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Aug. 27
The Red Sox arrived at Navin Field with a 64-48 record (-10.5 GB). The screenshots tell the story of this extra inning contest. Note Carl Mays is the pitcher of record whose errant pitch sent Ray Chapman to his death in R/L Mays had a reputation for pitching in tight, even hitting batters, and his feud with Ty Cobb was documented in this passage:
Mays had good control for a submariner, but he also was known as a “headhunter” who was not shy about brushing batters, especially right-handers, off the plate; he was consistently among the American League leaders in hit batsmen. His feud with Detroit Tigers great Ty Cobb was particularly intense: In one game, he threw at the cantankerous “Georgia Peach” every time he came to bat, prompting Cobb to throw his bat at Mays, Mays to call Cobb a “yellow dog,” the umpires to separate the two as they tried to trade blows, and Mays to hit Cobb on the wrist with his next pitch. In another game, Cobb laid a bunt down the first-base line so he could spike Mays when the pitcher covered the base.
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