Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 24, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1939 at League Park IV. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 9, Cleveland Indians 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCosky cf 3 1 1 0
Fox rf 4 2 3 1
Gehringer 2b 3 2 1 2
Greenberg 1b 2 1 2 2
Kress ss 0 0 0 0
  McCoy ss 4 2 2 1
Higgins 3b 3 0 1 1
Bell lf 0 0 0 0
  Averill lf 2 0 1 1
Tebbetts c 3 0 1 1
Trout p 3 1 1 0
Totals 27 9 13 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boudreau ss 3 0 0 0
Weatherly lf 3 0 1 0
Chapman cf 2 0 1 0
Hale 2b 2 0 0 0
Campbell rf 2 0 0 0
Keltner 3b 1 0 0 0
Grimes 1b 1 1 1 1
Hemsley c 2 0 0 0
Milnar p 0 0 0 0
  Hudlin p 0 0 0 0
  Eisenstat p 0 0 0 0
  Naymick p 1 0 0 0
Totals 17 1 3 1
Detroit 400 50–9130
Cleveland 010 00–130
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  W(9-9) 5.0 3 1 1 3 2
Totals
5.0
3
1
1
3
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Milnar  L(13-12) 0.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Hudlin   3.1 7 6 6 2 1
  Eisenstat   1.1 3 0 0 0 1
  Naymick   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
5.0
13
9
9
4
2
  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1. Gehringer-Greenberg.  HR–Detroit Gehringer (15,4th inning off Hudlin 1 on), Cleveland Grimes (4,2nd inning off Trout 0 on).  SH–McCosky (8).  Team LOB–8.  Team–4.  SB–McCosky (18); Fox (23).  U–Eddie Rommel, Cal Hubbard, Lou Kolls.  T–1:25.  A–20,000.
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