The 1933 Washington Senators and the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics came in with .500 records, and after a pretty entertaining, fairly high-scoring series, both teams went out with .500 records as week number 5 came to an end.
The Athletics (8-8) scored 19 runs despite hitting .254 and were led by Jimmie Foxx, who batted .467 (7-for-15) with three home runs and three doubles. The Senators (10-10) scored 24 runs and batted .309, with Joe Kuhel leading the way with a .500 average (8-for-16) with four extra-base hits and six RBI.
Game #1: Philadelphia 5, Washington 4 (10 inn.)
The Athletics trailed 2-0 and 3-1, but tied the game in the bottom of the seventh on Max Bishop’s RBI single. The Senators went back in front in the top of the ninth as Ossie Bluege doubled and pinch-hitter Sam Rice had an RBI triple. In the bottom of the ninth, the first Athletic batter reached based via error, and he later scored the tying run on an RBI single by Mule Haas. In the bottom of the 10th, another Washington error put a runner on with one out, and two batters later, Jimmy Dykes provided a walk-off RBI single.
1933 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI 1931 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI
Buddy Myer 4 1 0 0 Max Bishop 4 0 1 1
Heinie Manush 5 0 0 0 Mule Haas 5 1 2 1
Goose Goslin 4 0 2 0 Mickey Cochrane 4 0 1 1
Joe Cronin 5 1 1 1 Al Simmons 5 0 1 0
Joe Kuhel 5 0 2 1 Jimmie Foxx 4 2 2 1
Fred Schulte 4 0 0 0 Bing Miller 4 0 1 0
Ossie Bluege 4 1 1 0 Jimmy Dykes 5 0 1 1
Luke Sewell 3 1 0 0 Dib Williams 3 1 1 0
Lefty Stewart CZ 3 0 1 1 Lefty Grove ACKZ 2 0 0 0
Sam Rice 1 0 1 1 Eric McNair 1 1 0 0
TOTALS 38 4 8 4 TOTALS 37 5 10 5
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 110 001 001 0 -- 4
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 000 101 101 1 -- 5
LOB--1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 7, 1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
9. ERR--Ossie Bluege, Joe Cronin (2). 2B--Ossie Bluege, Joe
Kuhel, Mule Haas. 3B--Lefty Stewart CZ, Sam Rice. HR--Jimmie
Foxx. SACB--Bing Miller, Lefty Grove ACKZ, Max Bishop.
SB--Goose Goslin.
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lefty Stewart CZ 8.00 8 3 3 3 3 1
Jack Russell BZ [L] 1.67 2 2 0 0 0 0
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
Lefty Grove ACKZ 9.00 7 4 4 3 10 0
Eddie Rommel BRZ [W] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Game #2: Washington 5, Philadelphia 2
Ossie Bluege’s RBI single put the Senators ahead 2-1 in the fourth inning and this time Washington wouldn’t relinquish the lead. Joe Kuhel had an RBI double in the eighth and Goose Goslin and Joe Cronin had run-scoring singles in the ninth to make it 5-1. The Athletics’ Jimmie Foxx, who had homered earlier, doubled in the bottom of the ninth and scored on Jimmy Dykes’ double, but it ended there at 5-2.
1933 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI 1931 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI
Buddy Myer 5 1 2 0 Max Bishop 3 0 0 0
Heinie Manush 5 1 1 1 Mule Haas 4 0 1 0
Goose Goslin 5 1 2 1 Mickey Cochrane 4 0 0 0
Joe Cronin 5 0 1 1 Al Simmons 4 0 0 0
Joe Kuhel 4 0 2 1 Jimmie Foxx 4 2 2 1
Fred Schulte 4 1 2 0 Bing Miller 4 0 2 0
Ossie Bluege 4 0 2 1 Jimmy Dykes 4 0 1 1
Luke Sewell 4 0 0 0 Dib Williams 4 0 0 0
Earl Whitehill BY 3 1 1 0 George Earnshaw BXYZ 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 39 5 13 5 TOTALS 34 2 7 2
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 100 100 012 -- 5
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 010 000 001 -- 2
LOB--1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 8, 1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
6. ERR--Joe Cronin, Al Simmons (2), Dib Williams. 2B--Joe
Kuhel, Goose Goslin, Fred Schulte, George Earnshaw BXYZ,
Jimmie Foxx, Jimmy Dykes, Bing Miller. 3B--Buddy Myer.
