Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 27, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1940 at Cleveland Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 2, Cleveland Indians 0

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 2 0 0 0
McCosky cf 3 0 0 0
Gehringer 2b 3 1 0 0
Greenberg lf 3 0 1 0
York 1b 4 1 1 2
Campbell rf 2 0 0 0
Higgins 3b 2 0 0 0
Sullivan c 3 0 1 0
Giebell p 3 0 0 0
Totals 25 2 3 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Chapman lf 3 0 0 0
Weatherly cf 4 0 0 0
Boudreau ss 4 0 0 0
Trosky 1b 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 0 2 0
Keltner 3b 4 0 1 0
Mack 2b 4 0 1 0
Hemsley c 4 0 2 0
Feller p 1 0 0 0
  Heath ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
Detroit 000 200 000232
Cleveland 000 000 000061
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Giebell  W(2-0) 9.0 6 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Feller  L(27-11) 9.0 3 2 2 8 4
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
8
4

  E–Bartell (34), Gehringer (19), Boudreau (24).  DP–Detroit 1. York, Cleveland 3. Mack-Boudreau-Trosky, Boudreau-Mack-Trosky, Boudreau-Trosky.  2B–Detroit Greenberg (50).  HR–Detroit York (33,4th inning off Feller 1 on).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Feller (6).  Team–9.  SB–Bartell (12).  CS–McCosky (8); Campbell (7).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Harry Geisel, 2B–Steve Basil, 3B–George Pipgras.  T–2:39.  A–32,553.
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