“DIARY OF A WINNER”


 

CARL MAYS

BACK-TO-BACK WORLD SERIES CHAMPS
Tigers beaten in two hard-fought battles

July 19, 1916 ... More than 18,000 fans were at Fenway Park to see the World Champions take apart the Detroit Tigers, by sweeping a doubleheader.  Out-hit in the first game, with Carl Mays matched against Hooks Dauss, the Tigers led the way in the second game as Ernie Shore was hammered in an unmerciful way.  Dutch Leonard came in to relieve and held down Detroit to gain a save.

In the first game the score was one each until the fifth inning, when the Red Sox took a one run lead.  Detroit tied the score in the sixth when Mays muffed a thrown ball at first base.  In the eighth, with two down, Dick Hoblitzell scored from second on a line drive by Olaf Henriksen, who was pinch hitting for Everett Scott.  Henriksen stole second and scored on a hit by Pinch Thomas.  Mays pitched a strong game and ended the contest by striking out the last two men.

After a brief rest, the two teams went at it again with Ernie Shore matched against George Cunningham.  The Tiger hitters found Shore easy and forced him out of the game with one out and the bases full in the fourth inning and the Sox leading 6 to 3.  Dutch Leonard came in and forced George Burns to hit a grounder to Larry Gardner, who got the man at the plate, followed by Ty Cobb's easy pop up to Dick Hoblitzell.  The Red Sox went on to win the second game 9 to 5.
 

FENWAY PARK

 

BATTER

  

 

0
STRIKES

0
 BALLS

0
 OUTS

  
 
 

P

C

GAME #1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

  

R

H

E

  
     

DETROIT TIGERS

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

    

2

6

2

  
     

BOSTON RED SOX

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

2

x

    

4

8

2

  

 

 W-Carl Mays (10-3)
L-Hooks Dauss (12-7)
Attendance - 18,384

2B-Veach (Det), Hoblitzell (Bost), Thomas (Bost)
 HR-Veach (Det)
 

P

C

GAME #2

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

  

R

H

E

  
     

DETROIT TIGERS

0

3

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

    

5

14

4

  
     

BOSTON RED SOX

1

1

4

1

1

1

0

0

x

    

9

11

1

  

 

 W-Ernie Shore (8-5)
 S-Dutch Leonard
 L-George Cunningham (5-10)

2B-Vitt (Det), Veach (Det), Heilmann (Det), Cady (Bost)
 3B-Burns (Det), Lewis (Bost)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAME #1

 

AB

R

H

AVG

 

 

Harry Hooper

rf

 3 0 0 .257

 

 

Jack Barry

2b

 2 0 0 .203

 

 

Duffy Lewis

lf

 2 0 1 .259

 

 

Dick Hoblitzell

1b

 2 1 2 .321

 

 

Tilly Walker

cf

 4 0 0 .256

 

 

Larry Gardner

3b

 3 1 0 .276

 

 

Everett Scott

ss

 3 0 0 .207

 

 

Olaf Henriksen

ph

 1 1 1 .194

 

 

Hal Janvrin

ss

 0 0 0 .237

 

 

Pinch Thomas

c

 3 0 2 .298

 

 

Mike McNally

pr

 0 0 0 .176

 

 

Sam Agnew

c

 1 0 1 .234

 

 

Carl Mays

p

 2 1 1 .229

 
               
    IP H ER BB SO  

 

Carl Mays

9

 6 1 3 5

 

 

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAME #2

 

AB

R

H

AVG

 

 

Harry Hooper

rf

 4 2 2 .260  

 

Jack Barry

2b

 4 0 1 .204  

 

Duffy Lewis

lf

 2 1 1 .261  

 

Dick Hoblitzell

1b

 4 1 3 .335  

 

Tilly Walker

lf

 4 1 0 .252  

 

Larry Gardner

3b

 4 3 2 .279  

 

Everett Scott

ss

 2 1 1 .211  

 

Hick Cady

c

 3 0 1 .129  

 

Ernie Shore

p

 2 0 0 .121  

 

Dutch Leonard

p

 1 0 0 .213  
               
    IP H ER BB SO  

 

Ernie Shore

3.1

 8 0 2 1

 

 

Dutch Leonard

5.2

 6 2 0 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1916 AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

 

 

New York Yankees

50

35

-

 

 

BOSTON RED SOX

48

35

1

 

 

Cleveland Indians

47

37

2 1/2

 

 

Chicago White Sox

45

37

3 1/2

 

 

Washington Nationals

44

39

5

 

 

Detroit Tigers

44

42

6 1/2

 

 

St. Louis Browns

36

48

13 1/2

 

 

Philadelphia Athletics

18

59

28