Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 7, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1939 at League Park IV. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 8, Cleveland Indians 9

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCosky cf 5 0 3 1
Cullenbine lf 4 1 2 1
Gehringer 2b 4 1 0 0
York c 4 0 0 0
Greenberg 1b 5 3 3 2
Higgins 3b 5 1 2 2
Fox rf 5 1 1 0
Croucher ss 3 1 1 0
  Averill ph 1 0 0 0
  Rogell ss 1 0 1 1
Hutchinson p 3 0 1 1
  Rowe p 0 0 0 0
  McCoy ph 1 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 14 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boudreau ss 5 1 1 0
Weatherly lf 5 1 1 1
Chapman cf 3 2 0 0
Trosky 1b 5 2 4 3
Campbell rf 4 2 3 1
Keltner 3b 5 1 3 1
Grimes 2b 3 0 2 2
Hemsley c 5 0 0 0
Harder p 4 0 2 1
  Hudlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 16 9
Detroit 131 000 0038141
Cleveland 200 010 42x9161
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hutchinson  L(3-5) 6.0 12 7 7 4 0
  Rowe   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Thomas   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
16
9
9
5
0
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Harder  W(11-8) 8.1 13 8 6 3 1
  Hudlin  SV(3) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
6
3
1

  E–Fox (9), Keltner (13).  DP–Detroit 1. Croucher-Gehringer-Greenberg.  2B–Detroit McCosky (30); Greenberg (38); Higgins 2 (21), Cleveland Boudreau (10); Weatherly (10); Trosky (29); Campbell (17).  HR–Detroit Cullenbine (4,1st inning off Harder 0 on); Greenberg 2 (27,2nd inning off Harder 0 on,3rd inning off Harder 0 on), Cleveland Trosky (24,8th inning off Thomas 0 on).  Team LOB–10.  Team–11.  U-HP–Joe Rue, 1B–Red Ormsby, 2B–Harry Geisel, 3B–George Moriarty.  T–2:15.  A–5,000.
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