Charlie Gehringer’s three-run home run in the ninth
off of Russ Bauers broke a 2-2 tie and handed the
Harlem Knights their second consecutive DBS
Championship as they swept the St Louis Plague in four
games.
Starting pitchers Mel Harder and Larry French dueled
for seven innings as both teams scored twice. Both
pitchers repeatedly got in and out of jams, as each
team was on a mission. For St Louis, it was to extend
the season one more day. For Harlem, it was to end
with another flag.
Charlie Gehringer’s two-out home run broke the spirits
of the Plague faithful, who were hoping and praying
for at least a hope at an amazing comeback, but it was
not to be. Jumbo Brown, the Harlem pitcher who
returned to the DBS after a 10 year lay-off to lead
the league in saves, sent the Plague down 1-2-3 in the
ninth to end it.
Al Simmons hit .667 with 3 home runs and 7 RBI to be
named the Series MVP for the second straight year.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1938 Knights 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 11 1 6 2
1938 Plague 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 10 0 12 3
Knights AB R H BI AVG Plague AB R H BI AVG
Gehringer 2b 5 2 2 3 .263 Travis ss 4 0 2 0 .250
Walker rf 4 0 0 0 .059 Myer 2b 4 0 1 0 .400
Goodman cf 4 1 3 1 .235 Dickey c 3 0 1 0 .286
Greenberg 1b 3 0 1 0 .438 Foxx 1b 5 0 1 0 .125
York c 4 0 0 0 .286 Johnson cf 5 1 1 1 .353
Simmons lf 4 0 2 1 .667 Chapman rf 4 1 3 0 .500
Cronin ss 4 0 1 0 .429 Bauers p 0 0 0 0 .000
Brown 3b 3 1 1 0 .333 Radcliff lf 4 0 0 0 .125
French p 3 0 1 0 .333 Rolfe 3b 2 0 1 1 .273
Benton p 0 0 0 0 .000 Harder p 3 0 0 0 .000
Selkirk ph 0 1 0 0 .000 Lazzeri rf 1 0 0 0 .333
Brown p 0 0 0 0 1.000 35 2 10 2
34 5 11 5
Knights INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
French 7.0 8 2 1 4 5 119 70 1.29
Benton W 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 10 7 0.00
Brown S 2 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 18 8 0.00
9.0 10 2 1 5 6 147 85
Plague INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Harder 7.0 10 2 2 2 4 106 71 2.57
Bauers L 0-1 2.0 1 3 3 2 2 34 16 6.75
9.0 11 5 5 4 6 140 87
HAR: Selkirk batted for Benton in the 9th
STL: Lazzeri inserted at rf in the 8th
E-Brown. 2B-Goodman, Myer, Chapman. HR-Gehringer(1), Johnson(2). K-Walker 3,
Goodman, Greenberg, French, Travis, Myer 2, Foxx, Johnson, Lazzeri.
BB-Walker, Greenberg, Brown, Selkirk, Travis, Myer, Dickey 2, Rolfe.
SF-Rolfe. WP-French.
GWRBI: Gehringer
Temperature: 72, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 11 MPH.