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Miley BB CD 1934 Yankees-Tigers 9/20
Called by Ty Tyson

This is the oldest known surviving complete game.  The country is in the midst of a depression and the Tigers are on their way to the A.L. pennant.


Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org
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New York Yankees 11, Detroit Tigers 7

Game Played on Thursday, September 20, 1934 (D) at Navin Field

NY  A    2  0  6    0  0  0    1  2  0  -  11 17  4
DET A 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 - 7 14 4
BATTING
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Crosetti ss 5 2 1 0 0 0 4 4
Rolfe 3b 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 5
Selkirk lf 4 2 3 3 1 0 0 0
Gehrig 1b 3 1 1 2 0 0 3 0
Saltzgaver 1b 2 0 1 2 0 0 4 1
Lazzeri 2b 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 4
Chapman cf 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 0
Hoag cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Byrd rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Jorgens c 5 0 3 1 0 0 5 0
Broaca p 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 2
Totals 42 11 17 9 3 2 27 16
FIELDING - 
E: Rolfe (16), Chapman 2 (13), Jorgens (5).
BATTING - 
2B: Rolfe (11); Selkirk (6); Chapman (19); Jorgens (6).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
CS: Chapman (16).
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Fox rf 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
White cf 5 3 3 0 0 0 5 1
Gehringer 2b 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 2
Greenberg 1b 4 1 1 1 1 1 8 1
Owen 3b 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 3
Goslin lf 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 0
Rogell ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
Hayworth c 5 0 2 1 0 0 4 2
Marberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hamlin p 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Hogsett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walker ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Sorrell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cochrane ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 14 6 2 3 27 13
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Owen-Greenberg-Rogell, White-Hayworth-Greenberg.
E: Fox (6), Greenberg (14), Owen (19), Hayworth (4).
BATTING - 
HR: Goslin (13).
Team LOB: 11.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: White (24).
PITCHING
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Broaca W(12-8) 9 14 7 3 2 3 1 45
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Marberry L(15-5) 2.1 6 6 6 2 0 0 13
Hamlin 5 10 5 3 1 2 0 26
Hogsett 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sorrell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 9 17 11 9 3 2 0 45
Umpires: HP - Bill Dinneen, 1B - Bill McGowan, 2B - Red Ormsby, 3B - George Moriarty