GMS/TEAMS
SEASONS
CAREER STATS
American League
C- Pythias Russ (Miners) .324-8-31
C- Larry Brown (Rainiers) .318-4-30
1B- John Beckwith (Miners) .389-17-76 (5X)
1B- Jimmie Foxx (Racers) .366-20-58 (2X)
2B- George Scales (Gorillas) .354-9-54 (5X)
2B- Bill Riggins (Skeeters) .330-9-59 (2X)
3B- Jud Wilson (Gorillas) .362-4-32 (6X)
3B- Pie Traynor (Vehicles) .351-2-35 (3X)
SS- Willie Wells (Vipers) .359-19-73 (4X)
SS- Martin Dihigo (Gorillas) .324-17-85 (2X)
OF- Babe Ruth (Pines) .350-25-86 (14X)
OF- Rap Dixon (Skeeters) .391-18-84 (2X)
OF- Chino Smith (Gorillas) .403-30-104 (3X)
OF- Mel Ott (Pines) .318-17-53 (2X)
OF- Chuck Klein (Rainiers) .332-22-65
OF- Lefty O’Doul (Gorillas) .383-12-74
SP- Nelson Dean (Skeeters) 9-2. 3.44 (3X)
SP- William Bell (Rainiers) 9-2, 2.58 (3X)
SP- Firpo Marberry (Vehicles) 11-4, 3.65
SP- Sam Jones (Vehicles) 8-7, 3.31
SP- Chet Brewer (Vipers) 12-5, 4.69
RP- Eddie Miller (Skeeters) 9-3, 9-saves, 1.75
Commissioner Pick- Al Simmons (Skeeters)
.323-18-83 (4X)
Team Breakdown:
Racers-1
Gorillas-5
Skeeters-5
Rainiers-3
Pines-2
Vipers-2
Miners-2
Vehicles-3Rebels-
National League
C- Bill Dickey (Spiders) .393-6-33
C- Biz Mackey (Terrapins) .308-3-31 (6X)
1B- Oscar Charleston (Crimson Tide) .354-4-51 (13X)
1B- Pop Lloyd (Storm) .384-2-42 (15X)
2B- Charlie Gehringer (Starlings) .351-8-35 (2X)
2B- Walter Cannady (Warbirds) .354-4-54 (3X)
3B- Joe Sewell (Terrapins) .326-3-32 (5X)
3B- Dewey Creacy (Crimson Tide) (5X)
SS- Dick Lundy (Crimson Tide) .385-3-39 (8)
SS- Dick Bartell (Caterpillars) .296-2-34
OF- Babe Herman (Caterpillars) .373-19-82 (2X)
OF- Turkey Stearnes(Queen City) .344-22-58 (7X)
OF- Wade Johnston (Terrapins) .354-21-73
OF- Clint Thomas (Spiders) .353-12-41
OF- Taylor Douthit (Storm) .352-8-72
OF- Bullet Joe Rogan (Warbirds) .320-14-47 (7X)
SP- Guy Bush (Queen City) 6-5, 3.35
SP- Joe Strong (Caterpillars) 7-5, 3.27 (3X)
SP- Carl Hubbell (Warbirds) 7-9, 3.01
SP- Heinie Meinie (Starlings) 9-6, 3.68
SP- Yellow Horse Morris (Storm) 8-3, 4.23
RP- Howard Ehmke (Spiders) 3-1, 14-saves, 3.41 (2X)
Commissioner Pick- Dale Alexander (Spiders)
.320-21-79
Team Breakdown:
Caterpillars- 3
Terrapins- 3
Storm- 3
Spiders-4
Warbirds-3
Crimson Tide-3
Queen City- 2
Starlings-2
The 20th SCL All-Star Game exceeded all expectations.
Guy Bush (Queen City) started for the NL, William Bell (Rainiers) started for the AL
The game started just like a fight scene in the old Batman TV series. Batman and Robin vs the Penguin's henchman. "BIFF!!" "BAM!!" "BOOM!!"
