May pickups

[Scott Garner]

I'll kick off May with a cool baseball ticket pickup.
Last night I purchased an Indians ticket with major Bob Feller significance, but so much happened in this game that really there's something for everyone that loves baseball...

1940 was a breakout year for Rapid Robert. He began the year by pitching MLB's 1st and only Opening Day no-hitter. On September 22, 1940 Feller put an exclamation point on what would certainly be one of his two best career years (the other being 1946) by winning his 27th and final game (career high).
To top it off he also homered in the game, hitting career HR # 2/8.

In 1940 Feller led the AL in virtually every category:
Bob Feller Pitching Record 1940 (Led AL in BOLD)
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP W L ERA

1940 CLE A 43 37 31 4 5 4 320.1 27 11 2.61

I mentioned that this game had something for everyone. The Indians defeated their perennial AL rival the Tigers. This game featured a literal bevvy of homers by both teams.
7 players actually homered in the game including HOF'ers Bob Feller, Hank Greenberg and "The Mechanical Man" Charlie Gehringer.
Check out the box score below. It was a crazy cool game!

Cleveland Indians 10, Detroit Tigers 5
Day

Game Played on Sunday, September 22, 1940 at Briggs Stadium
CLE A 0 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 10 12 0
DET A 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 - 5 8 2

BATTING
Cleveland Indians AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Chapman lf 5 1 3 1 0 0 4 0
Weatherly cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
Boudreau ss 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 4
Trosky 1b 4 2 2 1 1 0 6 0
Bell rf 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 0
Keltner 3b 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 3
Mack 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1 6 2
Pytlak c 4 0 1 3 0 1 6 0
Feller p 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 1
Totals 38 10 12 10 3 6 27 10

FIELDING -
DP: 1. Boudreau-Mack-Trosky.

BATTING -
2B: Pytlak (2,off Bridges); Bell (21,off Gorsica); Chapman (38,off Newhouser).
HR: Trosky (25,2nd inning off Bridges 0 on 0 out); Weatherly (12,3rd inning
off Smith 0 on 0 out); Chapman (4,4th inning off Gorsica 0 on 0 out); Keltner
(15,7th inning off Seats 0 on 2 out); Feller (2,8th inning off McKain 0
on 0 out).SH: Keltner (11,off Gorsica); Weatherly (8,off McKain).
GDP: Boudreau (24,off Bridges).
Team LOB: 6.

Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Bartell ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
McCosky cf 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
Gehringer 2b 2 1 2 2 2 0 3 3
Greenberg lf 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 0
York 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
Higgins 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2
Fox rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Tebbetts c 4 0 2 1 0 0 9 1
Bridges p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smith p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Gorsica p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Averill ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Newhouser p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Campbell ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Seats p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mullin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McKain p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sullivan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5 5 6 27 14

FIELDING -
DP: 1. Bartell-Gehringer-York.
E: Bartell (32), Gehringer (19).

BATTING -
2B: Tebbetts 2 (24,off Feller 2).
HR: Gehringer (10,7th inning off Feller 1 on 2 out); Greenberg (40,7th inning
off Feller 0 on 2 out).GDP: Bartell (11,off Feller).
IBB: York (2,by Feller).
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING -
SB: McCosky (13,3rd base off Feller/Pytlak); Gehringer (10,2nd base off Feller/Pytlak).

PITCHING
Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Feller W(27-10) 9 8 5 5 5 6 2 38

IBB: Feller (9,York).

Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Bridges L(12-9) 1.1 4 3 1 0 0 1 8
Smith 0.2 2 3 3 1 1 1 5
Gorsica 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 10
Newhouser 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 7
Seats 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 5
McKain 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 8
Totals 9 12 10 8 3 6 5 43

Smith faced 3 batters in the 3rd inning

Umpires: HP - Steve Basil, 1B - George Pipgras, 2B - Bill McGowan, 3B - Bill Summers

Time of Game: 2:56 Attendance: 56771