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Doc Cramer | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Cronin | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2B |
| Jimmie Foxx | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pinky Higgins | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Ben Chapman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | HR |
| Eric McNair | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Desautels | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lefty Grove | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 37 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
Boston Red Sox pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lefty Grove | 9.0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 |