Cleveland Indians vs St. Louis Browns
May 5, 1918 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1918 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 0, St. Louis Browns 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Halt 3b 3 0 0 0
  Turner 3b 1 0 0 0
Chapman ss 3 0 1 0
Speaker cf 4 0 0 0
Roth rf 4 0 1 0
Wambsganss 2b 4 0 1 0
Williams 1b 4 0 2 0
Wood lf 4 0 0 0
O'Neill c 3 0 0 0
Coveleski p 2 0 1 0
  Graney ph 1 0 0 0
  Enzmann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Tobin cf 3 1 2 0
Maisel 3b 3 0 1 0
Sisler 1b 4 0 1 0
Smith lf 4 1 2 0
Demmitt rf 4 0 0 0
Gedeon 2b 2 0 2 0
Nunamaker c 3 1 1 0
Gerber ss 3 0 1 0
Sothoron p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 10 0
Cleveland 000 000 000062
St. Louis 110 001 00x3102
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Coveleski  L(4-1) 7.0 10 3 3 0 3
  Enzmann   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Sothoron  W(1-2) 9.0 6 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
6

  E–Chapman (8), Wambsganss (3), Gedeon (4), Gerber (6).  DP–Cleveland 3. Wambsganss-Chapman-Williams, Coveleski-Chapman-Williams, Chapman-Wambsganss-Williams, St. Louis 2. Gerber-Sisler, Gedeon-Sisler.  3B–Cleveland Chapman (1), St. Louis Smith (1).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Maisel (6); Gedeon (1).  HBP–Tobin (1).  Team–5.  SB–Wambsganss (1); Nunamaker (1); Gerber (2).  U–George Hildebrand, Brick Owens.
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