Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
April 20, 1920 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1920 at Dunn Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 10, Cleveland Indians 11

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bush ss 4 1 1 0
Young 2b 4 1 2 1
Cobb cf 3 2 1 1
Veach lf 4 1 1 3
Heilmann 1b 4 1 1 0
Shorten rf 4 1 2 1
Jones 3b 3 1 0 0
Ainsmith c 3 1 0 0
Alten p 0 0 0 0
  Cox p 1 0 0 0
  Flagstead ph 1 0 0 0
  Glaiser p 0 0 0 0
  Ellison ph 1 0 0 0
  Okrie p 0 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 1 1 2
  Ayers p 0 0 0 0
  Stanage ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 9 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Graney lf 2 3 1 1
Chapman ss 3 0 1 2
Speaker cf 5 1 3 2
Wood rf 0 1 0 0
  Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Gardner 3b 3 2 2 2
Wambsganss 2b 4 2 1 2
Nunamaker 1b 4 1 3 2
O'Neill c 3 1 1 0
Caldwell p 3 0 0 0
  Myers p 1 0 0 0
  Faeth p 0 0 0 0
  Morton p 0 0 0 0
  Uhle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 11 13 11
Detroit 102 002 0501092
Cleveland 510 010 40x11132
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Alten  L(0-1) 0.1 4 5 5 1 0
  Cox   2.2 3 1 0 1 0
  Glaiser   2.0 2 1 1 2 0
  Okrie   2.0 3 4 4 2 0
  Ayers   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
11
10
6
0
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Caldwell  W(1-0) 6.0 7 5 4 3 4
  Myers   1.1 2 5 5 4 0
  Faeth   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Morton   1.1 0 0 0 3 0
  Uhle  SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
10
9
12
4

  E–Cox 2 (2), Gardner (2), Nunamaker (1).  DP–Detroit 1. Bush-Heilmann, Cleveland 1. Chapman-Wambsganss.  2B–Detroit Veach (3), Cleveland Speaker (3); Nunamaker (3).  3B–Cleveland Wambsganss (1).  SH–Young (3); Chapman 2 (4); Gardner (2); Nunamaker (1).  Team LOB–10.  HBP–Wambsganss (1).  Team–8.  U–Billy Evans, George Hildebrand.
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