FIRST ROUND: Oddly, the road team won all seven games. Detroit was poised to end that streak in the final game as the Tigers took a 4-0 lead after seven innings, but Cleveland rallied to score five runs in the eighth and ninth to advance.
Pre-Expansion Greats Tournament
Game 1: Cleveland 5, Detroit 2
Game 2: Cleveland 4, Detroit 2
Game 3: Detroit 7, Cleveland 5
Game 4: Detroit 3, Cleveland 0
Game 5: Detroit 5, Cleveland 3
Game 6: Cleveland 7, Detroit 4
Game 7: Cleveland 5, Detroit 4
Series MVP: Bob Feller, Cleveland
Feller won two of his three starts, beating the Tigers in game one and game seven. He had a 2.16 ERA in 25 innings. He gave up two earned runs in each of the victories.
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Pitching Statistics
Game 1: Cleveland 5, Detroit 2
The Indians scored single runs in five different innings, including each of the first three. Hal Trosky had an RBI triple in the first, Rocky Colavito hit a solo homer in the second and Nap Lajoie drove in a run with a double in the third, putting the Indians ahead 3-0. It was 4-2 after five and the Indians added an insurance run in the seventh on an RBI single by Lajoie. Detroit got a solo homer and three hits from Hank Greenberg, while Ty Cobb had three singles and three stolen bases.
00 CLEVELAND INDIANS (5) AT 00 DETROIT TIGERS (2) 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS AB R H BI 00 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI Joe Jackson 4 1 0 0 Ty Cobb 4 0 3 0 Nap Lajoie 4 1 2 2 Harry Heilmann 2 0 0 1 Tris Speaker 4 1 3 1 Charley Gehringer 3 0 0 0 Hal Trosky 5 0 1 1 Hank Greenberg 4 1 3 1 Al Rosen 3 0 0 0 Al Kaline 4 0 0 0 Rocky Colavito 4 1 1 1 Sam Crawford 4 0 1 0 Larry Doby 4 0 1 0 Harvey Kuehn 4 0 0 0 Lou Boudreau 3 0 0 0 George Kell 4 0 0 0 Steve O'Neill 4 1 1 0 Johnny Bassler 3 1 0 0 TOTALS 35 5 9 5 TOTALS 32 2 7 2 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS 111 010 100 -- 5 00 DETROIT TIGERS 000 110 000 -- 2 LOB--00 CLEVELAND INDIANS 8, 00 DETROIT TIGERS 7. 2B--Larry Doby, Nap Lajoie, Steve O'Neill, Tris Speaker (2). 3B--Hal Trosky. HR--Rocky Colavito, Hank Greenberg. SACF--Harry Heilmann. SB--Ty Cobb (3). 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR Bob Feller [W] 8.00 7 2 2 3 5 1 Don Mossi [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 DETROIT TIGERS Hal Newhouser [L] 9.00 9 5 5 5 9 1 SO--Rocky Colavito (2), Larry Doby (2), Hal Trosky, Joe Jackson (3), Steve O'Neill, Harry Heilmann, Al Kaline, Hank Greenberg, Johnny Bassler, Sam Crawford. BB--Al Rosen, Nap Lajoie, Joe Jackson, Lou Boudreau, Tris Speaker, Harry Heilmann, Charley Gehringer, Johnny Bassler.
Game 2: Cleveland 4, Detroit 2
Al Rosen had three hits, including a home run, and Addie Joss tossed a quality start to put the Indians up 2-0 in the series. Rocky Colavito doubled and scored on Boudreau’s single in the second, and Hal Trosky doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0 after the top of the fourth. Sam Crawford doubled home a run for the Tigers in the bottom of the fourth to make it 2-1. Rosen’s home run leading off the sixth made it 3-1, though Detroit came back with its second run in the bottom half of the frame. The Indians got another RBI single by Boudreau in the eighth.
