St. Louis Browns vs Detroit Tigers
September 8, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1931 at Navin Field. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Browns 3, Detroit Tigers 2
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Schulte cf 4 0 0 0
Burns 1b 4 0 0 0
Goslin lf 3 1 0 0
Kress 3b,ss 3 1 1 2
Melillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Bettencourt rf 3 0 2 0
Ferrell c 3 1 1 1
Levey ss 2 0 0 0
  Grimes 3b 2 0 1 0
Stewart p 2 0 1 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Johnson rf 4 0 0 0
Koenig 2b 4 0 1 0
Stone lf 4 1 3 0
Alexander 1b 4 0 0 0
Walker cf 4 0 1 1
Rogell ss 3 1 2 0
Richardson 3b 3 0 1 1
Ruel c 4 0 0 0
Whitehill p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
St. Louis 001 000 020–361
Detroit 010 001 000–280
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W(14-15) 9.0 8 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehill  L(13-13) 9.0 6 3 3 5 4
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
4
  E–Levey (54).  DP–St. Louis 1. Grimes-Melillo-Burns, Detroit 2. Koenig-Rogell-Alexander, Alexander.  2B–St. Louis Bettencourt (8), Detroit Koenig (23); Rogell (8).  3B–St. Louis Stewart (2).  HR–St. Louis Kress (15,8th inning off Whitehill 1 on); Ferrell (3,3rd inning off Whitehill 0 on).  Team LOB–5.  Team–6.  CS–Kress (15).  U–George Moriarty, Roy Van Graflan, Bill Guthrie.
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