Cleveland Guardians 18 – 5 Philadelphia Athletics
17 September 1939 · PHI11
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 18-17-2 runs-hits-errors line | Cleveland Guardians | 1 in 73,834 games |
| 57 | final score 18–5 | 1 in 5,938 games | |
| 41 | 4 walks | Oscar Grimes | 1 in 2,226 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Guardians | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 2 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 4 |
Box score
Cleveland Guardians batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Boudreau | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Roy Weatherly | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Chapman | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Odell Hale | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Bruce Campbell | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3B |
| Ken Keltner | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Mack | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Oscar Grimes | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Frankie Pytlak | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3B |
| Al Milnar | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 46 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
Cleveland Guardians pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Milnar | 9.0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Philadelphia Athletics batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Moses | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B, 2B |
| Eddie Collins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Brancato | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Johnson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Eric Tipton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Earle Brucker | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Siebert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sam Chapman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dee Miles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Lillard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Chapman | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dario Lodigiani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Skeeter Newsome | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buck Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chubby Dean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Nagel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 39 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Philadelphia Athletics pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Ross | 3.2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Chubby Dean | 2.1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Bill Nagel | 3.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
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