The AL hit HRs in the 1st 3 innings. Willie Wells (Vipers) in the 1st, Pythias Russ (Miners) in the 2nd, and Babe Ruth (Pines) in the 3rd. This game was over......until the 5th inning happened.
With the AL leading 6-1, the henchman got off the floor and started fighting back. The NL bunched together 5 singles, and Jud Wilson (Gorillas) threw a groundball into right field and the score was tied at 6.
The AL went up by 2 in the 7th. Bill Riggins' (Skeeters) 2-out triple scored Chet Brewer (Vipers), and Dick Lundy (Crimson Tide) threw away an inning-ending grounder, his 2nd error of the game, allowing Riggins to score from 3rd.
8-6 AL.
In the 8th, Biz Mackey (Terrapins) and Dick Lundy singled with one out. An rbi groundout was followed by a 2-out double off the bat of Pop Lloyd (Storm) and we were tied at 8-8.
The 1st extra-inning game in SCL history followed.
It was 3 up and 3 down for both teams in the 10th.
In the top of the 11th, Babe Herman (Caterpillars) walked to start the inning, and Pop Lloyd followed with a single. Pinch hitter Clint Thomas (Spiders) grounded back to the mound, Martin Dihigo (Gorillas) pressed into mound duty, due to a depleted bench, threw to 3rd for the force. Wade Johnston (Terrapins) popped out, and Bullet Joe Rogan (Warbirds) grounded out to end the NL threat.
The AL went down 1/2/3 sending the game to the 12th.
Dewey Creacy (Crimson Tide) singled with 1 out for the NL. 1 out later Dick Lundy reached on an infield hit. Catcher Larry Brown (Rainiers) allowed a passed ball to put runners on 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs. Babe Herman (Caterpillars) singled in Creacy and Lundy to put the NL up 10-8. With 2 runners on, relief pitcher Howard Ehmke (Spiders) was forced to bat due to an empty NL bench. He flew out to end the inning.
Ehmke got the 1st two AL batters out in the bottom of the 12th, but Pie Traynor banged a 2-0 pinch into the left field stands to make the score 10-9. Willie Wells (Vipers) singled and then Ehmke walked Chino Smith (Gorillas) and Babe Ruth (Pines) to load the bases. With no relief help available Ehmke would have to pitch to Larry Brown. (Rainiers) Co-Managers Doug and Kevin weighed their options. Pinch hit the last remaining bat on the AL bench, Al Simmons (Skeeters), and his .365 average, and leave the AL without a catcher, or bat Larry Brown and his .284 average. Since Doug is from Las Vegas, and I'm from the mean streets of Scranton, we went for broke and batted Simmons. Simmons lined a 1-0 pitch into CF for the game-winning single.
AL 11 NL 10 (12)
This was the 1st extra inning All-Star game. There were 4 HRs hit, the most in any SCL All-Star game, and Dick Lundy became the 1st player with 5 hits in an All-Star game.
A tough MVP choice, but because Al Simmons (Skeeters) came through in a clutch do or die situation, he gets the nod.
