Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
July 4, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1938 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 3, Detroit Tigers 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lary ss 3 0 0 0
Campbell rf 4 0 1 0
Hale 2b 3 0 0 0
  Weatherly ph 1 0 0 0
  Kroner 2b 0 0 0 0
Solters lf 4 1 1 1
Averill cf 3 0 0 0
Trosky 1b 4 0 0 0
Keltner 3b 4 2 2 2
Hemsley c 3 0 1 0
Feller p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
White cf 5 2 3 0
Rogell ss 3 1 0 0
Gehringer 2b 4 0 1 2
York c 4 1 2 1
Greenberg 1b 3 1 1 0
Fox rf 4 1 2 2
Walker lf 5 0 0 1
Ross 3b 4 0 0 0
Auker p 3 1 1 0
Totals 35 7 10 6
Cleveland 000 011 100–363
Detroit 001 003 30x–7100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Feller  L(9-3) 8.0 10 7 6 8 4
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
8
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Auker  W(4-7) 9.0 6 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
2
  E–Hale (9), Averill (4), Hemsley (1).  DP–Detroit 1. Ross-Gehringer-Greenberg.  PB–Hemsley (2).  2B–Cleveland Hemsley (3), Detroit White (4).  HR–Cleveland Solters (2,6th inning off Auker 0 on); Keltner 2 (15,5th inning off Auker 0 on,7th inning off Auker 0 on).  Team LOB–4.  Team–12.  SB–Lary (9); Fox (5); Auker (1).  U–Eddie Rommel, Steve Basil, Harry Geisel.
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