The battle for St. Louis was won decisively, as the 1930 St. Louis Cardinals swept the 1922 St. Louis Browns in a four-game series to start week number three. It’s the first time this season a sweep has occurred. Both teams entered with 3-5 records but the Cardinals (7-5) made a solid move up the standings, while the Browns (3-9) dropped closer to the bottom.
The Cardinals scored 25 runs, hit .333 and had four batters go better than .400, including Frankie Frisch at .500 (8-for-16). Jack Tobin also hit .500 (9-for-18) for the Browns, who hit just .239 and scored 15 runs.
Game #1: Cardinals 6, Browns 3
The Browns took an early 2-0 lead, but the Cardinals scored the next six. Chick Hafey and George Watkins had back-to-back RBI doubles as part of a three-run third inning. In the fourth, Sparky Adams had an RBI double and Frankie Frisch followed with an RBI single.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Jack Tobin 5 0 2 0 Taylor Douthit 4 1 1 0
Wally Gerber 5 0 0 0 Sparky Adams 5 1 2 1
George Sisler 5 0 3 1 Frankie Frisch 4 1 3 1
Ken Williams 3 0 0 0 Jim Bottomley 4 0 0 0
Baby Doll Jacobson 2 1 0 0 Chick Hafey 4 1 2 1
Marty McManus 4 1 1 0 George Watkins 4 1 3 1
Hank Severeid 4 0 3 1 Jimmie Wilson 4 0 2 1
Frank Ellerbe 3 0 0 1 Charlie Gelbert 2 0 0 0
Urban Shocker BXZ 2 0 0 0 Burleigh Grimes BY 3 1 0 0
Pat Collins 1 1 1 0 Gus Mancuso 1 0 0 0
Eddie Foster 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 3 10 3 TOTALS 35 6 13 5
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 020 000 100 -- 3
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 003 201 00x -- 6
LOB--1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 9, 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 8.
2B--Jack Tobin, Taylor Douthit, George Watkins, Chick Hafey,
Sparky Adams. 3B--Jack Tobin. SACF--Frank Ellerbe.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Urban Shocker BXZ [L] 6.00 12 6 6 3 4 0
Bill Bayne CX 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rasty Wright B 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Burleigh Grimes BY [W] 8.00 10 3 3 3 5 0
Flint Rehm BYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Game #2: Cardinals 5, Browns 4
The Browns got solo homers from Baby Doll Jacobson, Jack Tobin and Ken Williams and led 4-2 after six innings. But the Cardinals’ Charlie Gelbert was the hero, tying the game with a two-run double in the seventh. In the bottom of the ninth, after George Fisher doubled, Gelbert ended the contest with a two-out, walk-off RBI single.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Jack Tobin 4 1 1 1 Taylor Douthit 4 0 2 1
Wally Gerber 3 0 0 1 Sparky Adams 4 0 0 0
George Sisler 4 0 2 0 Frankie Frisch 4 0 2 0
Ken Williams 4 1 1 1 Chick Hafey 5 0 1 0
Baby Doll Jacobson 4 1 1 1 George Watkins 4 2 2 1
Marty McManus 4 0 0 0 George Fisher 3 2 1 0
Hank Severeid 4 0 0 0 Jimmie Wilson 2 1 0 0
Frank Ellerbe 4 1 2 0 Charlie Gelbert 5 0 4 3
Dixie Davis CYW 2 0 0 0 Bill Hallahan BKXW 2 0 0 0
Gus Mancuso 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 4 7 4 TOTALS 33 5 12 5
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 011 011 000 -- 4
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 020 000 201 -- 5
LOB--1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 4, 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 13.
