Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Browns
July 23, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1939 at Sportsman's Park III. The Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Browns 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 11, St. Louis Browns 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Doerr 2b 4 2 3 1
Finney cf 5 1 1 0
Foxx 1b 4 3 3 3
Williams rf 4 2 1 2
Cronin ss 3 1 2 0
Vosmik lf 3 1 2 2
Tabor 3b 5 1 3 2
Desautels c 3 0 1 0
Wade p 1 0 0 0
  Dickman p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 11 16 10
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Berardino 2b 3 1 0 0
Laabs cf 5 0 0 0
McQuinn 1b 4 0 2 1
Clift 3b 4 1 1 0
Hoag rf 4 0 3 1
Sullivan lf 3 0 1 1
Spindel c 3 0 1 0
Christman ss 3 0 0 0
Lawson p 1 1 0 0
  Kramer p 1 0 0 0
  Whitehead p 1 0 0 0
  Kimberlin p 0 0 0 0
  Grace ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Boston 102 022 40011160
St. Louis 210 000 000380
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wade   1.1 3 3 3 3 1
  Dickman  W(5-2) 7.2 5 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
2
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Lawson   2.1 5 3 3 5 1
  Kramer  L(6-11) 3.0 6 4 4 4 0
  Whitehead   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Kimberlin   2.1 4 3 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
16
11
11
10
2

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1. Tabor-Doerr, St. Louis 5. Berardino-Christman-McQuinn, Clift-Berardino-McQuinn, Berardino-Christman-Spindel, Whitehead-Christman-Berardino-McQuinn.  PB–Spindel (7).  2B–Boston Cronin (16); Vosmik (15), St. Louis McQuinn (27).  HR–Boston Foxx (19,7th inning off Kimberlin 2 on); Williams (16,6th inning off Kramer 1 on).  SH–Doerr (3); Cronin (12); Desautels (7).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  CS–Sullivan (3).  U–Lou Kolls, George Pipgras, Harry Geisel.  T–2:12.  A–4,106.
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