Philadelphia Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
June 4, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1939 at Comiskey Park I. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Athletics 11, Chicago White Sox 6

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Gantenbein 2b 6 1 2 0
Moses rf 6 3 4 0
Ambler ss 3 1 0 0
Etten 1b 4 3 2 2
Johnson lf 3 1 2 4
Brucker c 4 2 2 1
Chapman cf 3 0 1 1
Nagel 3b 5 0 2 1
Potter p 4 0 0 1
Totals 38 11 15 10
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bejma 2b 5 1 1 2
Kuhel 1b 4 1 1 0
Walker lf 5 1 2 0
Radcliff rf 5 1 1 1
Appling ss 4 1 3 0
Kreevich cf 4 0 1 1
Owen 3b 3 0 0 0
Tresh c 1 0 0 0
  Rosenthal ph 1 0 0 0
  Silvestri c 2 0 0 0
Dietrich p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 1 0 0 0
  Marcum ph 1 0 0 0
  Rigney p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Steinbacher ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 6 9 4
Philadelphia 304 101 02011153
Chicago 000 201 003692
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Potter  W(3-0) 9.0 9 6 4 4 4
Totals
9.0
9
6
4
4
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dietrich  L(4-2) 2.1 7 7 6 3 1
  Frazier   1.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Rigney   4.0 6 3 2 3 2
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
11
9
7
4

  E–Gantenbein 2 (8), Etten (4), Silvestri (5), Dietrich (2).  DP–Philadelphia 2. Nagel-Gantenbein-Etten, Ambler-Gantenbein-Etten, Chicago 2. Tresh-Bejma, Rigney-Appling-Kuhel.  2B–Philadelphia Moses (2); Etten (10); Johnson (8); Brucker 2 (7); S. Chapman (5).  3B–Chicago Appling (3).  HR–Chicago Bejma (4,9th inning off Potter 1 on).  SH–Ambler 2 (3); Johnson (4).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  CS–Brucker (1).  SB–Appling (1).  U–Bill Grieve, Bill McGowan, John Quinn.  T–2:14.  A–17,000.
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