Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
August 2, 1929 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1929 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Athletics 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, Philadelphia Athletics 11

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Johnson lf 3 1 2 0
Rice cf 4 2 1 0
Gehringer 2b 4 1 0 0
Heilmann rf 5 3 4 4
Alexander 1b 5 2 3 3
McManus 3b 5 1 1 2
Shea c 4 0 1 0
  Hargrave ph 1 0 0 0
Wuestling ss 4 0 0 0
  Fothergill ph 1 0 0 0
Graham p 3 0 1 0
  Carroll p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 13 9
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Bishop 2b 3 0 1 0
Haas cf 4 1 2 1
Cochrane c 3 2 0 0
Simmons lf 3 1 1 2
Foxx 1b 4 2 2 0
Miller rf 4 1 0 1
Dykes 3b 1 0 1 1
  Hale 3b 4 1 0 0
Boley ss 4 2 2 2
Quinn p 0 0 0 0
  Rommel p 1 1 1 2
  Shores p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 11 10 9
Detroit 620 001 00110134
Philadelphia 030 122 03x11101
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Graham   5.0 9 8 5 6 1
  Carroll  L(6-12) 3.0 1 3 0 3 2
Totals
8.0
10
11
5
9
3
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Quinn   0.0 3 4 3 0 0
  Rommel   6.0 9 5 5 2 2
  Shores  W(6-3) 3.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
13
10
9
4
2

  E–Gehringer (13), McManus (8), Wuestling (6), Carroll (4), Bishop (17).  2B–Detroit Alexander (28), Philadelphia Haas (32); Foxx (16); Dykes (31); Boley (10).  3B–Philadelphia Simmons (7).  HR–Detroit Heilmann 2 (12,2nd inning off Rommel 1 on,6th inning off Rommel 0 on); Alexander (17,9th inning off Shores 0 on); McManus (14,1st inning off Rommel 1 on).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Haas (30); Boley (2); Rommel (4).  Team–10.  CS–Rice (8).  SB–B. Miller (14).  U–George Hildebrand, Bill Guthrie.
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