Historical Hitter August 22: Wes Ferrell
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On this day in 1934, Boston’s pitcher rescues the team from defeat with his arm and bat. He goes the distance, all 10 innings and limits the visiting White Sox just two runs and seven hits. Wes’s Hall of Fame Brother Rick Ferrell caught all 10 innings.
With the bat, he ties and wins the game. In the Boston bottom of the 8th with one out he hits the game tying home run. In the bottom of the 10th he hits the game wining walk off home run. BoSox 3 – ChiSox 2.
The Ferrell heroics, however, did little for the Bostonians as they finished 4th place some 24 games behind the pennant winning Tigers.
Here is the box score Game Played on Wednesday, August 22, 1934 (D) at Fenway Park
CHI A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 7 | 1 |
BOS A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 3 | 10 | 1 |
BATTING
Chicago White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Swanson rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
Haas cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Simmons lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Appling ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 3 4
Dykes 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 9 0
Hayes 2b 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 1
Hopkins 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Shea c 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Tietje p 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Totals 37 2 7 1 1 5 29 9
FIELDING –
E: Shea (7).
BATTING –
2B: Appling 2 (21,off W. Ferrell 2).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING –
SB: Swanson (8,2nd base off W. Ferrell/R. Ferrell).
Boston Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Lary ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
Werber 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
R. Johnson lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Solters cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 1
Reynolds rf 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
Morgan 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 10 2
R. Ferrell c 4 0 2 0 1 0 6 0
Cissell 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 3
W. Ferrell p 4 2 3 2 1 0 0 1
Totals 38 3 10 2 6 2 30 13
FIELDING –
E: R. Johnson (13).
BATTING –
2B: Solters (22,off Tietje); Morgan (23,off Tietje).
HR: W. Ferrell 2 (4,8th inning off Tietje 0 on 1 out,10th inning off Tietje
0 on 2 out).
SH: Lary (12,off Tietje).
Team LOB: 13.
PITCHING
Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Tietje L(5-10) 9.2 10 3 2 6 2 2 45
Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
W. Ferrell W(12-2) 10 7 2 1 1 5 0 38
Umpires: HP – Bill Summers, 1B – Bill McGowan
Time of Game: 2:12