Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 29, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 1940 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Croucher ss 6 0 0 0
McCosky cf 5 0 2 0
  Mullin cf 1 0 0 0
Stainback lf 6 0 2 0
York 1b 6 1 1 0
Higgins 3b 6 0 1 0
Fox rf 6 1 2 1
Meyer 2b 5 0 2 0
Tebbetts c 3 0 0 1
  Sullivan c 1 0 0 0
Trout p 2 0 0 0
  Newhouser p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
  Hutchinson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 49 2 10 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Chapman lf 7 0 4 0
Weatherly cf 6 2 2 0
Boudreau ss 3 1 0 0
Trosky 1b 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 1
Peters 3b 6 0 1 0
Mack 2b 5 0 0 0
Pytlak c 6 0 1 0
Milnar p 6 0 0 0
Totals 47 3 8 1
Detroit 000 100 001 000 002103
Cleveland 000 000 200 000 01382
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trout   6.0 4 0 0 6 3
  Newhouser   2.0 1 2 0 2 3
  Hutchinson  L(3-7) 5.1 3 1 1 3 5
Totals
13.1
8
3
1
11
11
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Milnar  W(18-10) 14.0 10 2 1 3 5
Totals
14.0
10
2
1
3
5

  E–Stainback (1), Tebbetts (17), Hutchinson (2), Bell (8), Peters (8).  DP–Cleveland 1. Peters-Mack-Trosky.  PB–Tebbetts (6).  2B–Cleveland Chapman (40).  SH–Meyer (2).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Bell (1).  Team–16.  SB–Meyer (2); Weatherly 2 (9); Boudreau (6); Bell (2).  CS–McCosky (9); Chapman (7).  U-HP–Steve Basil, 1B–George Pipgras, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Harry Geisel.
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