The 1922 St. Louis Browns finally ended a 13-game losing streak, but it came in the finale of the four-game series against the 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates. After winning the first three contests of the week, the Pirates (8-8) are back to .500 on the season. The Browns are deep in the cellar at 4-16.
Lloyd Waner batted .526 (10-for-19) and drove in a team-high five runs to lead the Pirates. Jack Tobin hit .467 (7-for-15) for the Browns.
Game #1: Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 2
The Browns jumped out to a 2-0 lead after Baby Doll Jacobson’s solo home run to lead off the fourth inning. After scoring once in the fifth on Lloyd Waner’s RBI single, the Pirates took the lead with three in the eighth. They put together five hits, with RBI singles by Glenn Wright and Joe Harris plus a sacrifice fly by Pie Traynor.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI
Lloyd Waner 4 0 1 1 Jack Tobin 4 0 1 0
Clyde Barnhart 4 1 0 0 Wally Gerber 4 0 0 0
Paul Waner 4 1 2 0 George Sisler 4 0 0 0
Glenn Wright 4 1 1 1 Ken Williams 4 0 0 0
Pie Traynor 3 0 2 1 Baby Doll Jacobson 4 1 1 1
George Grantham 4 0 1 0 Marty McManus 3 1 0 0
Joe Harris 3 1 1 1 Hank Severeid 4 0 1 0
Johnny Gooch 4 0 1 0 Frank Ellerbe 4 0 2 1
Carmen Hill BY 2 0 0 0 Urban Shocker BXZ 2 0 0 0
Kiki Cuyler 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 4 9 4 TOTALS 33 2 5 2
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 010 030 -- 4
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 010 100 000 -- 2
LOB--1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 7, 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 6.
ERR--Glenn Wright, George Grantham. 2B--Johnny Gooch.
HR--Baby Doll Jacobson. SACF--Pie Traynor. SACB--Carmen Hill
BY.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Carmen Hill BY [W] 8.00 5 2 1 1 4 1
Johnny Miljus AYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS
Urban Shocker BXZ [L] 7.67 9 4 4 3 6 0
Rasty Wright B 1.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game #2: Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 1
Lloyd Waner drove in three of the four Pirate runs, all of which came in the fifth and sixth innings. Waner drove in the first run in the fifth inning with a single, and then scored on Clyde Barnhart’s double. In the sixth, with two runners on and two out, Waner had an RBI double that scored both runners.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI
Lloyd Waner 5 1 4 3 Jack Tobin 3 0 2 0
Clyde Barnhart 4 0 1 1 Wally Gerber 4 0 1 0
Paul Waner 4 0 2 0 George Sisler 4 0 0 0
Glenn Wright 4 0 2 0 Ken Williams 4 0 0 0
Pie Traynor 4 0 0 0 Baby Doll Jacobson 4 1 1 0
George Grantham 4 0 1 0 Marty McManus 4 0 3 0
Joe Harris 3 1 1 0 Hank Severeid 3 0 0 1
Johnny Gooch 3 2 0 0 Frank Ellerbe 3 0 0 0
Lee Meadows BZ 2 0 0 0 Dixie Davis CYW 1 0 0 0
Pat Collins 1 0 0 0
Chick Shorten 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 4 11 4 TOTALS 32 1 7 1
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 022 000 -- 4
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 000 010 000 -- 1
LOB--1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 8, 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 6.
ERR--Frank Ellerbe, Wally Gerber. 2B--Lloyd Waner, Clyde
Barnhart, George Grantham, Jack Tobin (2). SACF--Hank
Severeid. SACB--Lee Meadows BZ (2).
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lee Meadows BZ [W] 9.00 7 1 1 1 2 0
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS
Dixie Davis CYW [L] 5.00 7 2 1 2 0 0
Dave Danforth BKW 3.00 4 2 2 2 2 0
Bill Bayne CX 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game #3: Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3 (10 inn.)
