Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
June 20, 1937 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1937 at Shibe Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Philadelphia Athletics 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Fox cf 5 1 3 0
Rogell ss 5 0 1 0
Gehringer 2b 3 2 1 0
Greenberg 1b 3 0 0 0
Walker rf 4 1 3 2
York 3b 5 1 1 3
Laabs lf 3 1 1 1
Tebbetts c 4 0 0 0
Auker p 4 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Finney lf,cf 5 0 0 0
Moses rf 4 1 1 0
Werber 3b 3 1 1 0
Rothrock cf,lf 4 0 2 1
Ambler 2b 4 0 0 1
Dean 1b 4 0 2 0
Newsome ss 2 1 0 0
Hayes c 4 0 1 1
Caster p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 0 0 0 0
  Peters pr 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Detroit 101 020 2006100
Philadelphia 100 100 001381
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Auker  W(5-4) 9.0 8 3 3 4 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
0
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Caster  L(4-8) 7.0 8 6 4 5 4
  Thomas   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
4
6
4

  E–Ambler (1).  DP–Detroit 2. Rogell-Gehringer-Greenberg, York-Gehringer-Greenberg.  2B–Detroit Fox (12); Walker (15), Philadelphia Werber (9); Dean (8); Hayes (10).  HR–Detroit York (2,7th inning off Caster 1 on); Laabs (2,5th inning off Caster 0 on).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  SB–Walker 2 (10).  CS–Fox (3).  U–Brick Owens, Red Ormsby, Charles Johnston.
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