Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Browns
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 Sportsman's Park III. The Detroit Tigers defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 6, St. Louis Browns 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Fox rf 5 0 2 1
McCosky cf 5 2 2 1
Gehringer 2b 5 1 2 1
Greenberg lf 4 0 1 1
York 1b 5 0 2 0
Higgins 3b 5 1 1 0
Tebbetts c 4 0 0 0
Bartell ss 4 1 1 1
Bridges p 4 1 2 1
Totals 41 6 13 6
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Heffner 2b 4 0 0 0
Grace rf 4 1 2 0
Radcliff lf 4 0 1 0
Judnich cf 3 0 1 1
Clift 3b 3 0 0 0
McQuinn 1b 4 0 1 0
Berardino ss 4 0 0 0
Swift c 3 0 1 0
Harris p 2 0 0 0
  Laabs ph 1 0 0 0
  Trotter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Detroit 120 010 110–6130
St. Louis 000 000 001–161
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bridges  W(9-8) 9.0 6 1 1 2 11
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
11
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  L(8-12) 8.0 12 6 6 1 1
  Trotter   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
1
1
  E–McQuinn (11).  DP–Detroit 1. Bartell-York.  2B–Detroit Fox (13); McCosky (34); Higgins (19), St. Louis McQuinn (32).  3B–Detroit Bartell (2).  HR–Detroit McCosky (4,1st inning off Harris 0 on); Gehringer (8,7th inning off Harris 0 on).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  U–Bill Grieve, Bill Summers, Steve Basil.  T–2:05.  A–1,819.
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