St. Louis looked like it might break the slide when Hank Severeid led off the top of the 10th with a triple and then scored on pinch-hitter Pat Collins’ sacrifice fly. But in the bottom of the 10th, the first two Pirate hitters reached base. After two outs, Paul Waner came to the plate with runners on second and third. His walk-off base hit scored both runners for the comeback win.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Jack Tobin 4 0 2 0 Lloyd Waner 5 0 2 0
Wally Gerber 4 0 0 0 Clyde Barnhart 4 0 0 1
George Sisler 4 2 1 0 Paul Waner 5 0 1 2
Ken Williams 4 0 1 0 Glenn Wright 4 0 2 0
Baby Doll Jacobson 4 0 2 2 Pie Traynor 4 1 1 0
Marty McManus 4 0 0 0 George Grantham 4 0 1 1
Hank Severeid 4 1 1 0 Joe Harris 4 0 0 0
Frank Ellerbe 4 0 0 0 Johnny Gooch 3 1 1 0
Elam Vangilder BZ 3 0 0 0 Ray Kremer AYZ 2 1 1 0
Pat Collins 0 0 0 1 Kiki Cuyler 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 35 3 7 3 TOTALS 35 4 9 4
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 000 101 000 1 -- 3
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 011 000 000 2 -- 4
LOB--1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 5, 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6.
ERR--Wally Gerber, Ray Kremer AYZ. 2B--Baby Doll Jacobson,
Glenn Wright. 3B--Hank Severeid, Pie Traynor. HBP--Kiki
Cuyler. SACF--Pat Collins, Clyde Barnhart. SACB--Wally
Gerber, Ray Kremer AYZ. SB--George Sisler.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Elam Vangilder BZ 9.00 8 2 2 0 2 0
Hub Pruett AKW [L] 0.67 1 2 2 1 1 0
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Ray Kremer AYZ [W] 10.00 7 3 2 1 5 0
Game #4: St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 2
Jack Tobin hit a two-run homer in the third inning and the Browns added an unearned run in the fourth to go up 3-0. This time, the lead stuck. The Pirates cut the deficit to 3-2 after seven innings, but St. Louis got an insurance run in the eighth on Marty McManus’ RBI double. The Pirates got the tying run on base in the bottom of the ninth but this time, Paul Waner couldn’t come through with two outs. Pittsburgh’s Vic Aldridge missed on an opportunity to become the league’s second 4-0 pitcher after four starts.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Jack Tobin 4 1 2 2 Lloyd Waner 5 0 3 1
Wally Gerber 5 0 0 0 Clyde Barnhart 5 0 0 0
George Sisler 3 1 0 0 Paul Waner 5 0 0 0
Ken Williams 4 0 0 0 Glenn Wright 4 0 3 0
Baby Doll Jacobson 4 0 1 0 Pie Traynor 4 1 1 0
Marty McManus 4 1 3 1 George Grantham 4 0 1 1
Hank Severeid 4 0 1 0 Joe Harris 4 0 0 0
Frank Ellerbe 4 0 0 0 Johnny Gooch 4 0 1 0
Ray Kolp CYZ 3 1 1 0 Vic Aldridge CY 2 0 1 0
Eddie Foster 1 0 0 0 Kiki Cuyler 1 1 1 0
Hal Rhyne 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 8 3 TOTALS 38 2 11 2
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 002 100 010 -- 4
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 001 100 -- 2
LOB--1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 7, 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 10.
ERR--Wally Gerber, Pie Traynor. 2B--Jack Tobin, Marty
McManus, Ray Kolp CYZ, Pie Traynor. 3B--Kiki Cuyler.
HR--Jack Tobin.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Kolp CYZ [W] 8.00 10 2 2 0 2 0
Hub Pruett AKW [S] 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Vic Aldridge CY [L] 7.00 6 3 2 1 6 1
Johnny Miljus AYZ 2.00 2 1 1 1 0 0
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