Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
May 31, 1918 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1918 at Dunn Field. The Chicago White Sox 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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Chicago White Sox 3, Cleveland Indians 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Leibold lf 4 1 1 0
Murphy rf 4 1 3 1
Collins 2b 2 0 2 2
Felsch cf 5 0 0 0
Weaver ss 5 0 2 0
Gandil 1b 5 0 2 0
Risberg 3b 5 0 1 0
Schalk c 5 0 1 0
Williams p 1 1 0 0
  Cicotte p 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 12 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Evans 3b 4 0 0 0
Chapman ss 5 1 2 0
Speaker cf 5 0 1 0
Wambsganss 2b 3 1 2 0
Roth rf 3 0 1 0
Wood lf 3 0 2 0
Halt 1b 3 0 0 0
O'Neill c 3 0 0 0
Morton p 1 0 0 1
  Graney ph 1 0 0 0
  Bagby p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 1
Chicago 020 000 0103121
Cleveland 010 000 100285
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   1.2 0 1 1 4 1
  Cicotte  W(1-7) 7.1 8 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Morton   7.0 8 2 1 4 2
  Bagby  L(3-7) 2.0 4 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
0

  E–Murphy (1), Chapman 3 (20), Roth (6), Morton (3).  DP–Chicago 1. Weaver-E. Collins-Gandil.  2B–Chicago Murphy (3), Cleveland Chapman (7).  SH–Murphy (3); E. Collins (3); Wood (8).  Team LOB–14.  Team–10.  SB–Gandil (4).  U–Dick Nallin, Billy Evans.
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