7/4/1929, NL29-AL29, game 1, Shibe Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E LOB DP
1929 NL All-Stars 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 10 17 2 12 1
1929 AL All Stars 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 11 15 2 13 2
NL All-Stars AB R H BI AVG AL All Stars AB R H BI AVG
Lundy ss 6 3 5 2 .833 Wilson, J 3b 4 0 0 0 .000
Herman lf 6 1 3 4 .500 Traynor ph 2 1 1 1 .500
Charleston 1b 3 1 1 1 .333 Wells, W ss 7 2 2 1 .286
Lloyd ph 3 0 2 1 .667 Smith, C cf 4 2 3 1 .750
Dickey c 2 0 0 0 .000 Ruth rf 5 1 2 2 .400
Strong p 0 0 0 0 .000 Dixon, R lf 3 0 1 0 .333
Alexander ph 1 0 0 1 .000 Marberry p 0 0 0 0 .000
Meine p 0 0 0 0 .000 Brown, L c 2 0 0 0 .000
Douthit ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Simmons ph 1 0 1 2 1.000
Hubbell p 0 0 0 0 .000 Beckwith 1b 3 0 0 0 .000
Thomas, C ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Foxx ph 3 0 1 0 .333
Ehmke p 1 0 0 0 .000 Scales 2b 0 1 0 0 .000
Johnston, W. rf 6 0 1 1 .167 Dean, N p 0 0 0 0 .000
Stearnes cf 1 0 0 0 .000 O'Doul lf 4 0 1 0 .250
Rogan ph 5 0 0 0 .000 Miller, Edw p 0 0 0 0 .000
Gehringer 2b 2 1 1 0 .500 Russ c 2 1 1 2 .500
Cannady 2b 4 0 0 0 .000 Ott ph 0 0 0 0 .000
Sewell,J 3b 2 1 1 0 .500 Brewer p 0 1 0 0 .000
Creacy 3b 2 1 1 0 .500 Dihigo p 1 0 0 0 .000
Bush p 0 0 0 0 .000 Klein lf 1 0 0 0 .000
Bartell ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Bell, W. p 1 0 0 0 .000
Morris, Y p 0 0 0 0 .000 Riggins 2b 5 2 2 1 .400
Mackey c 4 2 2 0 .500 48 11 15 10
51 10 17 10
NL All-Stars INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bush 2.0 4 3 3 2 1 43 22 13.50
Morris, Y 1.0 1 2 2 2 1 24 10 18.00
Strong 1.0 1 1 0 2 0 24 13 0.00
Meine 3.0 3 2 1 2 3 57 33 3.00
Hubbell 3.0 3 0 0 1 1 28 16 0.00
Ehmke L 0-1 1.2 3 3 3 2 0 33 15 16.20
11.2 15 11 9 11 6 209 109
AL All Stars INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bell, W. 3.0 4 1 1 0 1 40 27 3.00
Dean, N 1.1 4 4 4 0 0 20 13 27.00
Marberry BS 1 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 9 6 0.00
Brewer 2.1 3 2 2 3 0 41 20 7.71
Dihigo BS 1 4.1 5 2 1 2 1 68 39 2.08
Miller, Edw W 1-0 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 6 4 0.00
12.0 17 10 8 6 2 184 109
NL : Bartell batted for Bush in the 3rd
Rogan batted for Stearnes in the 4th
Rogan moved to cf in the 4th
Mackey inserted at c in the 4th
Alexander batted for Strong in the 5th
Cannady inserted at 2b in the 5th
Creacy inserted at 3b in the 5th
Lloyd batted for Charleston in the 7th
Lloyd moved to 1b in the 7th
Douthit batted for Meine in the 8th
Thomas, C batted for Hubbell in the 11th
AL : Riggins inserted at 2b in the 4th
O'Doul inserted at lf in the 5th
Ott batted for Russ in the 5th
Brown, L inserted at c in the 6th
Foxx batted for Beckwith in the 7th
Foxx moved to 1b in the 8th
Traynor batted for Wilson, J in the 9th
Traynor moved to 3b in the 10th
Klein inserted at lf in the 12th
Simmons batted for Brown, L in the 12th
E-Lundy 2, Wilson, J, Wells, W. 2B-Lloyd(1), Smith, C(1). 3B-Riggins(1).
HR-Wells, W(1), Ruth(1), Russ(1), Traynor(1). RBI-Lundy 2(2), Herman 4(4),
Charleston(1), Johnston, W.(1), Alexander(1), Lloyd(1), Wells, W(1),
Smith, C(1), Ruth 2(2), Russ 2(2), Riggins(1), Traynor(1), Simmons 2(2).
SB-Wilson, J(1), Smith, C(1). CS-Lundy, Rogan, Scales, Riggins. K-Stearnes,
Cannady, Wilson, J, Dixon, R, Bell, W., O'Doul, Brown, L, Foxx. BB-Lundy,
Herman, Mackey, Creacy 2, Lloyd, Wilson, J, Smith, C 3, Ruth 2, Scales 2,
Ott, Brown, L, Brewer. HBP-Meine. PB-Brown, L. HB-Brewer. WP-Bell, W..
GWRBI: Simmons
Temperature: 91, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: left to right at 7 MPH.
