Cleveland Indians vs Chicago White Sox
August 31, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1940 at Comiskey Park I. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 5, Chicago White Sox 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Chapman rf 6 0 2 2
Weatherly cf 6 0 1 1
Boudreau ss 4 0 0 0
Trosky 1b 3 0 1 0
Heath lf 5 0 0 0
Keltner 3b 5 1 0 0
Mack 2b 5 2 1 0
Hemsley c 2 1 0 0
  Pytlak c 2 0 1 1
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Eisenstat p 0 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 1
  Grimes pr 0 1 0 0
  Allen p 2 0 1 0
Totals 44 5 7 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Webb 2b 6 0 4 3
Kreevich cf 6 0 3 0
Kuhel 1b 6 0 1 0
Solters lf 6 0 2 0
Appling ss 4 0 1 0
Wright rf 5 2 2 0
Tresh c 5 0 1 0
Kennedy 3b 3 2 0 0
Smith p 4 0 1 0
  Brown p 1 0 0 0
Totals 46 4 15 3
Cleveland 000 000 004 001–572
Chicago 000 202 000 000–4152
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   6.0 12 4 4 3 2
  Eisenstat   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Allen  W(8-5) 4.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
15
4
4
3
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   8.0 3 3 0 8 2
  Brown  L(4-3) 4.0 4 2 1 1 2
Totals
12.0
7
5
1
9
4
  E–Chapman (11), Mack (22), Appling 2 (25).  DP–Cleveland 3. Mack-Boudreau-Trosky, Keltner-Mack-Trosky, Weatherly-Pytlak.  2B–Cleveland Chapman (34); Trosky (36), Chicago Kreevich (21); Solters (19).  SH–Keltner (8).  HBP–Chapman (2).  Team LOB–14.  Team–9.  SB–Mack (4).  CS–Webb (5); Tresh (9).  U-HP–Bill McGowan, 1B–Lou Kolls, 2B–George Pipgras, 3B–Joe Rue.  T–2:55.  A–5,442.
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