Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 5, 1926 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1926 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 7, Cleveland Indians 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Blue 1b 3 3 1 3
Manush cf 7 1 4 0
Fothergill lf 4 1 1 1
Heilmann rf 4 0 1 0
  Cobb pr 0 0 0 0
  Wingo rf 1 0 0 0
Burke 2b 5 0 1 0
O'Rourke 3b 4 2 2 2
Tavener ss 5 0 4 0
Bassler c 3 0 1 0
  Woodall c 2 0 0 0
Wells p 1 0 0 0
  Dauss p 4 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 15 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Jamieson lf 7 1 4 1
Spurgeon 2b 4 1 1 0
Speaker cf 6 2 1 1
Burns 1b 5 1 1 1
Sewell J. ss 6 1 2 1
Summa rf 6 1 4 1
Sewell L. c 4 1 2 1
Lutzke 3b 6 0 1 0
Levsen p 0 0 0 0
  Karr p 1 0 0 0
  Buckeye p 5 0 1 0
Totals 50 8 17 6
Detroit 411 001 000 0007152
Cleveland 401 000 200 0018171
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   0.0 3 4 2 0 0
  Dauss  L(12-5) 11.2 14 4 4 3 2
Totals
11.2
17
8
6
3
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Levsen   0.2 5 4 3 2 0
  Karr   1.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Buckeye  W(4-7) 10.0 7 1 1 5 4
Totals
12.0
15
7
6
8
4

  E–Blue (15), O'Rourke (22), Speaker (7).  DP–Detroit 1. Tavener-Blue, Cleveland 2. J. Sewell-Spurgeon-Burns, Spurgeon-J. Sewell-Burns.  2B–Detroit Manush (30), Cleveland Speaker (42); Burns (60); Summa (27); Buckeye (3).  3B–Detroit Tavener (14).  SH–Fothergill (11); Heilmann (21); Burke (2); Tavener (26); Dauss (2); Spurgeon (29); L. Sewell (22).  Team LOB–13.  Team–12.  CS–Burke (1); J. Sewell (6).  U–Pants Rowland, Tommy Connolly, Harry Geisel.
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