St. Louis Browns vs Detroit Tigers
August 20, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1938 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 4, Detroit Tigers 6

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Almada cf 4 0 0 0
McQuinn 1b 4 1 2 1
Mills lf 4 0 1 0
Clift 3b 3 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 2 2 1
Kress ss 4 0 0 0
Sullivan c 3 0 0 0
  Hughes ph 1 0 0 0
Heffner 2b 3 1 1 2
Cox p 1 0 0 0
  Tietje p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Morgan cf 4 0 0 0
Rogell ss 3 2 1 0
Gehringer 2b 2 1 1 0
Greenberg 1b 3 1 0 0
York c 2 2 2 4
Fox rf 4 0 1 2
Walker lf 3 0 0 0
Ross 3b 3 0 0 0
Lawson p 2 0 0 0
  Eisenstat p 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 6 5 6
St. Louis 010 021 000470
Detroit 302 000 01x650
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Cox  L(1-4) 2.1 2 5 5 5 0
  Tietje   5.2 3 1 1 3 4
Totals
8.0
5
6
6
8
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lawson  W(6-8) 5.1 5 4 4 1 2
  Eisenstat  SV(2) 3.2 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. Clift-McQuinn-Kress, Detroit 1. York-Gehringer.  HR–St. Louis McQuinn (8,6th inning off Lawson 0 on); Bell (10,2nd inning off Lawson 0 on); Heffner (1,5th inning off Lawson 1 on), Detroit York 2 (27,1st inning off Cox 2 on,8th inning off Tietje 0 on).  SH–Tietje (3).  Team LOB–4.  Team–5.  CS–McQuinn (4).  U–George Pipgras, George Moriarty, John Quinn.  T–2:00.  A–8,200.
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