Philadelphia Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
August 4, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1938 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 8

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Finney 1b 5 0 0 0
Moses rf 2 0 0 0
Werber 3b 4 1 1 0
Hayes c 3 1 1 0
Johnson cf 4 0 1 2
Chapman lf 4 0 2 0
Sperry 2b 4 0 0 0
Parker ss 4 0 1 0
Potter p 3 0 0 0
  Brucker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Berger 2b 3 0 1 1
  Rosenthal pr 0 0 0 0
Owen 3b 5 1 1 1
Walker rf 5 2 3 0
Radcliff lf 5 0 5 3
Appling ss 3 0 0 0
Kreevich cf 5 1 1 0
Kuhel 1b 3 1 0 0
Sewell c 4 1 1 0
Lee p 4 2 2 2
Totals 37 8 14 7
Philadelphia 000 002 000261
Chicago 114 100 01x8141
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Potter  L(1-6) 8.0 14 8 7 4 2
Totals
8.0
14
8
7
4
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  W(5-8) 9.0 6 2 2 3 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
4

  E–Moses (8), Berger (27).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Sperry-Finney.  2B–Philadelphia Johnson (18); Parker (4), Chicago Walker (9); Radcliff (15).  3B–Chicago Walker (3).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Berger (1).  Team–10.  SB–Moses (10); Radcliff (4).  U–Bill McGowan, Joe Rue.
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