Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
August 12, 1919 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1919 at Polo Grounds V. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees 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 2, New York Yankees 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Graney lf 3 1 1 0
Chapman ss 3 0 0 0
Speaker cf 4 1 1 1
Harris 1b 4 0 3 1
Gardner 3b 4 0 0 0
Wambsganss 2b 4 0 0 0
Wood rf 2 0 0 0
O'Neill c 3 0 0 0
Coveleski p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Fewster ss 4 0 2 1
Vick rf 3 0 1 0
Baker 3b 4 0 2 0
  Wickland pr 0 0 0 0
Lewis lf 4 0 0 0
Pipp 1b 3 0 0 0
Pratt 2b 3 0 0 0
Bodie cf 3 0 0 0
Ruel c 3 1 1 0
Mogridge p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
Cleveland 000 002 000252
New York 000 000 010160
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Coveleski  W(17-7) 9.0 6 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Mogridge  L(3-7) 9.0 5 2 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
2

  E–Harris (3), Gardner (20).  DP–Cleveland 1. Speaker-O'Neill.  2B–Cleveland Graney (11).  SH–Chapman (32); Vick (3); Pipp (24); Pratt (10); Mogridge (1).  Team LOB–4.  Team–5.  SB–Speaker (16); Gardner (7).  U–George Hildebrand, George Moriarty.
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