DET @ SLN

October 06, 1934

Final Score: DET 10 - SLN 4

Game Information

Ballpark
Sportsman's Park III
Attendance
37,492
Game Duration
163 minutes
Day/Night
Day
Winning Pitcher
Elden Auker
Losing Pitcher
Bill Walker

Umpires

Home Plate
Beans Reardon
First Base
Brick Owens
Second Base
Bill Klem
Third Base
Harry Geisel

Weather & Field Conditions

Temperature
72°F

Line Score

DET @ SLN — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DET 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 5 0 10 13 1
SLN 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 5

DET Batting

DET @ SLN — DET Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Elden Auker 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Mickey Cochrane 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .200
Pete Fox 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .250
Charlie Gehringer 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Goose Goslin 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hank Greenberg 5 1 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 .800
Marv Owen 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400
Billy Rogell 5 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400
Jo-Jo White 4 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 .250
Team Totals 39 10 13 8 6 7 4 0 0 3 .333

SLN Batting

DET @ SLN — SLN Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Tex Carleton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ripper Collins 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500
Pat Crawford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Virgil Davis 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Dizzy Dean 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bill DeLancey 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Leo Durocher 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Frankie Frisch 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Jesse Haines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Pepper Martin 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Joe Medwick 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667
Jim Mooney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ernie Orsatti 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Jack Rothrock 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dazzy Vance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bill Walker 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 35 4 10 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 .286

DET Pitching

DET @ SLN — DET Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Elden Auker (W) W 9.0 10 4 3 4 1 0 3.00
Team Totals 9.0 10 4 3 4 1 0 3.00

SLN Pitching

DET @ SLN — SLN Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Tex Carleton - 2.2 4 3 3 2 2 0 10.12
Jesse Haines - 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Jim Mooney - 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dazzy Vance - 1.1 2 1 0 1 3 0 0.00
Bill Walker (L) L 3.1 5 6 4 3 0 0 10.80
Team Totals 9.0 13 10 7 6 7 0 7.00

Detroit Tigers at St. Louis Cardinals, October 6, 1934

On October 6, 1934, the Detroit Tigers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 10-4 at Sportsman's Park III, a World Series game. The Detroit Tigers won comfortably. The information panel shows attendance of 37,492, a running time of 163 minutes, and a day start. Conditions were recorded as 72 degrees. The Detroit Tigers' runs came in the third, fourth, seventh, and eighth innings, 5 of them in the eighth. The St. Louis Cardinals' runs came in the second, third, and fourth innings, 2 of them in the fourth. Hits were 13 for the Detroit Tigers and 10 for the St. Louis Cardinals, with 1 and 5 errors. The win went to Elden Auker, allowing 3 earned runs on 10 hits in 9.0 innings. Bill Walker took the loss after 3.1 innings and 6 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals used Tex Carleton, Jesse Haines, Jim Mooney, Dazzy Vance, and Bill Walker on the mound. For the Detroit Tigers, Hank Greenberg went 4 for 5, 2 doubles, and 3 RBI. Billy Rogell drove in 4 for the Detroit Tigers. Ernie Orsatti led the St. Louis Cardinals at the plate: 2 for 4 and 1 RBI. The home-plate umpire was Beans Reardon.

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