Philadelphia Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
September 15, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1940 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Athletics 5, Cleveland Indians 8
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Miles rf 4 2 1 0
Brancato ss 2 0 1 0
  McCoy ph 1 0 0 0
  Chapman F. ss 1 0 0 0
Chapman S. cf 5 1 1 1
Johnson lf 5 0 3 1
Siebert 1b 5 1 2 2
Rubeling 3b 4 1 1 1
Davis 2b 4 0 1 0
Wagner c 2 0 0 0
  Hayes ph,c 1 0 0 0
Caster p 2 0 0 0
  Dean p 2 0 1 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Heath lf 2 0 0 0
  Chapman ph,lf 2 0 1 2
Weatherly cf 5 0 0 2
Boudreau ss 3 1 1 1
Trosky 1b 4 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 1 2 1
Keltner 3b 4 1 2 0
Mack 2b 3 2 0 0
Pytlak c 2 2 1 1
Smith p 1 0 0 0
  Hale ph 0 0 0 1
  Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Peters ph 1 1 1 0
  Milnar p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 9 8
Philadelphia 002 020 100–5111
Cleveland 000 040 31x–892
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Caster   4.0 2 4 4 4 1
  Dean  L(6-11) 4.0 7 4 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
8
6
5
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   5.0 7 4 4 1 2
  Dobson  W(3-7) 2.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Milnar  SV(3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
1
7
  E–Siebert (20), Keltner (21), Mack (24).  DP–Philadelphia 1. F. Chapman-Siebert, Cleveland 1. Trosky-Boudreau.  2B–Philadelphia Johnson 2 (23); Siebert (31); Rubeling (16).  SH–Brancato (2); Wagner (2); Pytlak (4).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  SB–D. Miles (1); Brancato (3); Weatherly (6).  U-HP–George Pipgras, 1B–George Moriarty, 2B–Cal Hubbard, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:13.  A–26,039.
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