Cleveland Indians vs Philadelphia Athletics
July 31, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1917 at Shibe Park. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 8, Philadelphia Athletics 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Graney lf 5 1 2 1
Chapman ss 4 2 2 0
Speaker cf 5 1 2 0
Roth rf 5 1 3 4
Harris 1b 5 0 0 0
Turner 2b 3 1 0 0
Evans 3b 3 1 1 0
Billings c 3 1 2 2
Klepfer p 1 0 0 0
  Guisto ph 1 0 0 0
  Gould p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 12 7
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Jamieson rf 4 2 1 1
Strunk cf 5 1 0 0
Bodie lf 4 0 3 3
Bates 3b 5 0 0 0
McInnis 1b 3 0 2 0
Schang c 2 0 0 0
  Meyer c 2 0 0 0
Dugan ss 2 0 0 0
  Witt ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Grover 2b 4 1 1 0
Seibold p 1 0 0 0
  Bush p 2 1 1 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Haley ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 4
Cleveland 100 231 100–8122
Philadelphia 003 020 000–583
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Klepfer   3.0 3 3 1 0 1
  Gould  W(4-2) 6.0 5 2 2 5 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
5
1
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Seibold  L(2-9) 4.0 8 6 5 2 2
  Bush   3.0 3 2 2 2 2
  Anderson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Johnson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
  E–Chapman 2 (37), Bates 2 (28), Witt (25).  DP–Cleveland 1. Chapman-Harris.  2B–Cleveland Roth 2 (25), Philadelphia Bodie (19).  3B–Cleveland Graney (7); Billings 2 (2), Philadelphia Grover (3).  SH–Chapman (50); Turner (6); Evans (23); Billings (5); Gould (1).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  SB–Strunk (11); Bodie (9).  U–Dick Nallin, Brick Owens, Barry McCormick.
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