Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
June 1, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 1, 1940 at Griffith Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators 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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Detroit Tigers 12, Washington Senators 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 6 2 3 3
McCosky cf 6 1 3 1
Gehringer 2b 5 0 2 2
  Croucher 2b 1 0 0 0
Greenberg lf 5 1 2 1
York 1b 3 2 0 0
Campbell rf 2 0 1 2
  Fox rf 3 0 0 0
Higgins 3b 5 2 2 0
Sullivan c 5 3 3 0
Newsom p 4 1 3 1
Totals 45 12 19 10
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Case rf 4 0 1 1
Lewis 3b 5 0 1 0
Welaj cf 5 1 1 0
Walker lf 4 0 1 1
Bonura 1b 3 0 2 0
Bloodworth 2b 4 0 2 0
Pofahl ss 4 0 1 0
Ferrell c 1 0 0 0
  Early c 3 1 2 0
Hudlin p 0 0 0 0
  Krakauskas p 2 0 0 0
  West ph 1 1 1 1
  Jacobs p 0 0 0 0
  Myer ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 12 3
Detroit 322 010 30112192
Washington 000 100 2003122
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newsom  W(6-1) 9.0 12 3 3 2 7
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
2
7
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Hudlin  L(3-2) 2.0 5 5 2 1 0
  Krakauskas   5.0 12 6 6 1 2
  Jacobs   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
19
12
9
2
3

  E–Greenberg 2 (7), Case (3), Bloodworth (7).  DP–Detroit 3. Bartell-Gehringer-York, Bartell-Gehringer-York, Higgins-Croucher, Washington 1. Lewis-Bloodworth-Bonura.  2B–Detroit McCosky (6); Greenberg (13); Campbell (8); Newsom (1), Washington Welaj (6); West (1).  SH–Newsom (2).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Bonura (1).  Team–9.  SB–Higgins (1); Sullivan (1).  U–George Moriarty, Cal Hubbard.
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