St. Louis Browns vs Philadelphia Athletics
September 12, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1931 at Shibe Park. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Browns 10, Philadelphia Athletics 2
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Schulte cf 4 1 1 1
Burns 1b 5 3 3 0
Goslin lf 5 1 3 3
Kress ss 4 1 2 2
Melillo 2b 5 2 2 1
Jenkins rf 4 1 1 0
Storti 3b 4 1 1 1
Bengough c 5 0 2 2
Coffman p 2 0 1 0
Totals 38 10 16 10
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McNair 2b 4 1 2 0
Cramer cf 4 1 1 0
Moore rf 3 0 0 0
Simmons lf 3 0 2 1
  Finney lf 1 0 0 0
Todt 1b 4 0 2 1
Dykes 3b 4 0 1 0
Williams ss 4 0 0 0
Heving c 3 0 1 0
Hoyt p 0 0 0 0
  Mahaffey p 2 0 0 0
  Boley ph 1 0 0 0
  McDonald p 0 0 0 0
  Palmisano ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
St. Louis 402 102 100–10160
Philadelphia 200 000 000–291
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Coffman  W(9-11) 9.0 9 2 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
2
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hoyt  L(11-13) 1.0 5 4 4 2 0
  Mahaffey   6.0 11 6 5 2 2
  McDonald   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
10
9
5
2
  E–Todt (2).  DP–St. Louis 2. Kress-Melillo-Burns, Kress-Melillo-Burns, Philadelphia 4. Williams-McNair-Todt, Todt, Williams-Todt.  2B–St. Louis Burns 2 (26), Philadelphia Todt (14).  3B–St. Louis Melillo (11).  HR–St. Louis Kress (16,3rd inning off Mahaffey 0 on).  SH–Coffman (6).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  SB–Goslin (9).  U–Brick Owens, Red Ormsby, George Hildebrand.  T–1:55.  A–15,000.
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