Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
July 20, 1937 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1937 at Navin Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 10

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 6 0 2 1
Chapman rf 4 0 2 0
Cronin ss 5 2 3 0
Higgins 3b 4 1 0 0
Foxx 1b 4 2 2 4
Mills lf 5 2 4 2
McNair 2b 5 1 1 2
Desautels c 5 1 2 0
Wilson p 3 0 0 0
  McKain p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 16 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
White cf 6 0 1 2
Rogell ss 5 1 2 0
Gehringer 2b 4 2 2 0
Greenberg 1b 6 1 3 1
Walker lf 5 1 1 2
York 3b 5 2 2 3
Fox rf 4 2 4 1
Tebbetts c 3 1 0 0
  Bolton ph 0 0 0 0
  Hayworth c 1 0 0 0
Auker p 1 0 0 0
  Goslin ph 1 0 0 0
  Coffman p 0 0 0 0
  Gelbert ph 1 0 0 0
  Rowe p 0 0 0 0
  Laabs ph 1 0 1 1
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Lawson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 10 16 10
Boston 020 310 003 09161
Detroit 020 100 033 110161
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   7.2 10 6 5 4 5
  McKain   1.0 4 3 3 0 1
  Thomas  L(0-3) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.2
16
10
9
5
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Auker   4.0 9 5 5 1 2
  Coffman   3.0 2 1 0 2 0
  Rowe   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Russell   1.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Lawson  W(12-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
16
9
8
3
3

  E–Higgins (12), Tebbetts (6).  DP–Boston 1, Detroit 1. Rogell-Gehringer-Greenberg.  2B–Boston Cronin 2 (21); Desautels (6), Detroit York (7).  3B–Boston Cronin (2); Desautels (2), Detroit Rogell (4).  HR–Boston Foxx 2 (20,2nd inning off Auker 0 on,9th inning off Russell 2 on); Mills (7,2nd inning off Auker 0 on); McNair (4,4th inning off Auker 1 on), Detroit Walker (10,8th inning off Wilson 1 on); York (11,9th inning off McKain 2 on).  SH–Higgins (2).  Team LOB–7.  Team–10.  CS–White (4).  U–Steve Basil, Harry Geisel, Bill Summers.  T–2:46.  A–10,500.
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