Philadelphia Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
June 16, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1940 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 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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Philadelphia Athletics 2, Cleveland Indians 4

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Brancato 3b 2 0 0 0
  Miles ph 1 0 0 0
  Caster p 0 0 0 0
Moses rf 4 1 1 0
McCoy 2b 4 0 1 2
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Siebert 1b 4 0 0 0
Hayes c 4 0 1 0
Chapman cf 3 0 0 0
Lillard ss 0 0 0 0
  Dean ph 1 0 0 0
  Gantenbein ss 1 0 0 0
Vaughan p 2 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 0 0 0 0
  Rubeling pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boudreau ss 3 2 2 1
Weatherly cf 4 0 0 0
Hemsley c 4 2 1 1
Trosky 1b 3 0 0 0
Bell rf 2 0 0 0
Chapman lf 3 0 1 1
Mack 2b 3 0 0 0
Keltner 3b 3 0 0 0
Feller p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 4 3
Philadelphia 000 000 020235
Cleveland 001 100 02x442
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Vaughan   7.0 2 2 1 3 8
  Caster  L(1-10) 1.0 2 2 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
4
4
2
3
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Feller  W(9-4) 9.0 3 2 2 4 12
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
4
12

  E–Johnson (5), Siebert (4), Hayes (7), S. Chapman 2 (7), Boudreau (11), Trosky (5).  DP–Cleveland 2. Feller-Mack-Trosky, Boudreau-Mack-Trosky.  2B–Philadelphia Moses (11); McCoy (12), Cleveland Boudreau (16); Hemsley (12); Chapman (14).  HR–Cleveland Boudreau (5,3rd inning off Vaughan 0 on).  HBP–Lillard (1).  Team LOB–6.  Team–3.  U–Bill Grieve, Steve Basil, Harry Geisel.
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