Cleveland Indians vs Philadelphia Athletics
July 25, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 25, 1939 at Shibe Park. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 12, Philadelphia Athletics 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Webb ss 5 1 2 1
Weatherly lf 5 1 1 0
Chapman cf 5 2 1 1
Trosky 1b 5 1 4 1
Campbell rf 5 1 2 2
Keltner 3b 5 3 4 2
Hale 2b 5 1 3 1
Sewell c 3 0 0 0
  Heath ph 2 1 2 3
  Hemsley c 0 0 0 0
Harder p 4 1 1 1
  Dobson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 12 20 12
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Moses rf 5 1 2 2
Siebert 1b 3 1 1 2
Miles cf 5 2 3 0
Johnson lf 5 0 1 1
Hayes c 4 1 2 3
Nagel 2b 5 1 1 0
Newsome ss 2 0 0 0
  Gantenbein ph 1 0 0 0
Lodigiani 3b 3 1 0 0
Beckmann p 3 0 2 0
  Joyce p 0 0 0 0
  Dean ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
Cleveland 001 011 00912202
Philadelphia 200 001 0058130
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Harder  W(5-7) 8.2 12 8 8 2 1
  Dobson  SV(1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
2
2
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Beckmann  L(3-5) 8.2 17 10 10 0 2
  Joyce   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
20
12
12
0
2

  E–Campbell (4), Keltner (10).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Lodigiani-Siebert.  2B–Cleveland Trosky (23); Keltner (19); Heath (24), Philadelphia Siebert (10).  3B–Cleveland Heath (5), Philadelphia Moses (3); Miles (5).  HR–Cleveland Webb (2,3rd inning off Beckmann 0 on); Keltner (7,5th inning off Beckmann 0 on), Philadelphia Hayes (10,6th inning off Harder 0 on).  SH–Harder (1); Siebert (4); Hayes (8).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Lodigiani (4).  Team–7.  SB–Hale (2); Newsome (2).  CS–Moses (2); Miles (4).  U–Eddie Rommel, Bill Summers, Bill Grieve.  T–2:11.  A–2,500.
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