Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 20, 1921 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1921 at Navin Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 6, Detroit Tigers 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Evans lf 4 1 1 2
Burns 1b 4 1 2 1
Speaker cf 2 0 0 0
  Jeanes cf 1 0 0 1
Wood rf 5 0 1 1
Gardner 3b 4 0 0 0
Sewell ss 4 0 0 0
Stephenson 2b 3 2 2 0
O'Neill c 3 1 2 0
  Jamieson pr 0 0 0 0
  Nunamaker c 0 0 0 0
Mails p 1 0 0 0
  Clark p 1 0 0 0
  Guisto ph 1 0 1 1
  Petty p 0 0 0 0
  Bagby ph 1 1 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 2 0
Bush ss 4 1 1 0
Cobb cf 5 1 1 0
Veach lf 5 2 2 1
Heilmann rf 4 3 4 3
Jones 3b 4 2 2 0
Blue 1b 4 0 3 2
Ainsmith c 5 0 2 2
Oldham p 4 0 1 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 18 8
Cleveland 000 010 104–694
Detroit 015 300 00x–9182
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Mails  L(0-1) 2.2 9 6 4 1 0
  Clark   3.1 8 3 2 0 2
  Petty   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
18
9
6
1
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Oldham  W(1-0) 7.0 4 2 2 2 1
  Stewart  SV(1) 2.0 5 4 4 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
4
2
  E–Evans (1), Burns (1), Speaker (1), J. Sewell (6), Bush (1), Jones (3).  DP–Detroit 1. Young-Bush-Blue.  2B–Cleveland Wood (2); Stephenson (2); O'Neill (4), Detroit Blue 2 (2).  3B–Detroit Veach (1).  SH–Burns (1); Jeanes (1); Stephenson (2); Bush (5); Jones (1).  HBP–J. Sewell (1); Blue (1).  Team LOB–9.  Team–11.  SB–Young (1); Heilmann (1).  U–Ollie Chill, Brick Owens.
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