Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
June 23, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1939 at Griffith Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 7, Washington Senators 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCosky cf 4 1 1 1
Averill lf 5 1 1 1
Gehringer 2b 5 2 3 1
Greenberg 1b 4 1 1 0
Higgins 3b 5 1 3 2
Fox rf 5 0 1 2
Croucher ss 5 0 1 0
Tebbetts c 4 1 2 0
Benton p 1 0 0 0
  McKain p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 13 7
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Case cf 4 1 3 1
Travis ss 5 1 1 0
Lewis 3b 5 0 0 0
West lf 2 0 1 0
Wright rf 5 1 2 2
Bloodworth 2b 5 0 0 0
Prichard 1b 3 1 2 1
Ferrell c 4 0 1 0
Leonard p 3 0 0 0
  Appleton p 0 0 0 0
  Myer ph 1 0 0 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Detroit 000 101 500–7134
Washington 011 000 110–4102
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Benton  W(4-3) 7.1 10 4 3 4 2
  McKain  SV(1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
5
2
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  L(6-2) 6.2 12 7 6 0 2
  Appleton   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Masterson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
1
3
  E–Greenberg (3), Fox (5), Croucher 2 (9), Lewis (19), Bloodworth (2).  DP–Detroit 2. Gehringer-Croucher-Greenberg, Croucher-Gehringer-Greenberg.  PB–Ferrell (6).  2B–Detroit McCosky (16); Averill (11); Greenberg (25); Tebbetts (7), Washington Case (9); Wright (11).  3B–Detroit Fox (2).  SH–Greenberg (4); Benton 3 (5).  Team LOB–9.  Team–11.  CS–Averill (3).  U–George Pipgras, John Quinn, Bill McGowan.  T–2:16.  A–10,000.
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