Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
August 31, 1920 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1920 at Shibe Park. The Detroit Tigers tied the Philadelphia Athletics 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 8, Philadelphia Athletics 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 7 1 1 0
Bush ss 7 1 1 0
Cobb cf 7 3 4 1
Veach lf 5 0 0 1
Heilmann 1b 6 2 2 1
Shorten rf 1 1 1 0
  Flagstead rf 4 0 0 0
Jones 3b 6 0 3 1
  Hale ph 1 0 1 1
  Pinelli 3b 0 0 0 0
Ainsmith c 5 0 2 1
Ayers p 3 0 0 0
  Oldham p 3 0 1 0
Totals 55 8 16 6
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Dykes 2b 7 0 0 0
Griffin 1b 6 1 0 0
Walker cf 6 1 0 0
Perkins c 6 1 2 0
  Rommel pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Dugan 3b 7 3 5 2
Myatt rf,c 7 0 1 2
Bigbee lf 5 1 1 0
  Shannon ph 1 0 0 0
  Burrus rf 0 0 0 0
Galloway ss 6 0 4 3
Harriss p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 6 0 1 0
Totals 57 8 14 7
Detroit 500 101 000 000 0108163
Philadelphia 020 001 301 000 0108146
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ayers   6.2 9 6 6 3 3
  Oldham   8.1 5 2 1 3 4
Totals
15.0
14
8
7
6
7
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Harriss   1.0 3 5 1 3 0
  Moore   14.0 13 3 3 3 4
Totals
15.0
16
8
4
6
4

  E–Heilmann (13), Ainsmith (11), Oldham (3), Dugan (28), Myatt (9), Galloway 4 (26).  DP–Detroit 1. Pinelli-Heilmann, Philadelphia 1. Dugan-Dykes-Griffin.  PB–Perkins (11).  2B–Detroit Cobb (17); Heilmann (23), Philadelphia Dugan (23); Bigbee (2); Galloway (8).  SH–Veach (13); Flagstead (8); Ainsmith (7); Ayers (2); Moore (1).  Team LOB–12.  HBP–Griffin (7).  Team–12.  SB–Cobb (12); Jones (3); Dugan (5).  CS–Young 2 (11).  U–George Hildebrand, George Moriarty.
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