Cleveland Indians vs St. Louis Browns
April 17, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1917 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 0, St. Louis Browns 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Graney lf 4 0 0 0
Chapman ss 3 0 1 0
Speaker cf 2 0 0 0
Roth rf 3 0 0 0
Wambsganss 2b 3 0 0 0
Guisto 1b 3 0 0 0
Turner 3b 2 0 0 0
  Kavanagh ph 1 0 0 0
  Evans 3b 0 0 0 0
O'Neill c 2 0 0 0
  Allison ph 1 0 0 0
Bagby p 2 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 1 0
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Shotton lf 3 1 0 1
Austin 3b 4 0 0 0
Sisler 1b 4 0 0 0
Pratt 2b 4 1 2 0
Jacobson rf 4 1 1 0
Marsans cf 3 0 0 0
Lavan ss 3 1 1 0
Hale c 2 0 1 1
Sothoron p 3 0 1 0
Totals 30 4 6 0
Cleveland 000 000 000–013
St. Louis 020 000 11x–462
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bagby  L(1-1) 8.0 6 4 3 2 5
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
2
5
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Sothoron  W(1-0) 9.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
2
1
  E–Chapman 2 (4), Roth (1), Lavan (4), Hale (3).  DP–St. Louis 2. Lavan-Pratt-Sisler, Austin-Pratt-Sisler.  2B–St. Louis Jacobson (1).  3B–St. Louis Pratt (1).  Team LOB–2.  Team–4.  SB–Allison (1).  U–Silk O'Loughlin, George Hildebrand.  T–1:33.  A–4,200.
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