Jimmie Foxx supplies a walk-off hit

July 17, 1936 ... Jimmie Foxx busted a single over the head of Lyn Lary to send home Wes Ferrell and Heinie Manush in the ninth inning, thus giving the Sox a 2 to 1 walk-off win. The Sox therefore took four of the five games played against the Browns.

Wes Ferrell added two doubles and a single to help his fine pitching work. A single, a stolen base and a base hit to right accounted for the Browns only run in the fourth inning.

Ivy Andrews was knocking down Sox hitters throughout the game up until the final frame. Defensive fielding gems that stole extra base hits away, helped the Browns on numerous occasions

But in the ninth, Doc Cramer led off with a single to center but tried to grab an extra base and got tossed out at second. Wes followed that with his second double off the wall. Manush grabbed a bat to pinch hit for Oscar Melillo and reached on a line drive at Lary that almost ripped off his glove, while Ferrell scooted over to third. Andrews filled the bases when he issued Joe Cronin a free pass. Billy Werber hit a pop fly to left, not deep enough to bring home Ferrell. That brought up double-xx, who ended the game with a liner to left.

 

F   E   N   W   A   Y     P   A   R   K

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

 

R

H

E

 
 

ST. LOUIS BROWNS

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

 

 

1

8

0

 
 

BOSTON RED SOX

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

 

 

2

11

0

 

 

W-Wes Ferrell (13-9)
L-Ivy Andrews (1-8)
Attendance - 7000

 2B-Werber (Bost), WFerrell (2)(Bost), RFerrell (Bost),
 Clift (StL), Giuliani (StL), West (StL), Bell (StL)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AB

R

H

AVG

 

 

Oscar Melillo 2b 2 0 0 .225  

 

Heinie Manush ph 1 1 1 .293  

 

Joe Cronin ss 4 0 0 .290  

 

Billy Weber lf 4 0 1 .296  

 

Jimmie Foxx 1b 5 0 2 .327  

 

Dusty Cooke rf 2 0 1 .296  

 

Eric McNair 3b 4 0 0 .285  

 

Rick Ferrell c 4 0 1 .310  

 

Doc Cramer cf 4 0 2 .271  

 

Wes Ferrell p 4 1 3 .299  
               
    IP H ER BB SO  

 

Wes Ferrell 9 8 1 1 2  

 

 

 

 

 

 

1936 AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

 

 

New York Yankees 56 28 -

 

 

Cleveland Indians 47 38 9 1/2

 

 

BOSTON RED SOX

47 40 10 1/2

 

 

Detroit Tigers 45 39 11

 

 

Washington Senators 44 40 12

 

 

Chicago White Sox 42 40 13

 

 

Philadelphia Athletics 28 53 26 1/2

 

 

St. Louis Browns 25 56 29 1/2