St. Louis Browns vs Detroit Tigers
August 12, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1939 at Briggs Stadium. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 17, Detroit Tigers 3

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Berardino 2b 4 1 2 5
Grace cf 6 2 2 3
McQuinn 1b 4 0 0 0
Solters lf 6 0 2 0
Clift 3b 4 1 0 0
Laabs rf 6 3 4 4
Harshaney c 6 3 2 0
Christman ss 4 3 2 1
Kennedy p 4 4 2 1
Totals 44 17 16 14
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCosky cf 4 0 0 0
McCoy 2b 3 0 1 0
Averill lf 5 0 1 1
Greenberg 1b 5 0 1 0
Higgins 3b 3 2 1 1
Fox rf 4 0 1 0
Tebbetts c 2 0 1 1
  Shea c 1 0 0 0
Croucher ss 4 0 1 0
Hutchinson p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 1 0 0 0
  Coffman p 0 0 0 0
  Cullenbine ph 1 1 1 0
  Benton p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
St. Louis 008 044 00117160
Detroit 000 100 110384
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  W(7-14) 9.0 8 3 3 5 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hutchinson  L(2-2) 2.2 7 7 5 1 1
  Thomas   1.1 4 5 2 0 1
  Coffman   3.0 4 4 3 2 0
  Benton   2.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
17
11
3
2

  E–Higgins 2 (27), Tebbetts (7), Croucher (18).  PB–Harshaney (1).  2B–St. Louis Berardino 2 (22); Harshaney (1); Kennedy (3), Detroit McCoy (9).  3B–Detroit Averill (3).  HR–St. Louis Grace (1,6th inning off Coffman 1 on); Laabs 2 (5,3rd inning off Hutchinson 2 on,9th inning off Benton 0 on), Detroit Higgins (6,8th inning off Kennedy 0 on).  SH–Berardino 2 (7); McQuinn (14); Kennedy (7); Tebbetts (7).  HBP–Clift (4).  Team LOB–8.  Team–10.  U–Harry Geisel, Eddie Rommel, Joe Rue.  T–2:13.  A–9,838.
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