Cleveland Indians vs St. Louis Browns
May 7, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1931 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Browns 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 4, St. Louis Browns 10

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Burnett 3b 5 1 2 0
Fonseca 1b 5 1 2 1
Averill cf 5 1 3 2
Hodapp 2b 5 0 1 0
Vosmik lf 3 0 0 0
Falk rf 2 0 1 1
Hunnefield ss 4 0 1 0
Sewell c 3 0 1 0
  Berg c 1 0 0 0
Brown p 1 0 0 0
  Appleton p 0 0 0 0
  Craghead p 0 0 0 0
  Jamieson ph 1 0 1 0
  Lawson p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 4 13 4
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Levey ss 5 1 0 1
Melillo 2b 5 3 4 1
Goslin lf 5 1 2 1
Kress 1b 5 1 3 2
Schulte cf 5 1 2 2
Jenkins rf 4 0 2 0
Grimes 3b 5 1 2 0
Ferrell c 1 1 1 0
Blaeholder p 5 1 1 1
Totals 40 10 17 8
Cleveland 000 003 0014133
St. Louis 100 025 11x10171
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Brown   4.1 7 3 3 3 2
  Appleton  L(0-1) 1.0 3 4 2 0 0
  Craghead   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Lawson   2.0 4 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
17
10
8
5
3
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Blaeholder  W(1-1) 9.0 13 4 4 3 2
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
3
2

  E–Hunnefield (13), Sewell (3), Appleton (1), Kress (5).  DP–Cleveland 1. Hodapp-Fonseca, St. Louis 2. Ferrell-Melillo, Melillo-Levey-Kress.  2B–Cleveland Burnett (2); Fonseca 2 (9); Averill (6); Falk (5), St. Louis Goslin (4); Kress (4); Schulte (2).  3B–St. Louis Melillo (1); Grimes (1).  SH–Vosmik (1).  Team LOB–9.  Team–11.  CS–Burnett (1); Hodapp (2).  SB–Kress (2).  U–Brick Owens, Red Ormsby, Dick Nallin.
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