Cleveland Indians vs Philadelphia Athletics
July 11, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 11, 1940 at Shibe Park. 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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Cleveland Indians 8, Philadelphia Athletics 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Chapman lf 5 1 3 2
Weatherly cf 5 1 0 0
Boudreau ss 5 1 3 2
Trosky 1b 4 0 2 1
Bell rf 5 1 1 0
Mack 2b 5 1 2 0
Keltner 3b 4 2 1 3
Hemsley c 4 0 1 0
Milnar p 3 1 1 0
  Dobson p 1 0 1 0
Totals 41 8 15 8
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lillard ss 5 1 2 1
Simmons lf 4 0 1 2
McCoy 2b 4 0 0 0
Johnson rf 2 1 0 0
Siebert 1b 4 0 1 0
Hayes c 4 1 2 2
Chapman cf 3 1 1 0
Brancato 3b 3 0 0 0
  Moses ph 1 0 0 0
Dean p 0 1 0 0
  Heusser p 0 0 0 0
  Miles ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
Cleveland 211 100 3008151
Philadelphia 002 011 010571
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Milnar  W(12-3) 5.1 6 4 4 3 2
  Dobson  SV(3) 3.2 1 1 1 3 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
6
2
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Dean  L(6-7) 4.0 7 5 4 3 0
  Heusser   5.0 8 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
15
8
7
5
2

  E–Chapman (5), Lillard (16).  DP–Cleveland 3. Boudreau-Mack-Trosky, Boudreau-Mack-Trosky, Mack-Boudreau-Trosky, Philadelphia 1. Brancato-McCoy-Siebert.  2B–Cleveland Chapman (21); Boudreau (25); Trosky (25); Milnar (2), Philadelphia Simmons (3); S. Chapman (12).  HR–Cleveland Chapman (3,1st inning off Dean 0 on 0 out); Boudreau (7,3rd inning off Dean 0 on); Keltner (8,7th inning off Heusser 2 on), Philadelphia Hayes (11,8th inning off Dobson 0 on).  Team LOB–11.  Team–5.  SB–Mack (3).  U–George Moriarty, Cal Hubbard, Eddie Rommel.  T–1:58.  A–13,206.
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