Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
September 29, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 1939 at Briggs Stadium. 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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Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boudreau ss 4 0 0 0
Weatherly lf 5 1 1 0
Chapman cf 4 1 1 1
Hale 2b 4 1 1 0
Grimes 1b 3 0 1 2
Keltner 3b 4 0 0 0
Campbell rf 4 0 1 0
Pytlak c 2 0 0 0
Harder p 4 1 1 1
  Feller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 6 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCoy ss 4 1 1 0
Averill cf 4 0 2 0
Gehringer 2b 3 0 0 1
Greenberg 1b 4 1 2 0
York c 3 1 1 2
Cullenbine lf 2 0 0 0
Fox rf 3 0 0 0
Higgins 3b 4 0 0 0
McKain p 1 0 0 0
  Rogell ph 1 0 0 0
  Benton p 1 0 0 0
  McCosky ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Cleveland 002 110 000461
Detroit 021 000 000361
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Harder  W(15-9) 7.1 6 3 3 4 1
  Feller  SV(1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McKain  L(5-6) 5.0 5 4 4 3 2
  Benton   4.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
5
4

  E–Grimes (22), Higgins (36).  DP–Cleveland 2. Boudreau-Grimes, Pytlak-Grimes.  2B–Cleveland Hale (15); Campbell (23), Detroit Averill (28).  3B–Cleveland Weatherly (6), Detroit Greenberg (7).  HR–Cleveland Harder (1,5th inning off McKain 0 on), Detroit York (20,2nd inning off Harder 1 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Steve Basil, 2B–George Pipgras, 3B–George Moriarty.
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