Philadelphia Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
May 23, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1940 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Athletics 4, Chicago White Sox 13

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lillard ss 5 1 2 1
Moses rf 4 1 1 0
McCoy 2b 5 0 3 2
Johnson lf 5 0 1 1
Siebert 1b 5 0 3 0
Hayes c 4 0 2 0
Chapman cf 5 0 0 0
Rubeling 3b 4 1 1 0
Babich p 4 1 3 0
  Heusser p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 16 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 3b 4 1 0 0
Kuhel 1b 4 1 1 2
Kreevich cf 5 1 1 0
Wright rf 4 2 1 2
Appling ss 5 2 3 1
Rosenthal lf 3 2 1 0
McNair 2b 4 1 2 3
Tresh c 4 2 3 1
Lee p 2 1 1 1
Totals 35 13 13 10
Philadelphia 000 030 0104164
Chicago 020 010 010x13130
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Babich  L(4-3) 7.1 10 9 9 4 5
  Heusser   0.2 3 4 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
13
9
5
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  W(3-2) 9.0 16 4 4 2 3
Totals
9.0
16
4
4
2
3

  E–McCoy (8), Hayes (5), S. Chapman (4), Babich (1).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Hayes-McCoy, Chicago 1. McNair-Appling-Kuhel.  2B–Philadelphia McCoy (10), Chicago Kuhel (7); Kreevich (4); Appling (6); Rosenthal (3).  HR–Chicago Wright (1,8th inning off Babich 1 on).  Team LOB–12.  SH–Lee 2 (4).  Team–5.  CS–McNair (4).  U–Red Ormsby, Bill Grieve, Steve Basil.  T–2:13.  A–2,000.
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