5/1/1954, WHA54-FOR54, Briggs Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1954 Whales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 3 1
1954 Fortress 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 x 3 5 0 3 0
Whales AB R H BI AVG Fortress AB R H BI AVG
Ashburn lf 3 1 0 0 .000 Bruton cf 4 0 0 0 .000
Finigan 3b 4 0 0 0 .000 Yost 3b 4 1 2 2 .500
Dark ss 4 1 1 2 .250 Rivera rf 4 0 0 0 .000
Doby cf 2 0 0 0 .000 Vernon 1b 2 1 1 0 .500
Ennis rf 4 0 0 0 .000 Jensen lf 2 0 1 0 .500
Fondy 1b 3 0 0 0 .000 Carrasquel ss 3 0 0 1 .000
O'Connell 2b 3 0 1 0 .333 Temple 2b 3 0 0 0 .000
House c 3 0 0 0 .000 Lollar c 3 1 1 0 .333
Jones, G p 1 0 0 0 .000 Erskine p 2 0 0 0 .000
Metkovich ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Newhouser p 0 0 0 0 .000
Nuxhall p 0 0 0 0 .000 27 3 5 3
Littrell ph 1 0 0 0 .000
29 2 2 2
Whales INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Jones, G L 0-1 5.0 5 3 3 1 2 71 47 5.40
Nuxhall 3.0 0 0 0 1 0 29 19 0.00
8.0 5 3 3 2 2 100 66
Fortress INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Erskine W 1-0 8.2 2 2 2 2 9 120 74 2.08
Newhouser S 1 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 10 4 0.00
9.0 2 2 2 3 9 130 78
WHA: Metkovich batted for Jones, G in the 6th
Littrell batted for Nuxhall in the 9th
E-Finigan. HR-Dark(1), Yost(1). CS-Jensen. K-Finigan 3, Fondy 2, O'Connell 2,
Jones, G, Littrell, Bruton, Carrasquel. BB-Ashburn, Doby 2, Vernon, Jensen.
SH-Erskine.
GWRBI: Yost
Temperature: 51, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to right at 17 MPH.
5/1/1954, WHA54-FOR54, Briggs Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1954 Whales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 3 1
1954 Fortress 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 x 3 5 0 3 0
Whales -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Ashburn lf 1>63 4>53 9 W
Finigan 3b k k 7>k 63.1-2
Dark ss 53 63 53 HR.2-H
Doby cf 2>3 5>W 6 Newhouser
W
Ennis rf 7 3/g.1-2 8>43 64/f
Fondy 1b 6 k k
O'Connell 2b 3>k k S
House c 43 6>43 7
Jones, G p k
Metkovich ph 53
Nuxhall p
Littrell ph 9>k
Fortress -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Bruton cf 1>k 9 63 8>4
Yost 3b 6 4>HR S.2-H 8
Rivera rf 9 3 9 43
Vernon 1b 2>S W 6>Nuxhall
41
Jensen lf 543/gdp S.1-3 W
Carrasquel ss k 64/f.3-H CS2(24)
9
Temple 2b 3>4 2/fl 7>3
Lollar c e5/th.B-1 5>S 2/fl
Erskine p 3/b 14/SH.1-2 53
Newhouser p
Whales IN OUT ER Fortress IN OUT ER
Jones, G A1 C3 3 L 0-1 Erskine A1 D3 2 W 1-0
Nuxhall C4 D3 0 Newhouser D4 D5 0 S 1