St. Louis Browns vs Boston Red Sox
July 17, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1938 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Browns 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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St. Louis Browns 4, Boston Red Sox 14

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Almada cf 4 1 2 0
McQuinn 1b 3 1 0 0
Clift 3b 3 2 2 2
Bell rf 3 0 0 0
Kress ss 3 0 0 0
Mills lf 4 0 2 2
Sullivan c 4 0 0 0
Heffner 2b 4 0 1 0
Linke p 2 0 0 0
  Mazzera ph 1 0 0 0
  Cole p 0 0 0 0
  McQuillen ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 4 0 1 2
Nonnenkamp rf 4 2 1 0
Vosmik lf 5 2 2 3
Foxx 1b 4 3 4 2
Higgins 3b 5 3 3 4
Doerr 2b 4 0 3 1
McNair ss 5 1 1 0
Peacock c 4 1 1 0
Bagby p 2 2 1 2
Totals 37 14 17 14
St. Louis 202 000 000472
Boston 400 142 30x14170
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Linke  L(1-6) 6.0 14 11 10 4 1
  Cole   2.0 3 3 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
17
14
10
4
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bagby  W(7-4) 9.0 7 4 4 4 5
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
5

  E–McQuinn (6), Heffner (8).  DP–St. Louis 2. Heffner-Kress-McQuinn, Clift-Heffner-McQuinn, Boston 1. McNair-Doerr-Foxx.  2B–St. Louis Almada (17); Clift (11), Boston Foxx 2 (19); Higgins (12); Bagby (2).  3B–Boston Doerr (6).  HR–St. Louis Clift (13,3rd inning off Bagby 1 on), Boston Vosmik (7,7th inning off Cole 2 on); Foxx (26,6th inning off Linke 0 on); Higgins (2,6th inning off Linke 0 on).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Doerr (10); Bagby (5).  HBP–Bagby (1).  Team–6.  CS–Cramer (8); Foxx (2).  U–Lou Kolls, George Moriarty.
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