00 CLEVELAND INDIANS (4) AT 00 DETROIT TIGERS (2) 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS AB R H BI 00 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI Joe Jackson 4 0 1 0 Ty Cobb 2 0 0 0 Nap Lajoie 0 0 0 0 Harry Heilmann 4 1 1 0 Tris Speaker 5 0 0 0 Charley Gehringer 4 0 1 0 Hal Trosky 5 1 1 0 Hank Greenberg 3 0 1 0 Al Rosen 4 2 3 1 Al Kaline 3 1 0 1 Rocky Colavito 3 1 1 0 Sam Crawford 4 0 1 1 Larry Doby 3 0 0 1 Harvey Kuehn 4 0 0 0 Lou Boudreau 4 0 2 2 George Kell 3 0 1 0 Steve O'Neill 4 0 0 0 Johnny Bassler 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 32 4 8 4 TOTALS 31 2 5 2 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS 010 101 010 -- 4 00 DETROIT TIGERS 000 101 000 -- 2 LOB--00 CLEVELAND INDIANS 9, 00 DETROIT TIGERS 7. 2B--Rocky Colavito, Hal Trosky, George Kell, Charley Gehringer, Sam Crawford. HR--Al Rosen. HBP--Nap Lajoie, Ty Cobb. SACF--Larry Doby, Al Kaline. SACB--Nap Lajoie. SB--Hank Greenberg. 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR Addie Joss [W] 9.00 5 2 2 3 3 0 00 DETROIT TIGERS Bill Donovan [L] 8.00 8 4 4 5 3 1 Hooks Dauss 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 SO--Hal Trosky (2), Steve O'Neill (2), Harvey Kuehn (2), Sam Crawford. BB--Rocky Colavito, Nap Lajoie (3), Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb, George Kell, Hank Greenberg.
Game 3: Detroit 7, Cleveland 5
Detroit went up 3-0, fell behind 4-3, and then scored two runs in the sixth thanks to a two-out, two-run double by Johnny Bassler to go back in front at 5-4. Ty Cobb had an RBI double and later scored on a wild pitch to make it 7-4 in the top of the ninth. Cleveland scored once in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI single by Tris Speaker, and had two runners on base with one out, but hit into a game-ending double play. Joe Jackson had four hits for the Indians.
00 DETROIT TIGERS (7) AT 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS (5) 00 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS AB R H BI Ty Cobb 4 2 1 1 Joe Jackson 5 2 4 1 Harry Heilmann 5 0 1 0 Nap Lajoie 4 1 0 0 Charley Gehringer 5 0 2 1 Tris Speaker 5 0 3 2 Hank Greenberg 5 0 1 0 Hal Trosky 4 0 1 0 Al Kaline 4 0 0 0 Al Rosen 4 0 0 0 Sam Crawford 4 2 2 0 Rocky Colavito 4 1 1 1 Harvey Kuehn 3 2 2 0 Larry Doby 3 1 2 0 George Kell 4 1 2 2 Lou Boudreau 3 0 0 0 Johnny Bassler 3 0 2 2 Steve O'Neill 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 37 7 13 6 TOTALS 35 5 11 4 00 DETROIT TIGERS 120 002 002 -- 7 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS 012 100 001 -- 5 LOB--00 DETROIT TIGERS 6, 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS 9. ERR--Al Kaline, Lou Boudreau. 2B--Ty Cobb, George Kell (2), Hank Greenberg, Charley Gehringer, Johnny Bassler (2), Larry Doby (2). 3B--Joe Jackson. HR--Rocky Colavito. HBP--Hal Trosky. SACB--Lou Boudreau. SB--Sam Crawford, Joe Jackson (3), Tris Speaker. 00 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR Dizzy Trout [W] 7.00 7 4 3 4 5 1 George Mullin [S] 2.00 4 1 1 0 0 0 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS Stan Coveleski [L] 6.00 10 5 5 2 4 0 Mel Harder 3.00 3 2 2 1 0 0 WP--Mel Harder. SO--Ty Cobb, Harry Heilmann, Al Kaline, Hank Greenberg, Hal Trosky (2), Nap Lajoie, Steve O'Neill, Lou Boudreau. BB--Ty Cobb, Harvey Kuehn, Johnny Bassler, Larry Doby, Al Rosen, Nap Lajoie, Steve O'Neill.
Game 4: Detroit 3, Cleveland 0
Hal Newhouser pitched a two-hit shutout to even up the series at two games apiece. He walked three and struck out eight, and never allowed an Indian runner to reach third base. Detroit got an unearned run in the fourth on an RBI single by Sam Crawford, then had an RBI double by Harry Heilmann in the fifth inning. Hank Greenberg hit a solo homer in the top of the eighth. Cleveland’s two hits were doubles by Joe Jackson in the sixth inning and Tris Speaker in the ninth.
