Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
May 7, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1917 at Navin Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Graney lf 4 1 2 0
Chapman ss 3 0 0 0
Speaker cf 3 1 0 1
Guisto 1b 3 0 0 0
Roth rf 4 2 1 0
Wambsganss 2b 3 0 0 1
Turner 3b 4 0 2 1
O'Neill c 4 0 0 1
Bagby p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 5 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bush ss 3 2 1 0
Young 2b 3 0 1 0
Cobb rf 3 0 0 1
Veach lf 3 1 2 0
Heilmann cf 4 0 1 2
Crawford 1b 4 0 1 0
Vitt 3b 4 0 0 0
Spencer c 3 0 0 0
Boland p 2 0 0 0
  Burns ph 1 0 0 0
  Cunningham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Cleveland 100 201 000451
Detroit 100 002 000363
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bagby  W(3-2) 9.0 6 3 3 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Boland  L(2-1) 7.0 4 4 2 1 1
  Cunningham   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–Wambsganss (7), Bush (4), Boland (1), Cunningham (1).  DP–Cleveland 1. Bagby-Chapman-Guisto, Detroit 1. Vitt-Crawford.  2B–Cleveland Graney (3); Roth (5), Detroit Bush (1).  3B–Detroit Heilmann (2).  SH–Chapman (10); Speaker (2); Guisto (2); Young (6); Cobb (2).  HBP–Wambsganss (3).  Team LOB–4.  Team–4.  SB–Roth (4).  U–George Hildebrand, Silk O'Loughlin.
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