Pittsburgh Pirates vs Detroit Tigers
October 11, 1909 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 11, 1909 at Bennett Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Detroit Tigers 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Byrne 3b 5 1 2 0
Leach cf 4 3 2 0
Clarke lf 3 1 0 1
Wagner ss 5 1 3 2
Miller 2b 4 1 0 0
Abstein 1b 4 1 2 0
Wilson rf 4 0 1 1
Gibson c 4 0 0 0
Maddox p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jones D. lf 5 2 1 0
Bush ss 5 1 4 2
Cobb rf 5 0 2 2
Crawford cf 5 0 0 1
Delahanty 2b 5 1 3 0
Moriarty 3b 3 1 0 0
Jones T. 1b 3 1 1 1
Schmidt c 4 0 0 0
Summers p 0 0 0 0
  Willett p 2 0 0 0
  McIntyre ph 1 0 0 0
  Works p 0 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 6
Pittsburgh 510 000 0028102
Detroit 000 000 4026115
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Maddox  W (1-0) 9.0 11 6 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
11
6
1
2
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Summers  L (0-1) 0.1 3 5 0 1 0
  Willett   6.2 3 1 0 0 0
  Works   2.0 4 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
8
2
1
2

  E–Abstein 2 (3), Bush 2 (3), Crawford (1), Schmidt (2), Willett (1).  2B–Pittsburgh Abstein (1,off Works); Leach (3,off Works), Detroit Delahanty 2 (3,off Maddox 2); Cobb (1,off Maddox).  SF–Clarke (1,off Works).  HBP–Leach (1,by Willett); Clarke (1,by Willett).  SB–Wagner 3 (4,2nd base off Summers/Schmidt,2nd base off Willett/Schmidt,2nd base off Works/Schmidt).  CS–Leach (1,Home by Willett/Schmidt); Wagner (2,2nd base by Willett/Schmidt); Moriarty (1,2nd base by Maddox/Gibson).  WP–Summers (1).  HBP–Willett 2 (2,Leach,Clarke).  U-HP–Silk O'Loughlin (AL), 1B–Jim Johnstone (NL), 2B–Jim Evans (AL), 3B–Bill Klem (NL).  T–1:56.  A–18,277.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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