00 DETROIT TIGERS (3) AT 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS (0) 00 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS AB R H BI Ty Cobb 4 1 1 0 Joe Jackson 4 0 1 0 Harry Heilmann 4 0 1 1 Nap Lajoie 3 0 0 0 Charley Gehringer 3 1 0 0 Tris Speaker 3 0 1 0 Hank Greenberg 4 1 1 1 Hal Trosky 4 0 0 0 Al Kaline 4 0 1 0 Al Rosen 2 0 0 0 Sam Crawford 4 0 1 1 Rocky Colavito 3 0 0 0 Harvey Kuehn 4 0 1 0 Larry Doby 3 0 0 0 George Kell 3 0 0 0 Lou Boudreau 3 0 0 0 Johnny Bassler 4 0 1 0 Steve O'Neill 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 34 3 7 3 TOTALS 28 0 2 0 00 DETROIT TIGERS 000 110 010 -- 3 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 000 000 -- 0 LOB--00 DETROIT TIGERS 6, 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS 4. ERR--George Kell, Lou Boudreau. 2B--Ty Cobb, Harry Heilmann, Johnny Bassler, Joe Jackson, Tris Speaker. HR--Hank Greenberg. SB--Harvey Kuehn. 00 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR Hal Newhouser [W] 9.00 2 0 0 3 8 0 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS Bob Feller [L] 9.00 7 3 2 2 7 1 SO--Harry Heilmann (2), Harvey Kuehn (2), Johnny Bassler (2), Sam Crawford, Rocky Colavito (3), Larry Doby, Al Rosen, Nap Lajoie, Steve O'Neill, Lou Boudreau. BB--George Kell, Charley Gehringer, Al Rosen, Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker.
Game 5: Detroit 5, Cleveland 3
The Tigers scored four runs in the first two innings, then took a 5-0 lead en route to their third straight road win. Harry Heilmann blasted a two-run homer in the top of the first, while George Kell had an RBI double and Johnny Bassler had an RBI single in the second. Sam Crawford’s RBI single made it 5-0 in the top of the fifth. Cleveland closed the gap with a two-run homer by Larry Doby in the fifth and an RBI single by Steve O’Neill in the eighth, but that was as close as the Indians would get.
00 DETROIT TIGERS (5) AT 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS (3) 00 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS AB R H BI Ty Cobb 5 1 1 0 Joe Jackson 4 0 1 0 Harry Heilmann 3 1 2 2 Nap Lajoie 4 0 0 0 Charley Gehringer 5 0 0 0 Tris Speaker 4 0 1 0 Hank Greenberg 5 1 1 0 Hal Trosky 4 0 0 0 Al Kaline 5 0 1 0 Al Rosen 4 1 1 0 Sam Crawford 3 0 1 1 Rocky Colavito 4 0 0 0 Harvey Kuehn 4 1 1 0 Larry Doby 3 1 1 2 George Kell 4 1 1 1 Lou Boudreau 3 1 1 0 Johnny Bassler 4 0 3 1 Steve O'Neill 2 0 1 1 TOTALS 38 5 11 5 TOTALS 32 3 6 3 00 DETROIT TIGERS 220 010 000 -- 5 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 020 010 -- 3 LOB--00 DETROIT TIGERS 9, 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS 3. ERR--Al Rosen. 2B--Ty Cobb, George Kell, Harvey Kuehn, Johnny Bassler, Lou Boudreau. 3B--Hank Greenberg. HR--Harry Heilmann, Larry Doby. SB--Tris Speaker. 00 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR Bill Donovan [W] 9.00 6 3 3 1 6 1 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS Addie Joss [L] 7.00 10 5 5 3 2 1 Mike Garcia 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 SO--Ty Cobb, Hank Greenberg, Rocky Colavito (2), Larry Doby, Hal Trosky, Nap Lajoie, Lou Boudreau. BB--Harry Heilmann (2), Sam Crawford, Steve O'Neill.
Game 6: Cleveland 7, Detroit 4
Cleveland ended a three-game slide by scoring two runs in the second and two in the third to jump out to a 4-0 lead. Al Rosen and Larry Doby hit solo homers in the second inning, while Hal Trosky had a two-run double in the third. Detroit closed the gap to 4-3 following RBI singles by Ty Cobb and Harry Heilmann in the fifth. The Indians put the game out of reach with a three-run eighth, as Rocky Colavito slugged a two-run homer and Joe Jackson had an RBI triple. Detroit needed three in the bottom of the ninth but only got one with a run-scoring triple by Cobb.
