Chicago White Sox vs Philadelphia Athletics
August 2, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1939 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Chicago White 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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Chicago White Sox 4, Philadelphia Athletics 13

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Hayes 2b 3 1 0 0
  Bejma 2b 1 0 0 0
Kuhel 1b 4 1 2 1
Rosenthal cf 4 0 0 0
  Kreevich cf 1 0 0 0
Radcliff lf 4 0 2 1
Steinbacher rf 4 0 0 0
Appling ss 4 2 3 0
McNair 3b 3 0 0 1
Tresh c 1 0 0 1
  Schlueter c 1 0 1 0
Dietrich p 0 0 0 0
  Marcum ph,p 4 0 1 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Moses rf 4 1 2 1
Siebert 1b 5 2 2 0
Johnson lf 4 2 1 0
Hayes c 5 4 4 5
Chapman cf 3 2 1 1
Nagel 2b 3 1 2 3
Newsome ss 3 0 1 1
Lodigiani 3b 3 1 1 1
Ross p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 13 14 12
Chicago 200 001 010490
Philadelphia 400 410 22x13141
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dietrich  L(6-5) 1.0 3 4 4 3 0
  Marcum   7.0 11 9 9 2 1
Totals
8.0
14
13
13
5
1
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ross  W(4-9) 9.0 9 4 4 3 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
1

  E–Nagel (13).  DP–Chicago 2. Appling-Hayes-Kuhel, Bejma-Appling-Kuhel.  2B–Chicago Appling (9), Philadelphia Moses (12); Hayes (17).  3B–Chicago Kuhel (7); Appling (4).  HR–Philadelphia Hayes 2 (12,4th inning off Marcum 1 on,8th inning off Marcum 1 on); Nagel (10,5th inning off Marcum 0 on).  SH–McNair (8); Tresh (5); Nagel (6); Newsome (5); Ross (5).  Team LOB–8.  Team–4.  SB–Moses (3).  U–Steve Basil, Harry Geisel, George Pipgras.
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