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 3, Detroit Tigers 0

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boudreau ss 2 0 0 0
Weatherly lf 2 2 1 0
Chapman cf 1 0 0 0
Hale 2b 2 0 1 2
Grimes 1b 2 0 1 0
Keltner 3b 2 1 0 0
Campbell rf 1 0 0 0
Hemsley c 2 0 0 1
Milnar p 2 0 0 0
Totals 16 3 3 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCoy ss 2 0 0 0
Fox rf 2 0 2 0
Gehringer 2b 2 0 1 0
Greenberg 1b 2 0 0 0
Cullenbine cf 2 0 0 0
Bell lf 1 0 0 0
Higgins 3b 2 0 1 0
Tebbetts c 2 0 0 0
Newhouser p 1 0 0 0
  York ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 17 0 4 0
Cleveland 111 00330
Detroit 000 00041
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Milnar  W(14-12) 5.0 4 0 0 1 4
Totals
5.0
4
0
0
1
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  L(0-1) 5.0 3 3 3 4 4
Totals
5.0
3
3
3
4
4

  E–McCoy (11).  DP–Cleveland 1. Hale-Grimes.  2B–Cleveland Weatherly (16), Detroit Fox (24).  SH–Chapman (19); Hale (8).  Team LOB–4.  Team–3.  SB–Weatherly (7).  CS–Fox (12).  U-HP–Steve Basil, 1B–George Pipgras, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–George Moriarty.  T–1:00.  A–7,509.
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