Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
July 17, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1939 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox 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)
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Boston Red Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 13

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Doerr 2b 3 0 1 0
  Berger ss 1 0 1 0
Cramer cf 2 0 0 0
  Nonnenkamp cf 0 1 0 0
Foxx 1b 3 1 1 0
  Finney 1b 2 1 1 0
Williams rf 5 2 2 2
Cronin ss 3 0 0 0
  Carey 2b 2 1 1 2
Vosmik lf 4 0 0 1
Tabor 3b 4 0 1 1
Peacock c 2 0 0 0
Rich p 1 0 1 0
  Heving p 0 0 0 0
  Sayles p 3 0 1 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCosky cf 5 2 2 0
Averill lf 5 3 2 3
Gehringer 2b 4 1 1 0
Higgins 3b 4 2 3 2
Greenberg 1b 5 2 1 1
Cullenbine rf 3 2 1 0
Tebbetts c 4 1 3 5
Rogell ss 3 0 0 0
Newsom p 5 0 2 1
Totals 38 13 15 12
Boston 200 100 0306102
Detroit 016 105 00x13150
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Rich  L(4-3) 2.1 6 3 3 0 1
  Heving   0.2 5 5 5 1 0
  Sayles   5.0 4 5 3 4 1
Totals
8.0
15
13
11
5
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newsom  W(10-6) 9.0 10 6 6 6 7
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
6
7

  E–Cronin (13), Tabor (21).  DP–Detroit 2. Rogell-Gehringer-Greenberg, Rogell-Gehringer-Greenberg.  2B–Boston Williams (27); Carey (3), Detroit Gehringer (15); Higgins (12); Tebbetts (11).  HR–Boston Williams (14,1st inning off Newsom 1 on), Detroit Averill 2 (8,3rd inning off Rich 1 on,4th inning off Heving 0 on); Tebbetts (1,3rd inning off Heving 1 on).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Gehringer (7); Tebbetts (5).  Team–8.  U–Bill McGowan, George Pipgras, John Quinn.  T–2:21.  A–5,860.
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