He was a defensive replacement for the Tigers' starting catcher, Red Wilson, also a former Big Ten football star (in his case, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison), in the sixth inning of a game at Griffith Stadium in which the Tigers were trailing the Washington Senators, 6–2.
The substitution involved replacing the defensive catcher in the sixth inning of a game at Griffith Stadium where the Tigers were trailing the Washington Senators 6-2. The player who replaced Red Wilson, a former Big Ten football star from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, was a defensive replacement.