1972 AL Game/Player of Note

August 13, 1972

Detroit Tiger Woodie Fryman came close to perfection today while getting his 1st Win for his new team. Fryman pitched a 1-hit shutout while defeating the Cleveland Indians 7-0. Fryman had a perfect game going until Jerry Moses doubled with 2 out in the top of the 8th inning. Detroit got to MLB's best pitcher this year, Gaylord Perry, in the 1st inning when Norm Cash connected for a 3-run bomb. That was all the Tigers would need as Fryman settled in and pitched a gem.

BOXSCORE: 1972 Cleveland Indians At 1972 Detroit Tigers             8/13/1972
 
  Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Bell CF           4  0  0  0 .193     D.McAuliffe 2B      4  0  0  1 .268  
  J.Brohamer 2B       3  0  0  0 .240     A.Rodriguez 3B      4  3  3  1 .252  
  C.Chambliss 1B      3  0  0  0 .321     J.Northrup RF       3  1  1  0 .275  
  R.Foster RF         3  0  0  0 .217     N.Cash 1B           3  1  1  3 .279  
  G.Nettles 3B        3  0  0  0 .292     D.Sims C            3  0  1  1 .222  
  J.Moses C           3  0  1  0 .191     W.Horton LF         4  0  0  0 .212  
  T.McCraw LF         3  0  0  0 .269     M.Stanley CF        4  1  2  0 .226  
  F.Duffy SS          3  0  0  0 .241     E.Brinkman SS       4  1  1  1 .182  
  G.Perry P           1  0  0  0 .103     W.Fryman P          4  0  0  0 .143  
A-L.Camilli PH        1  0  0  0 .226                                          
  S.Mingori P         0  0  0  0 .000                                          
B-R.Fosse PH          1  0  0  0 .246                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  0  1  0                 Totals      33  7  9  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Perry In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mingori In 9th Inning
 
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  1  1
Tigers.......... 3 0 1  0 1 2  0 0    -  7  9  0
 
Indians (56-52)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
G.Perry LOSS(21-7)        5       7   5   5   2   1   2   2.07
S.Mingori                 3       2   2   1   1   1   0   5.22
Totals                    8       9   7   6   3   2   2
 
Tigers (61-48)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
W.Fryman WIN(1-0)         9       1   0   0   0   2   0   1.59
Totals                    9       1   0   0   0   2   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 50,290 DATE- Sunday, August 13th 1972 TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Nestor Chylak, Larry Barnett, Dave Phillips, Jim Evans
T- 2:27
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 1  Tigers: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1  Tigers: 0
ERRORS- F.Duffy
DOUBLES- J.Moses(3rd), A.Rodriguez(18th)
TRIPLES- E.Brinkman(2nd)
HOME RUNS- A.Rodriguez(14th), N.Cash(23rd)
WALKS- J.Northrup, N.Cash, D.Sims
STRIKE OUTS- J.Brohamer, J.Moses, N.Cash, W.Fryman
GIDP- A.Rodriguez
RLISP 2-out- M.Stanley, W.Horton, T.McCraw
 
Woodie Fryman took a no-hitter into the 8th inning and Aurelio Rodriguez went
deep and scored 3 times as the Detroit Tigers bested the Cleveland Indians 7
to 0 at Tiger Stadium.
 
Fryman(1-0) was on top of his game.  He didn't allow much, just 1 hit and no
walks in 9 innings dropping his ERA from 3.38 to 1.59.  The left-handed
Fryman lost his chance for a no-hitter when Jerry Moses doubled with two outs
in the 8th inning.  Detroit finished with 9 hits in the victory.  
 
The losing pitcher was Gaylord Perry(21-7).  Billy Martin was very impressed
with his pitcher, Fryman, 'He had unusually good pitch placement this
afternoon.  It was almost unfair - but a beautiful game to watch from where I
sat'