New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
May 17, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1931 at Navin Field. The New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 8, Detroit Tigers 5
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Combs cf 6 0 1 1
Reese 2b 6 0 1 0
Ruth lf 3 1 1 0
Gehrig 1b 2 2 2 1
Chapman rf 4 0 1 0
Lazzeri 3b 5 0 1 2
  Sewell 3b 0 1 0 0
Lary ss 4 3 2 1
Dickey c 5 1 5 2
Sherid p 5 0 3 1
Totals 40 8 17 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Johnson rf 5 0 2 2
Owen ss 4 0 1 0
Gehringer 2b 5 0 1 0
Alexander 1b 4 1 0 0
Stone lf 5 1 4 1
McManus 3b 4 1 2 1
Doljack cf 5 1 1 0
Hayworth c 4 1 1 1
Sorrell p 2 0 1 0
  Uhle ph 0 0 0 0
  Walker pr 0 0 0 0
  Herring p 0 0 0 0
  Akers ph 1 0 1 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 14 5
New York 000 102 104–8171
Detroit 000 003 002–5141
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Sherid  W(5-1) 9.0 14 5 2 3 4
Totals
9.0
14
5
2
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sorrell   6.0 8 3 2 5 3
  Herring  L(1-1) 2.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Sullivan   1.0 6 4 4 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
8
7
6
5
  E–Lary (7), Hayworth (1).  DP–New York 1. Reese-Lary-Gehrig, Detroit 1. Owen-Gehringer-Alexander.  PB–Hayworth (1).  2B–New York Reese (5); Ruth (5); Gehrig (5); Lazzeri (6), Detroit Johnson (4); Stone 2 (5); McManus (5); Hayworth (2); Akers (2).  SH–Chapman (2).  Team LOB–12.  HBP–Owen (1).  Team–11.  SB–Chapman 2 (7); Lary (2).  CS–Owen (1); Stone (4).  U–Bick Campbell, Bill Dinneen.  T–2:33.  A–38,152.
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