St. Louis Browns vs Detroit Tigers
July 9, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1931 at Navin Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 7, Detroit Tigers 11

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Schulte cf 3 2 1 3
Melillo 2b 3 0 0 0
  Stiles p 1 0 0 0
Goslin lf 4 0 1 0
Kress rf 5 1 2 2
Ferrell c 2 0 1 0
  Doyle p 0 0 0 0
  Grimes 2b 2 1 1 0
Storti 3b 4 1 0 0
Burns 1b 4 1 1 1
Levey ss 3 1 0 0
Gray p 2 0 0 0
  Crouch c 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 7 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Johnson rf 5 1 1 0
Gehringer 2b 4 1 2 0
Stone lf 4 1 3 2
Alexander 1b 4 3 2 1
McManus 3b 4 3 4 4
Doljack cf 4 1 2 3
Koenig ss 4 0 1 1
Grabowski c 4 0 0 0
Whitehill p 3 1 0 0
Totals 36 11 15 11
St. Louis 100 000 060773
Detroit 005 020 31x11151
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Gray  L(6-11) 6.0 11 7 6 0 1
  Doyle   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Stiles   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
15
11
10
3
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehill  W(8-8) 9.0 7 7 6 6 6
Totals
9.0
7
7
6
6
6

  E–Stiles (1), Ferrell (8), Levey (29), Koenig (13).  PB–Ferrell (4).  2B–St. Louis Grimes (1); Burns (14), Detroit Gehringer (11); Alexander 2 (26); McManus 2 (12); Koenig (12).  HR–St. Louis Schulte (5,8th inning off Whitehill 2 on); Kress (8,8th inning off Whitehill 1 on), Detroit Doljack (3,3rd inning off Gray 2 on).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  SB–Schulte (3).  U–Dick Nallin, Harry Geisel.
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