00 CLEVELAND INDIANS (7) AT 00 DETROIT TIGERS (4) 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS AB R H BI 00 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI Joe Jackson 5 1 3 1 Ty Cobb 5 2 3 2 Nap Lajoie 5 1 1 0 Harry Heilmann 4 0 1 1 Tris Speaker 4 0 1 0 Charley Gehringer 2 0 0 1 Hal Trosky 4 0 1 2 Hank Greenberg 4 0 0 0 Al Rosen 5 2 2 1 Al Kaline 4 0 1 0 Rocky Colavito 4 1 1 2 Sam Crawford 4 0 1 0 Larry Doby 4 1 1 1 Harvey Kuehn 4 0 1 0 Lou Boudreau 4 0 1 0 George Kell 4 1 1 0 Steve O'Neill 4 1 2 0 Johnny Bassler 4 1 2 0 TOTALS 39 7 13 7 TOTALS 35 4 10 4 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS 022 000 030 -- 7 00 DETROIT TIGERS 001 020 001 -- 4 LOB--00 CLEVELAND INDIANS 7, 00 DETROIT TIGERS 7. 2B--Hal Trosky, Steve O'Neill, Tris Speaker, Al Kaline, Harvey Kuehn, Johnny Bassler. 3B--Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb. HR--Rocky Colavito, Larry Doby, Al Rosen. SACF--Charley Gehringer. SB--Ty Cobb. 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR Stan Coveleski [W] 9.00 10 4 4 2 3 0 00 DETROIT TIGERS Dizzy Trout [L] 7.00 11 6 6 2 6 3 Ed Willett 2.00 2 1 1 0 1 0 PB--Steve O'Neill. SO--Rocky Colavito, Larry Doby (2), Hal Trosky, Steve O'Neill, Lou Boudreau, Tris Speaker, Hank Greenberg, Charley Gehringer, Sam Crawford. BB--Hal Trosky, Tris Speaker, Harry Heilmann, Charley Gehringer.
Game 7: Cleveland 5, Detroit 4
Cleveland trailed 4-0 after seven innings and Detroit’s Hal Newhouser had only given up two hits to that point. But the Indians scored twice in the eighth inning on a two-run double by Steve O’Neill, then got a three-run home run by Hal Trosky in the top of the ninth to take the lead. Detroit, which got a pair of RBI singles by George Kell to score its first two runs, got the tying run to second base in the bottom of the ninth before reliever Mel Harder closed it out. The game’s nine runs were scored on a total of 11 hits.
00 CLEVELAND INDIANS (5) AT 00 DETROIT TIGERS (4) 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS AB R H BI 00 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI Joe Jackson 4 0 0 0 Ty Cobb 5 1 1 1 Nap Lajoie 4 1 2 0 Harry Heilmann 3 0 1 1 Tris Speaker 3 1 0 0 Charley Gehringer 3 0 0 0 Hal Trosky 4 1 2 3 Hank Greenberg 3 0 1 0 Al Rosen 4 0 0 0 Al Kaline 4 0 0 0 Rocky Colavito 3 1 0 0 Sam Crawford 2 2 0 0 Larry Doby 3 1 1 0 Harvey Kuehn 4 0 0 0 Lou Boudreau 3 0 0 0 George Kell 4 1 2 2 Steve O'Neill 3 0 1 2 Johnny Bassler 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 31 5 6 5 TOTALS 30 4 5 4 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 000 023 -- 5 00 DETROIT TIGERS 010 100 200 -- 4 LOB--00 CLEVELAND INDIANS 2, 00 DETROIT TIGERS 7. ERR--Nap Lajoie. 2B--Hal Trosky, Nap Lajoie, Steve O'Neill, Hank Greenberg. 3B--Ty Cobb. HR--Hal Trosky. SACF--Harry Heilmann. SACB--Johnny Bassler. SB--George Kell. 00 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR Bob Feller [W] 8.00 5 4 2 5 0 0 Mel Harder [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 00 DETROIT TIGERS Hal Newhouser [L] 8.00 6 5 5 3 8 1 Hooks Dauss 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 SO--Rocky Colavito, Larry Doby (2), Al Rosen, Hal Trosky, Nap Lajoie, Steve O'Neill, Tris Speaker (2), Harry Heilmann. BB--Rocky Colavito, Larry Doby, Tris Speaker, Harry Heilmann, Hank Greenberg, Charley Gehringer, Johnny Bassler, Sam Crawford (2).
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