Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
June 25, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1940 at Briggs Stadium. The Boston Red Sox 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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Boston Red Sox 11, Detroit Tigers 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio lf 5 1 2 0
Cramer cf 6 1 0 0
Finney rf 6 3 4 0
Foxx 1b 4 1 1 1
Tabor 3b 5 1 4 4
Doerr 2b 3 1 0 0
Cronin ss 3 3 2 3
Desautels c 5 0 1 1
Wilson p 5 0 1 1
Totals 42 11 15 10
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 4 1 2 0
McCosky cf 5 1 2 0
Gehringer 2b 3 1 1 2
  Metha 2b 2 1 1 0
Greenberg lf 5 1 1 1
York 1b 5 1 2 1
Campbell rf 4 0 2 1
Higgins 3b 3 0 2 0
Tebbetts c 4 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
Rowe p 1 0 0 0
  Croucher ph 1 0 0 0
  Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 0 0
  Seats p 0 0 0 0
  Sullivan ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 40 7 14 6
Boston 210 021 410 011152
Detroit 000 021 004 x7143
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W(4-1) 9.0 14 7 6 4 6
Totals
9.0
14
7
6
4
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rowe  L(5-1) 5.0 7 5 3 2 3
  Trout   1.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Seats   3.0 7 5 5 3 0
Totals
9.0
15
11
8
5
3

  E–DiMaggio (1), Cronin (18), Bartell 2 (8), Higgins (11).  DP–Boston 2. DiMaggio-Doerr, Tabor-Doerr-Foxx, Detroit 1. Bartell-Gehringer-York.  2B–Boston DiMaggio (5); Cronin (9); Desautels (5), Detroit Bartell 2 (15); York (19); Campbell (12).  3B–Boston Foxx (2); Wilson (1).  HR–Boston Cronin (6,2nd inning off Rowe 0 on), Detroit Gehringer (5,5th inning off Wilson 1 on); York (9,6th inning off Wilson 0 on); Sullivan (2,9th inning off Wilson 0 on).  SH–Doerr (2).  Team LOB–10.  Team–10.  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Harry Geisel, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Steve Basil.
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