Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Browns
September 12, 1920 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1920 at Sportsman's Park III. The Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Browns 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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Boston Red Sox 9, St. Louis Browns 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Hooper rf 5 2 3 1
Vitt 3b 4 1 1 0
Menosky lf 4 3 4 2
Hendryx cf 4 1 3 3
Schang c 3 1 0 0
Scott ss 5 1 3 1
McNally 1b 4 0 1 0
Brady 2b 5 0 2 2
Hoyt p 3 0 0 0
  Bush p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 17 9
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Gerber ss 5 0 1 1
Gedeon 2b 4 2 2 0
Sisler 1b 4 1 1 2
Jacobson cf 5 1 2 0
Austin 3b 4 0 1 1
Smith lf 2 2 1 2
Tobin rf 3 0 1 0
Severeid c 4 1 2 1
DeBerry p 1 0 0 0
  Vangilder p 1 0 0 0
  Billings ph 1 0 0 0
  Sothoron p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 7
Boston 001 051 0209172
St. Louis 101 140 0007111
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hoyt  W(6-5) 6.2 10 7 6 4 2
  Bush  SV(1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
4
3
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
DeBerry   4.2 10 6 4 2 0
  Vangilder  L(3-8) 3.1 6 3 3 0 2
  Sothoron   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
9
7
2
2

  E–Vitt (8), Brady (7), Gerber (44).  DP–St. Louis 2. Gerber-Gedeon-Sisler, Gerber-Sisler.  2B–Boston Hendryx 2 (18); Scott (20); Brady (4), St. Louis Gerber (23); Sisler (42).  3B–St. Louis Gedeon (6).  HR–Boston Hooper (7,8th inning off Vangilder 0 on); Menosky (3,8th inning off Vangilder 0 on).  SH–Vitt (27); Hendryx (11); McNally (17); Sisler (11); Austin (15); DeBerry (2).  HBP–Schang (5).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–Menosky 2 (19).  CS–Scott (10); Tobin (12).  U–George Moriarty, George Hildebrand.
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