Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
August 3, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1917 at Polo Grounds V. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 10, New York Yankees 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bush ss 5 1 1 0
Vitt 3b 5 3 2 0
Cobb cf 5 2 3 3
Veach lf 3 2 2 1
Heilmann rf 5 1 0 0
Burns 1b 5 1 3 4
Young 2b 4 0 1 0
Yelle c 5 0 1 0
Mitchell p 2 0 0 0
  Dauss p 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 13 8
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Hendryx rf 2 0 0 0
Maisel 2b 5 0 1 0
Peckinpaugh ss 5 1 0 0
Pipp 1b 3 1 0 0
Baker 3b 4 0 1 2
Marsans cf 4 1 1 0
Miller lf 3 0 1 0
Nunamaker c 2 0 1 1
  Walters c 1 0 0 0
Cullop p 2 0 2 0
  Shocker p 1 0 0 0
  Love p 0 0 0 0
  Caldwell ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Detroit 302 001 20210131
New York 000 120 000374
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mitchell  W(6-5) 4.2 6 3 3 3 2
  Dauss  SV(2) 4.1 1 0 0 3 3
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
3
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Cullop  L(4-4) 5.1 9 6 4 1 1
  Shocker   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Love   3.0 2 2 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
2
2
0
2
4

  E–Young (21), Hendryx (6), Maisel (17), Peckinpaugh 2 (34).  PB–Walters (2).  2B–New York Cullop (1).  3B–Detroit Vitt (5); Burns (8), New York Baker (3).  HR–Detroit Cobb (4,7th inning off Shocker 1 on).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Pipp (5).  Team–9.  SB–Cobb (34); Veach 2 (15); Caldwell (1).  U–Bill Dinneen, Silk O'Loughlin.  T–2:15.  A–5,000.
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