BOXSCORE: 1909 Detroit Tigers At 1909 New York Highlanders 7/29/1909 Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Highlanders AB R H RBI AVG D.Jones CF 4 0 1 0 .288 R.Demmitt CF 5 0 1 0 .238 D.Bush SS 3 0 0 0 .273 W.Keeler RF 4 0 0 0 .284 S.Crawford 1B 4 1 1 1 .267 H.Chase 1B 3 0 1 0 .297 T.Cobb RF 5 1 1 1 .386 C.Engle LF 3 0 0 0 .313 M.McIntyre LF 5 0 2 0 .247 K.Elberfeld SS 4 0 0 0 .235 G.Moriarty 3B 3 1 1 0 .267 F.Laporte 2B 4 1 3 0 .294 R.Killefer 2B 4 0 1 0 .188 J.Austin 3B 4 0 1 0 .224 B.Schmidt C 4 0 0 0 .204 E.Sweeney C 4 0 1 1 .323 E.Willett P 3 1 2 1 .167 S.Doyle P 2 0 0 0 .000 A-A.Orth PH 1 0 0 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 4 9 3 Totals 34 1 7 1 A-Pinch Hit For Doyle In 9th Inning Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 - 4 9 0 Highlanders..... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 2 Tigers (54-37) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET E.Willett WIN(12-8) 9 7 1 1 3 1 0 2.92 A1 Totals 9 7 1 1 3 1 0 Highlanders (32-58) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET S.Doyle LOSS(1-6) 9 9 4 3 5 4 2 2.57 A1 Totals 9 9 4 3 5 4 2 ATTENDANCE- 6,567 DATE- Thursday, July 29th 1909 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- Fred Perrine, , , Jack Sheridan T- 2:24 LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:11 Highlanders:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0 Highlanders: 1 ERRORS- H.Chase, K.Elberfeld DOUBLES- E.Willett(5th), F.Laporte(8th) HOME RUNS- S.Crawford(8th), T.Cobb(3rd) RBIs- S.Crawford(58th), T.Cobb(68th), E.Willett(5th), E.Sweeney(9th) STOLEN BASES- S.Crawford(14th), G.Moriarty(24th), H.Chase(14th) SACRIFICE HITS- D.Bush SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Willett WALKS- D.Jones, D.Bush, S.Crawford, G.Moriarty-2, W.Keeler, C.Engle, S.Doyle HIT BY PITCH- H.Chase STRIKE OUTS- D.Jones, D.Bush, T.Cobb, R.Killefer, K.Elberfeld GIDP- T.Cobb PASSED BALLS- B.Schmidt 2-out RBI- E.Sweeney RLISP 2-out- T.Cobb, B.Schmidt-2, J.Austin, H.Chase, E.Sweeney, M.McIntyre-2, C.Engle, D.Bush, K.Elberfeld TEAM RISP- Tigers: 0 for 12 Highlanders: 2 for 7 Ed Willett went the distance at Hilltop Park as the Detroit Tigers beat the hopeless New York Highlanders 4 to 1. New York never recovered after Detroit took the lead in the top of the 5th inning plating an isolated run using 2 hits. Detroit had 9 hits for the afternoon. The win went to Willett(12-8) who allowed 1 run in the game. Slow Joe Doyle(1-6) was hit with the loss. He surrendered 4 runs and 9 hits in 9 innings. SCORESHEET: 1909 Detroit Tigers at 1909 New York Highlanders D.Jones-A1 A1:K B1:P/5 C1:Si>12 D1:W>b1 E1:P/6 D.Bush-A1 A2:K B2:W>b1 C2:E/34>2 D2:F/7 *9*:G/53 # 13 b2 S.Crawfo-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:E/6>23 C3:G/43 *7*:G/43 E3:HR>b# 12 T.Cobb-A1 A4:SB>12 B4:G-DP/3 C4:L/4 D4:HR>b# E4:K G/43 23>3o M.McInty-A1 *2*:F/8 *4*:Si C5:G/53 D5:F/8 E5:Si G.Moriar-A1 A6:W>b1 B6:G/43>1 *6*:W>b1 D6:Si E6:G/43 2 R.Killef-A1 A7:F/8 B7:K C7:Si>12 D7:L/4 B.Schmid-A1 A8:SB>12 B8:L/6 C8:G/43>2 *8*:G/53 P/4 3 12 E.Willet-A1 *3*:Do *5*:Si C9:SF/9>3 D9:L/4 # R.Demmit-A1 A1:G/13 B1:Si C1:F/8 *7*:G/63 E1:F/8 W.Keeler-A1 A2:G/53 B2:W>12 b C2:Force/ D2:F/9 E2:F/8 1 46>1o b1 H.Chase-A1 A3:G/53 B3:G/43 C3:Si>13 D3:HBP C.Engle-A1 *2*:F/7 *4*:G/63 C4:F/8 D4:SB>12 W>b1 K.Elberf-A1 A5:F/8 B5:G/53 *6*:G/53 D5:K F.Laport-A1 A6:Do B6:Si C6:Si *8*:F/8 J.Austin-A1 A7:L/5 B7:PB>12 C7:G/43>1 D7:P/5 Si>23 2 E.Sweene-A1 *3*:G/53 B8:F/7 C8:Si>2# D8:F/7 S.Doyle-A1 A9:G/53 *5*:W>b1 C9:L/4 *9*:P/6 A.Orth-D9