Philadelphia Athletics vs St. Louis Browns
September 17, 1920 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1920 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Athletics 8, St. Louis Browns 17
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Dykes 2b 4 2 2 1
Griffin 1b 1 0 0 0
  Kelly 1b 4 0 1 0
Walker lf 4 2 3 2
Johnson cf 5 0 2 0
Perkins c 1 0 0 0
  Myatt c 4 1 1 1
Dugan 3b 5 0 2 1
High rf 4 1 3 1
Galloway ss 1 0 0 0
  McCann ss 4 1 1 1
Naylor p 0 0 0 0
  Bigbee p 3 1 0 0
Totals 40 8 15 7
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Gerber ss 6 2 3 2
Gedeon 2b 6 2 2 3
Sisler 1b 5 2 4 2
Jacobson cf 6 2 4 4
Wetzel lf 3 2 2 1
Smith 3b 5 1 1 0
Tobin rf 2 1 2 1
  Lamb rf 2 1 1 0
Severeid c 2 1 1 1
  Collins c 2 0 2 2
Lynch p 2 2 2 1
  Burwell p 2 1 0 0
Totals 43 17 24 17
Philadelphia 001 006 001–8151
St. Louis 280 016 00x–17243
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Naylor  L(10-22) 1.0 7 7 3 1 0
  Bigbee   7.0 17 10 10 5 1
Totals
8.0
24
17
13
6
1
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  W(2-0) 5.2 10 7 5 3 1
  Burwell  SV(4) 3.1 5 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
8
6
3
3
  E–Dugan (31), Gerber 2 (48), Gedeon (24).  DP–Philadelphia 1. T. Walker-Perkins, St. Louis 2. Sisler-Gedeon, Gerber-Gedeon-Sisler.  PB–Severeid (3).  2B–Philadelphia Kelly (1); Myatt (8); Dugan (31); High (2), St. Louis Gerber (24); Jacobson (33); Tobin (31); Lamb (2).  3B–Philadelphia McCann (1), St. Louis Sisler 2 (13).  SH–T. Walker (17).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  SB–Sisler (36); Smith (6).  CS–Wetzel (1); Smith (3).  U–Bill Dinneen, Ollie Chill.
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