Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
September 12, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1940 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox 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 1, Cleveland Indians 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 3 0 1 0
Cramer rf 4 1 1 0
Foxx c 3 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 0 0 1
Cronin ss 4 0 0 0
Doerr 2b 3 0 1 0
Finney 1b 3 0 0 0
Gelbert 3b 3 0 0 0
Ostermueller p 1 0 0 0
  Dickman p 0 0 0 0
  Lupien ph 1 0 0 0
  Hash p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Chapman rf 5 1 1 1
Weatherly cf 5 1 2 1
Heath lf 5 0 0 0
Boudreau ss 3 1 1 1
Bell 1b 4 1 1 0
Keltner 3b 3 1 1 1
Mack 2b 4 1 2 0
Pytlak c 3 1 1 1
Harder p 3 1 1 1
Totals 35 8 10 6
Boston 000 000 001–132
Cleveland 010 700 00x–8100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ostermueller  L(4-9) 3.1 5 6 5 2 1
  Dickman   0.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Hash   4.0 2 0 0 3 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
7
5
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Harder  W(10-11) 9.0 3 1 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
3
5
  E–DiMaggio (3), Gelbert (11).  DP–Boston 1. Cronin-Doerr-Finney, Cleveland 1. Harder-Boudreau-Bell.  PB–Pytlak (1).  2B–Cleveland Harder (1).  3B–Boston Cramer (12).  Team LOB–4.  Team–8.  SB–Chapman (13); Weatherly (5).  U–Bill Grieve, Bill McGowan, Steve Basil.  T–2:00.  A–1,000.
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