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Philadelphia Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 8, 1939 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1939 at Briggs Stadium. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Monday, May 8, 1939 at Briggs Stadium |
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| Philadelphia |
0 | 0 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Detroit |
0 | 1 | 3 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 9 | 0 |
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| Philadelphia Athletics |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Ross |
6.0 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
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Nelson W(1-0) |
3.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
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| Detroit Tigers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Harris L(1-1) |
8.2 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
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Eisenstat |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
E–None. DP–Philadelphia 1. Gantenbein-Ambler-Etten, Detroit 2. Gehringer-Greenberg, Greenberg-Croucher-Greenberg. PB–York (1). 2B–Philadelphia Miles (5); Ambler (1). 3B–Philadelphia Gantenbein (1). HR–Philadelphia Johnson 2 (3,6th inning off Harris 0 on,8th inning off Harris 0 on); Nagel (1,9th inning off Harris 0 on), Detroit Gehringer (4,3rd inning off Ross 2 on). SH–Moses (1); Walker (4); York (1). Team LOB–4. Team–5. SB–Johnson (2). U–John Quinn, Bill McGowan, Bill Grieve. T–2:16. A–2,751. |
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| Game played on Monday, May 8, 1939 at Briggs Stadium |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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