HR--Jimmie Foxx. SACB--Earl Whitehill BY. SB--Bing Miller.
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Earl Whitehill BY [W] 9.00 7 2 2 1 5 1
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
George Earnshaw BXYZ [L] 9.00 13 5 5 0 4 0
Game #3: Washington 9, Philadelphia 3
The Senators had another big game at the plate. Tied 3-3 in the fourth, Washington got an RBI triple from Goose Goslin in the fourth and a solo homer from Ossie Bluege in the fifth, then put up four runs in the sixth with the help of a two-run single from Bluege. The Athletics didn’t score again after Mickey Cochrane’s two-run homer in the third inning.
1931 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI 1933 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI
Max Bishop 3 1 1 0 Buddy Myer 5 3 3 0
Mule Haas 4 1 1 0 Heinie Manush 4 1 1 2
Mickey Cochrane 4 1 2 2 Goose Goslin 5 1 3 2
Al Simmons 4 0 2 1 Joe Cronin 3 1 0 0
Jimmie Foxx 2 0 0 0 Joe Kuhel 2 1 0 1
Bing Miller 3 0 0 0 Fred Schulte 5 0 1 0
Jimmy Dykes 4 0 0 0 Ossie Bluege 4 1 2 3
Dib Williams 3 0 0 0 Luke Sewell 4 1 1 1
Rube Walberg BY 2 0 0 0 General Crowder CYZ 3 0 0 0
Eric McNair 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 30 3 7 3 TOTALS 35 9 11 9
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 102 000 000 -- 3
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 120 114 00x -- 9
LOB--1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 4, 1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS
9. ERR--Dib Williams (2). 2B--Buddy Myer (3), Goose Goslin.
3B--Max Bishop, Goose Goslin. HR--Mickey Cochrane, Ossie
Bluege, Heinie Manush. SACB--General Crowder CYZ. SB--Ossie
Bluege, Fred Schulte.
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rube Walberg BY [L] 5.67 10 9 7 6 5 2
Jim Peterson DXYZ 0.33 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hank McDonald CW 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS
General Crowder CYZ [W] 8.00 7 3 3 3 1 1
Bobby Burke BX 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Game #4: Philadelphia 9, Washington 6
This time was it the Athletics’ turn to put up nine runs, and they would need most of them. Jimmie Foxx had a three-run homer in the third inning to make it 5-0. Mule Haas’ two-run single in the eighth inning made it 9-2. Led by Joe Kuhel’s 4-for-5 effort, the Senators scored four late runs to make it interesting, but only got within three runs at the end.
1931 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI 1933 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI
Max Bishop 3 2 2 1 Buddy Myer 4 0 1 0
Mule Haas 3 1 1 2 Heinie Manush 5 1 1 0
Mickey Cochrane 5 1 0 0 Goose Goslin 4 1 1 0
Al Simmons 5 0 2 1 Joe Cronin 4 2 2 0
Jimmie Foxx 5 2 3 3 Joe Kuhel 5 2 4 3
Bing Miller 5 1 2 0 Fred Schulte 5 0 2 2
Jimmy Dykes 3 1 0 0 Ossie Bluege 4 0 2 1
Dib Williams 4 0 0 0 Luke Sewell 3 0 1 0
Roy Mahaffey CYW 2 0 0 0 Monte Weaver B 2 0 0 0
Eric McNair 1 0 0 0 Sam Rice 1 0 0 0
Joe Boley 1 1 1 0 Dave Harris 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 9 11 7 TOTALS 37 6 14 6
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 014 000 130 -- 9
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 002 000 031 -- 6
LOB--1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 7, 1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS
10. ERR--Ossie Bluege, Joe Cronin (2). 2B--Jimmie Foxx (2),
Bing Miller, Max Bishop, Ossie Bluege, Joe Kuhel. 3B--Joe
Cronin, Joe Kuhel. HR--Jimmie Foxx. HBP--Jimmy Dykes (2).
SACF--Ossie Bluege.
1931 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Roy Mahaffey CYW [W] 5.00 5 2 2 3 1 0
Waite Hoyt CR 2.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Shores DRW 0.67 4 3 3 2 0 0
Eddie Rommel BRZ [S] 1.33 3 1 1 0 1 0
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS
Monte Weaver B [L] 7.00 6 6 4 3 3 1
Alex McColl B 1.00 3 3 3 1 0 0
Jack Russell BZ 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
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