Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 5, 1936 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1936 at Navin Field. The Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 6, Detroit Tigers 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hughes 2b 5 0 1 0
Hale 3b 4 1 1 0
Averill cf 4 2 2 0
Trosky 1b 4 2 1 1
Weatherly rf 5 1 2 0
Sullivan c 4 0 2 4
Vosmik lf 4 0 0 0
Knickerbocker ss 3 0 0 0
Allen p 4 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Hildebrand p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 9 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Walker rf 4 2 2 0
Burns 1b 5 0 1 0
Gehringer 2b 5 1 2 1
Goslin lf 5 0 1 2
Simmons cf 5 1 4 0
Owen 3b 4 0 1 1
Rogell ss 3 0 1 0
Myatt c 2 0 0 0
Auker p 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 12 4
Cleveland 100 101 000 3692
Detroit 200 000 100 14120
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Allen  W(12-7) 9.0 10 4 3 4 3
  Lee   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Hildebrand  SV(3) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
12
4
3
4
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Auker  L(8-11) 10.0 9 6 5 5 1
Totals
10.0
9
6
5
5
1

  E–Weatherly (2), Allen (2).  DP–Cleveland 2. Weatherly-Sullivan, Trosky-Sullivan-Hale.  2B–Cleveland Averill (30); Sullivan (23).  3B–Detroit Simmons (4).  SH–Sullivan (3); Owen (6); Auker (4).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  SB–Trosky (6).  CS–Sullivan (2).  U–Steve Basil, Bill McGowan, Bill Summers.
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