Philadelphia Athletics vs St. Louis Browns
August 31, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1939 at Sportsman's Park III. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Athletics 4, St. Louis Browns 2
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Moses rf 4 2 3 3
Newsome ss 4 0 0 0
Johnson lf 3 0 1 0
Hayes c 4 0 0 0
Siebert 1b 4 0 1 0
Nagel 2b 3 0 0 0
  Miles ph 1 0 0 0
  Ambler 2b 0 0 0 0
Chapman cf 4 1 1 0
Lodigiani 3b 3 0 0 0
Potter p 2 1 0 0
  Dean p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 3
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Heffner 2b 5 0 4 0
Sullivan lf 5 2 1 0
McQuinn 1b 3 0 2 1
Laabs cf 5 0 1 1
Clift 3b 4 0 0 0
Grace rf 1 0 0 0
  Hoag rf 4 0 1 0
Harshaney c 2 0 1 0
Christman ss 3 0 0 0
Kennedy p 2 0 0 0
  Solters ph 1 0 0 0
  Trotter p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
  Lawson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Philadelphia 100 300 000–460
St. Louis 000 010 100–2102
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Potter  W(7-9) 7.2 10 2 2 4 2
  Dean  SV(7) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
5
3
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  L(8-18) 6.0 5 4 3 5 2
  Trotter   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lawson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
5
3
  E–Heffner (25), Grace (3).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Siebert-Newsome-Siebert, St. Louis 1. Clift-Heffner-McQuinn.  2B–Philadelphia Moses (19); Siebert (25), St. Louis Sullivan (16).  HR–Philadelphia Moses (2,4th inning off Kennedy 2 on).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Harshaney (1).  Team–13.  U–Eddie Rommel, Lou Kolls, Cal Hubbard.  T–1:50.  A–440.
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