ERR--George Sisler, Frankie Frisch. 2B--Frank Ellerbe,
Taylor Douthit, George Fisher, George Watkins, Chick Hafey,
Frankie Frisch, Charlie Gelbert. HR--Jack Tobin, Ken
Williams, Baby Doll Jacobson, George Watkins. SACF--Wally
Gerber, Taylor Douthit. SACB--Dixie Davis CYW, Jimmie
Wilson, Bill Hallahan BKXW.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dixie Davis CYW 6.33 10 4 3 7 5 1
Hub Pruett AKW [L] 2.33 2 1 1 1 1 0
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Bill Hallahan BKXW 7.00 7 4 4 0 8 3
Herman Bell BYZ [W] 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Game #3: Cardinals 11, Browns 6
Syl Johnson became the first pitcher to win three games after three starts. He had plenty of run support, beginning in the top of the first when Taylor Douthit led off the game with a home run, and George Fisher followed with a three-run homer later in the inning. Chick Hafey hit his league-leading sixth home run of the season in the ninth inning.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI
Taylor Douthit 3 2 3 1 Jack Tobin 4 1 2 0
Sparky Adams 5 1 1 0 Wally Gerber 4 1 1 1
Frankie Frisch 4 2 1 2 George Sisler 4 1 1 1
Chick Hafey 5 1 2 3 Ken Williams 4 1 1 2
George Watkins 5 1 1 0 Baby Doll Jacobson 4 0 0 1
George Fisher 5 2 3 4 Marty McManus 4 0 1 1
Jimmie Wilson 3 0 0 0 Hank Severeid 4 0 1 0
Charlie Gelbert 3 1 1 1 Frank Ellerbe 4 1 1 0
Syl Johnson CXYZ 3 0 0 0 Elam Vangilder BZ 2 0 0 0
Gus Mancuso 1 1 1 0 Pat Collins 1 0 0 0
Eddie Foster 1 1 1 0
TOTALS 37 11 13 11 TOTALS 36 6 9 6
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 400 002 005 -- 11
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 001 000 023 -- 6
LOB--1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4, 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 9.
ERR--Sparky Adams, Charlie Gelbert. 2B--Taylor Douthit,
George Fisher, Sparky Adams, Frankie Frisch, Ken Williams,
Frank Ellerbe, George Sisler, Wally Gerber. HR--Taylor
Douthit, George Fisher, Chick Hafey. HBP--George Sisler.
SACF--Charlie Gelbert, Baby Doll Jacobson. SB--Jack Tobin,
Frank Ellerbe.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Syl Johnson CXYZ [W] 8.00 7 3 2 2 9 0
Jim Lindsey BXW 1.00 2 3 3 2 0 0
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS
Elam Vangilder BZ [L] 7.00 7 6 6 3 3 2
Rasty Wright B 1.33 5 4 4 1 0 0
Dave Danforth BKW 0.67 1 1 1 0 1 1
Game #4: Cardinals 3, Browns 2
The Cardinals went up 2-0 on Sparky Adams’ RBI double in the third inning and Taylor Douthit’s RBI single in the fifth. The Browns made it 2-1 in the sixth on Baby Doll Jacobson’s RBI single. But, the Cardinals made it a two-run lead again in the top of eighth on George Watkins’ two-out RBI single. The Browns got one back in the bottom of the eighth on Marty McManus’ RBI single, but left the potential game-tying run on third base, then went quietly in the ninth.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI
Taylor Douthit 4 0 1 1 Jack Tobin 5 0 4 0
Sparky Adams 4 0 1 1 Wally Gerber 5 0 0 0
Frankie Frisch 4 1 2 0 George Sisler 4 1 1 0
Chick Hafey 3 0 0 0 Ken Williams 3 1 0 0
George Watkins 4 0 1 1 Baby Doll Jacobson 2 0 1 1
George Fisher 4 0 0 0 Marty McManus 3 0 1 1
Jimmie Wilson 4 1 1 0 Hank Severeid 4 0 0 0
Charlie Gelbert 4 1 1 0 Frank Ellerbe 4 0 0 0
Jesse Haines BY 1 0 0 0 Ray Kolp CYZ 3 0 0 0
Andy High 1 0 1 0 Pat Collins 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 3 8 3 TOTALS 34 2 7 2
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 001 010 010 -- 3
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 000 001 010 -- 2
LOB--1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 8, 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 9.
ERR--Chick Hafey, Frankie Frisch, Charlie Gelbert, Baby Doll
Jacobson. 2B--Jimmie Wilson, Sparky Adams, Andy High, George
Sisler. 3B--Frankie Frisch. HBP--Chick Hafey, Baby Doll
Jacobson. SACB--Jesse Haines BY (2). SB--George Sisler.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jesse Haines BY [W] 8.00 7 2 1 3 2 0
Flint Rehm BYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS
Ray Kolp CYZ [L] 9.00 8 3 3 2 5 0
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