Cleveland Indians vs Chicago White Sox
August 20, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1939 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 5, Chicago White Sox 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boudreau ss 5 0 2 1
Campbell rf 4 0 1 1
  Grimes 2b 0 0 0 0
Chapman cf 2 1 1 0
Trosky 1b 4 1 1 2
Heath lf 5 1 2 0
Keltner 3b 5 0 2 0
Mack 2b 4 0 1 0
  Weatherly ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Hemsley c 5 1 2 0
Harder p 3 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 1 0
  Pytlak pr 0 1 0 0
  Dobson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 14 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Hayes 2b 4 0 1 0
Kuhel 1b 4 0 1 0
Kreevich cf 5 2 4 2
Walker lf 5 0 0 0
Appling ss 5 2 2 0
Rosenthal rf 4 1 3 1
McNair 3b 3 0 1 3
Schlueter c 4 0 0 0
Rigney p 3 1 0 0
  Brown p 1 0 1 0
Totals 38 6 13 6
Cleveland 000 020 002 15141
Chicago 010 001 200 26130
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Harder   8.0 10 4 2 2 2
  Dobson  L(2-3) 1.2 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.2
13
6
4
3
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Rigney   8.2 11 4 4 3 6
  Brown  W(10-7) 1.1 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
14
5
5
3
6

  E–Campbell (11).  DP–Cleveland 1. Boudreau-Mack-Trosky, Chicago 2. Hayes-Appling-Kuhel, Kuhel-Appling-Kuhel.  2B–Cleveland Heath (29); Hale (8), Chicago Kreevich (21); Rosenthal 2 (16).  3B–Chicago Kuhel (8).  HR–Cleveland Trosky (17,5th inning off Rigney 1 on), Chicago Kreevich (4,7th inning off Harder 1 on).  SH–Campbell (3); Chapman (14); Hayes (7); McNair (9).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  CS–Hayes (3).  U–Harry Geisel, Joe Rue, Red Ormsby.  T–2:19.  A–15,000.
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