Philadelphia Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
September 17, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1940 at Cleveland Stadium. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Philadelphia Athletics 4, Cleveland Indians 3

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Miles rf 5 1 1 0
Chapman S. cf 5 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 0 1 2
Hayes c 5 0 0 0
Siebert 1b 3 0 0 0
Rubeling 3b 3 1 1 0
Davis 2b 3 1 1 0
  Moses ph 1 0 0 0
  McCoy 2b 0 0 0 0
Chapman F. ss 3 0 1 1
  Dean ph 0 0 0 0
  Brancato pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Beckmann p 4 1 3 1
Totals 36 4 9 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Heath lf 5 0 1 0
Weatherly cf 4 1 2 0
Boudreau ss 3 0 1 1
Trosky 1b 4 1 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 2 0
Keltner 3b 3 1 1 0
Mack 2b 4 0 1 1
Pytlak c 3 0 0 0
  Chapman ph 1 0 0 0
Milnar p 2 0 0 0
  Humphries p 0 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Zuber p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Peters ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 2
Philadelphia 110 100 100491
Cleveland 011 001 000392
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Beckmann  W(8-3) 9.0 9 3 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
1
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Milnar  L(16-9) 6.1 9 4 3 0 1
  Humphries   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Zuber   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Howell   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
3
3

  E–F. Chapman (12), Weatherly (12), Mack (25).  DP–Philadelphia 2. F. Chapman-Siebert, F. Chapman-Davis-Siebert, Cleveland 1. Boudreau-Pytlak-Trosky.  2B–Cleveland Weatherly (33); Keltner (23).  3B–Philadelphia Rubeling (6), Cleveland Weatherly (11).  SH–Rubeling (5); Keltner (9).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  SB–Johnson (8).  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–George Pipgras, 2B–George Moriarty, 3B–Cal Hubbard.  T–1:53.  A–2,000.
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