Chicago White Sox vs Philadelphia Athletics
September 18, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1931 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 1, Philadelphia Athletics 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Blue 1b 4 0 1 0
Sullivan 3b 4 1 1 1
Fonseca lf 4 0 1 0
Fothergill rf 3 0 0 0
Norman cf 4 0 1 0
Appling ss 3 0 0 0
Kerr 2b 3 0 1 0
Grube c 2 0 0 0
Faber p 2 0 0 0
  Jolley ph 1 0 0 0
  Bowler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McNair 2b 3 0 0 0
Finney lf 4 1 1 0
Moore rf 4 1 2 1
Simmons cf 4 0 2 2
Todt 1b 3 0 0 0
Dykes 3b 3 0 0 0
Williams ss 4 0 2 0
Heving c 3 0 2 0
Grove p 4 1 1 0
Totals 32 3 10 3
Chicago 100 000 000151
Philadelphia 002 010 00x3100
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Faber  L(10-13) 7.0 9 3 3 2 3
  Bowler   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
2
3
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Grove  W(30-3) 9.0 5 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
6

  E–Appling (41).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Williams-McNair.  2B–Philadelphia Moore (5); Simmons (36); Williams (12).  HR–Chicago Sullivan (2,1st inning off Grove 0 on).  HBP–Grube (2).  Team LOB–4.  SH–McNair (5); Heving (2).  Team–9.  CS–Norman (1).  U–Bill Dinneen, Bill McGowan.
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