Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
August 7, 1919 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1919 at Griffith Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Washington Senators 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bush ss 1 1 0 0
Young 2b 2 0 1 0
Cobb cf 5 1 2 2
Veach lf 5 0 2 1
Heilmann 1b 4 0 1 0
Shorten rf 4 0 0 0
  Dyer rf 0 0 0 0
Jones 3b 4 0 0 0
Ainsmith c 4 1 2 0
Ehmke p 2 1 1 1
  Ayers p 1 0 0 0
  Flagstead ph 1 0 0 0
  Dauss p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Judge 1b 4 0 2 0
Foster 3b 5 0 2 1
Milan cf 5 0 2 0
Rice rf 5 0 1 0
Gharrity c 5 0 0 0
Murphy lf 4 1 2 0
Shanks ss 5 0 1 0
Leonard 2b 5 1 2 1
Shaw p 1 0 0 0
  Menosky ph 1 1 1 1
  Erickson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 42 3 13 3
Detroit 003 000 000 1490
Washington 000 021 000 03131
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ehmke   4.0 5 2 2 1 0
  Ayers   4.0 4 1 1 1 2
  Dauss  W(14-6) 2.0 4 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
13
3
3
2
3
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw   5.0 4 3 3 2 2
  Erickson  L(4-8) 5.0 5 1 1 2 5
Totals
10.0
9
4
4
4
7

  E–Shanks (41).  DP–Detroit 1. Dauss-Ainsmith-Heilmann.  2B–Detroit Veach (30), Washington Milan (9); Leonard (5); Menosky (8).  3B–Detroit Heilmann (9); Ainsmith (10).  SH–Bush (11); Young 2 (26).  Team LOB–6.  Team–11.  SB–Young (7).  U–Ollie Chill, Bill Dinneen.
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