Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 30, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1939 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 5 1 3 0
Vosmik lf 5 0 2 0
Foxx 1b 1 1 0 0
Williams rf 4 1 1 3
Doerr 2b 5 0 1 0
Cronin ss 4 0 1 0
  Nonnenkamp pr 0 0 0 0
Tabor 3b 4 1 1 1
  Finney ph 1 0 0 0
Berg c 4 1 2 1
Wilson p 4 1 1 0
Totals 37 6 12 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCosky cf 3 1 0 0
Averill lf 4 1 1 2
Gehringer 2b 2 0 0 0
  McCoy 2b 1 1 0 0
York 1b 3 2 1 0
Higgins 3b 2 1 0 1
Fox rf 4 1 2 2
Croucher ss 4 0 0 0
Tebbetts c 4 0 2 1
Hutchinson p 1 0 1 0
  Thomas p 1 0 1 0
  Cullenbine ph 1 0 0 0
  Coffman p 1 0 0 0
  McKain p 0 0 0 0
  Newsom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 6
Boston 003 300 0006121
Detroit 200 002 03x781
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  L(8-11) 8.0 8 7 6 3 5
Totals
8.0
8
7
6
3
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hutchinson   3.0 8 6 6 2 0
  Thomas   4.0 4 0 0 2 0
  Coffman  W(2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  McKain   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Newsom  SV(2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
6
1

  E–Williams (16), Gehringer (10).  DP–Detroit 3. York, Croucher-Gehringer-York, Croucher-McCoy-York.  PB–Berg (1).  2B–Boston Vosmik (24), Detroit York (11).  HR–Boston Williams (22,3rd inning off Hutchinson 2 on); Tabor (11,4th inning off Hutchinson 0 on); Berg (1,4th inning off Hutchinson 0 on), Detroit Averill (11,1st inning off Wilson 1 on).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Higgins (10).  HBP–Gehringer (1).  Team–5.  U–Bill Summers, George Pipgras, Steve Basil.  T–2:05.  A–6,316.
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