The 1922 St. Louis Browns are struggling mightily, getting swept for the second straight series, this time at the hands of the 1929 Chicago Cubs. The Cubs have won six of their last seven to improve to 10-6, while the Browns have lost 10 straight and are in the cellar at 3-13.
There have been only a handful of shutouts thus far but Chicago pitcher Guy Bush now has two of them. Hack Wilson batted .571 (8-for-14) to lead the Chicago hitters. Marty McManus and Ken Williams both hit .357 (5-for-14) for St. Louis, which was outscored 21-9.
Game #1: Chicago 9, St. Louis 5
The Cubs went up 3-0 with the help of Hack Wilson’s two-run homer in the third inning. The Browns didn’t have a baserunner in the first three innings, then put up five runs on five hits in the fourth, which included a three-run homer from Hank Severeid. That was it for St. Louis, however. The Cubs tied it on Charlie Grimm’s two-run single in the sixth, went ahead on Hack Wilson’s RBI triple in the seventh, and also got a two-run homer from Rogers Hornsby in the ninth.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI
Norm McMillan 4 2 1 0 Jack Tobin 4 1 1 0
Woody English 4 1 1 1 Wally Gerber 3 1 2 0
Rogers Hornsby 5 2 2 2 George Sisler 4 1 2 1
Hack Wilson 3 3 3 3 Ken Williams 2 0 0 1
Kiki Cuyler 5 1 2 1 Baby Doll Jacobson 2 1 0 0
Riggs Stephenson 4 0 0 0 Marty McManus 4 0 0 0
Charlie Grimm 4 0 2 2 Hank Severeid 4 1 1 3
Zack Taylor 3 0 0 0 Frank Ellerbe 4 0 1 0
Charlie Root AXY 3 0 0 0 Urban Shocker BXZ 2 0 0 0
Pat Collins 0 0 0 0
Eddie Foster 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 9 11 9 TOTALS 30 5 7 5
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 003 002 202 -- 9
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 000 500 000 -- 5
LOB--1929 CHICAGO CUBS 6, 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 5. ERR--Baby
Doll Jacobson. 2B--Norm McMillan, Kiki Cuyler, Frank
Ellerbe. 3B--Hack Wilson. HR--Hack Wilson, Rogers Hornsby,
Hank Severeid. SACF--Ken Williams. SACB--Charlie Root AXY,
Woody English, Wally Gerber. SB--Charlie Grimm, George
Sisler.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Charlie Root AXY [W] 9.00 7 5 5 5 5 1
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS
Urban Shocker BXZ [L] 7.00 10 7 7 3 5 1
Rasty Wright B 2.00 1 2 2 2 0 1
Game #2: Chicago 4, St. Louis 2
St. Louis scored first on Frank Ellerbe’s RIB single in the second. But the Cubs scored the next four runs, two of which were driven in by Rogers Hornsby. St. Louis tried to rally with two outs in the ninth and scored once on Hank Severeid’s RBI double, but the Cubs’ Pat Malone got the final out to improve to 3-1 on the season.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI
Norm McMillan 5 2 3 0 Jack Tobin 4 0 0 0
Woody English 3 0 1 0 Wally Gerber 4 0 1 0
Rogers Hornsby 5 0 1 2 George Sisler 4 0 1 0
Hack Wilson 4 1 3 0 Ken Williams 4 0 1 0
Kiki Cuyler 4 0 1 0 Baby Doll Jacobson 4 0 0 0
Riggs Stephenson 4 1 1 1 Marty McManus 4 2 2 0
Charlie Grimm 4 0 1 0 Hank Severeid 4 0 3 1
Zack Taylor 3 0 0 1 Frank Ellerbe 4 0 1 1
Pat Malone BK 4 0 0 0 Dixie Davis CYW 2 0 0 0
Pat Collins 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 11 4 TOTALS 35 2 9 2
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 001 002 100 -- 4
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 010 000 001 -- 2
LOB--1929 CHICAGO CUBS 10, 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 6.
