Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
September 4, 1929 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1929 at Navin 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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Cleveland Indians 7, Detroit Tigers 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Jamieson lf 5 0 2 2
Tavener ss 4 0 0 1
Averill cf 4 0 0 0
Fonseca 1b 3 1 1 0
Morgan rf 4 0 1 0
Sewell J. 3b 4 2 3 1
Hodapp 2b 3 1 1 2
Sewell L. c 3 1 1 0
Ferrell p 4 2 2 0
Totals 34 7 11 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Johnson lf 4 0 1 0
Rice cf 4 1 1 0
Gehringer 2b 4 1 2 0
Heilmann rf 4 0 1 1
Alexander 1b 4 0 3 1
McManus 3b 4 0 1 0
Phillips c 3 0 1 0
  Hargrave c 1 0 0 0
Wuestling ss 3 0 0 0
  Fothergill ph 1 0 0 0
Whitehill p 3 0 0 0
  Yde ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 2 11 2
Cleveland 021 001 0037110
Detroit 000 002 0002112
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Ferrell  W(17-8) 9.0 11 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
2
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehill  L(10-13) 9.0 11 7 5 1 3
Totals
9.0
11
7
5
1
3

  E–Johnson (29), Wuestling (12).  DP–Cleveland 2. Tavener-Hodapp-Fonseca, Hodapp-Tavener-Fonseca.  PB–L. Sewell (8).  2B–Cleveland Morgan (19); Ferrell (4), Detroit Gehringer (39); Phillips (12).  HR–Cleveland Hodapp (1,2nd inning off Whitehill 1 on).  SH–Tavener (8); Hodapp (4).  HBP–Fonseca (5).  Team LOB–4.  Team–9.  CS–Tavener (1); L. Sewell (5).  U–Bill Guthrie, George Hildebrand.
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