Washington Senators vs Detroit Tigers
July 9, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1917 at Navin Field. The Washington Senators defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 8, Detroit Tigers 1

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Judge 1b 2 1 0 0
Shanks ss 3 3 1 0
Milan cf 4 2 1 0
Rice rf 5 2 5 3
Foster 2b 5 0 1 0
Leonard 3b 4 0 1 0
Menosky lf 5 0 2 1
Henry c 3 0 0 1
Harper p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bush ss 4 0 1 0
Vitt 3b 4 0 1 0
Cobb cf 4 1 2 0
Veach lf 4 0 3 1
Heilmann rf 3 0 1 0
Burns 1b 4 0 0 0
DeFate 2b 2 0 0 0
  Stanage ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones B. 2b 0 0 0 0
  Dyer ph 1 0 0 0
Spencer c 4 0 1 0
Jones D. p 2 0 0 0
  Crawford ph 1 0 0 0
  Mitchell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
Washington 200 020 3108110
Detroit 000 100 000194
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Harper  W(4-5) 9.0 9 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L(2-4) 7.0 9 7 3 6 1
  Mitchell   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
0
0

  E–Bush (25), Cobb (6), Veach (8), Spencer (6).  DP–Washington 1. Leonard-Judge, Detroit 2. Cobb-Spencer, Burns.  2B–Washington Rice (15); Menosky (3), Detroit Veach (15).  3B–Detroit Heilmann (6).  SH–Henry 2 (3).  HBP–Shanks (2).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  SB–Shanks (5); Rice 2 (15).  U–Silk O'Loughlin, George Hildebrand.
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