Cleveland Indians vs Philadelphia Athletics
September 18, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1939 at Shibe Park. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 9, Philadelphia Athletics 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boudreau ss 4 1 1 0
Weatherly lf 5 3 3 0
Chapman cf 4 2 3 3
Hale 2b 5 0 2 0
Campbell rf 5 0 1 0
Keltner 3b 4 2 1 0
Grimes 1b 5 0 1 1
Pytlak c 5 1 0 1
Allen p 4 0 1 1
Totals 41 9 13 6
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Moses rf 4 0 0 1
Brancato 3b 4 1 1 0
  Dean ph 1 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 1 2 0
Hayes c 3 1 1 0
Siebert 1b 5 0 1 3
Chapman S. cf 3 0 0 0
  Miles ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Chapman F. ss 3 0 0 0
  Gantenbein ph 1 0 0 0
  McNamara ss 0 0 0 0
Lodigiani 2b 4 0 1 0
Page p 2 0 2 0
  Collins ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Cleveland 200 110 1229131
Philadelphia 000 000 0314103
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Allen  W(9-6) 9.0 10 4 4 4 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
2
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Page  L(0-2) 9.0 13 9 5 3 5
Totals
9.0
13
9
5
3
5

  E–Campbell (13), Hayes (10), S. Chapman (18), Lodigiani (23).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Page-F. Chapman-Siebert.  PB–Hayes (10).  2B–Cleveland Weatherly (13), Philadelphia Hayes (27); Siebert (27); Collins (1).  3B–Cleveland Weatherly (5).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Page (1).  Team–10.  SB–Weatherly 2 (5); Chapman (17).  U–Lou Kolls, Eddie Rommel, Cal Hubbard.  T–2:09.  A–500.
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