Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
April 27, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1939 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 1, Chicago White Sox 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCosky cf 5 0 0 0
Walker lf 5 0 0 0
Gehringer 2b 5 1 2 1
Greenberg 1b 4 0 2 0
Fox rf 5 0 1 0
Tebbetts c 5 0 3 0
Rogell ss 4 0 0 0
Christman 3b 5 0 1 0
Benton p 4 0 0 0
  York ph 1 0 0 0
  Lynn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 1 9 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Owen 3b 6 0 3 1
Kuhel 1b 6 0 1 0
Walker lf 6 0 2 0
Appling ss 5 0 1 0
McNair 2b 6 0 1 0
Rosenthal rf 5 0 0 0
Kreevich cf 6 2 4 0
Silvestri c 5 0 2 0
Knott p 2 0 0 0
  Radcliff ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown p 1 0 0 0
  Steinbacher ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 50 2 15 2
Detroit 000 000 100 000 0193
Chicago 000 000 100 000 12152
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Benton   12.0 13 1 1 2 3
  Lynn  L(0-1) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
12.1
15
2
2
2
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Knott   7.0 5 1 1 0 2
  Brown  W(1-0) 6.0 4 0 0 2 0
Totals
13.0
9
1
1
2
2

  E–Tebbetts (1), Rogell 2 (3), Appling 2 (2).  DP–Chicago 4. Brown-Appling-Kuhel, Brown-Appling-Kuhel, McNair-Kuhel-Appling, McNair-Kuhel.  2B–Detroit Tebbetts (1).  HR–Detroit Gehringer (2,7th inning off Knott 0 on).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Silvestri (1); Brown (1).  Team–15.  SB–Fox (1); Kuhel (2); Kreevich (1).  CS–McCosky (1).  U–Bill Grieve, Bill McGowan, John Quinn.  T–2:53.  A–1,500.
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