ERR--Frank Ellerbe, Wally Gerber. 2B--Norm McMillan, Ken
Williams, Hank Severeid. SACF--Zack Taylor. SACB--Woody
English (2). SB--Kiki Cuyler.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Pat Malone BK [W] 9.00 9 2 2 0 5 0
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS
Dixie Davis CYW [L] 7.00 9 4 3 1 5 0
Bill Bayne CX 2.00 2 0 0 1 2 0
Game #3: Chicago 6, St. Louis 2
The Cubs got a two-run double from Kiki Cuyler in the bottom of the first and never trailed. Rogers Hornsby had an RBI double in the fifth and Norm McMillan had a three-run double in the eighth. Ken Williams scored both St. Louis runs, the first on a solo homer in the fourth, and then in the eighth after hitting a double.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI 1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Jack Tobin 5 0 3 0 Norm McMillan 4 0 2 3
Wally Gerber 5 0 0 0 Woody English 3 2 0 0
George Sisler 4 0 0 0 Rogers Hornsby 4 0 2 1
Ken Williams 4 2 3 1 Hack Wilson 3 1 0 0
Baby Doll Jacobson 4 0 1 1 Kiki Cuyler 4 0 2 2
Marty McManus 3 0 2 0 Riggs Stephenson 3 1 1 0
Hank Severeid 3 0 0 0 Charlie Grimm 4 0 1 0
Frank Ellerbe 4 0 0 0 Zack Taylor 4 1 0 0
Elam Vangilder BZ 2 0 1 0 Sheriff Blake BYW 2 0 0 0
Eddie Foster 1 0 0 0 Cliff Heathcote 1 0 0 0
Chick Shorten 1 0 0 0 Hal Carlson CYZ 1 1 0 0
TOTALS 36 2 10 2 TOTALS 33 6 8 6
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 000 100 010 -- 2
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 200 010 03x -- 6
LOB--1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 9, 1929 CHICAGO CUBS 8.
ERR--Marty McManus, Rogers Hornsby, Woody English. 2B--Jack
Tobin, Ken Williams, Rogers Hornsby (2), Charlie Grimm, Norm
McMillan (2), Kiki Cuyler. HR--Ken Williams. HBP--Hank
Severeid.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Elam Vangilder BZ [L] 6.00 6 3 3 2 2 0
Hub Pruett AKW 2.00 2 3 0 3 4 0
1929 CHICAGO CUBS
Sheriff Blake BYW [W] 7.00 7 1 1 1 4 1
Hal Carlson CYZ [S] 2.00 3 1 1 0 2 0
Game #4: Chicago 2, St. Louis 0
The Cubs’ Guy Bush gave up just three hits and one walk, and no St. Louis baserunner made it past first base. The Cubs got both of their runs in the fourth as Norm McMillan had a two-out, two-run double. St. Louis pitcher Ray Kolp earned the unfortunate distinction of dropping to 0-4 after four starts.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI 1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Jack Tobin 4 0 0 0 Norm McMillan 5 0 1 2
Wally Gerber 4 0 0 0 Woody English 3 0 1 0
George Sisler 4 0 1 0 Rogers Hornsby 4 0 1 0
Ken Williams 4 0 1 0 Hack Wilson 4 0 2 0
Baby Doll Jacobson 4 0 0 0 Kiki Cuyler 4 0 0 0
Marty McManus 3 0 1 0 Riggs Stephenson 2 1 1 0
Hank Severeid 3 0 0 0 Charlie Grimm 3 1 2 0
Frank Ellerbe 3 0 0 0 Zack Taylor 4 0 1 0
Ray Kolp CYZ 2 0 0 0 Guy Bush BY 3 0 1 0
Pat Collins 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 0 3 0 TOTALS 32 2 10 2
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 000 000 000 -- 0
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 000 200 00x -- 2
LOB--1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 5, 1929 CHICAGO CUBS 11.
ERR--Rogers Hornsby. 2B--Riggs Stephenson, Norm McMillan.
HBP--Woody English. SACB--Guy Bush BY.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Kolp CYZ [L] 7.00 9 2 2 3 3 0
Dave Danforth BKW 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
1929 CHICAGO CUBS
Guy Bush BY [W] 9.00 3 0 0 1 4 0
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