Detroit Tigers vs Cincinnati Reds
October 2, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1940 at Crosley Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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 7, Cincinnati Reds 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 4 0 2 2
McCosky cf 5 0 2 1
Gehringer 2b 4 0 0 0
Greenberg lf 5 1 1 0
York 1b 4 2 2 0
Campbell rf 3 1 2 2
Higgins 3b 4 1 1 2
Sullivan c 3 1 0 0
Newsom p 4 1 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 4 1 1 0
McCormick M. cf 4 0 1 0
Goodman rf 4 1 2 1
McCormick F. 1b 3 0 0 0
Ripple lf 4 0 1 1
Wilson c 2 0 0 0
  Riggs ph 1 0 0 0
  Baker c 1 0 1 0
Joost 2b 4 0 2 0
Myers ss 4 0 0 0
Derringer p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 2 0 0 0
  Craft ph 1 0 0 0
  Riddle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Detroit 050 020 0007101
Cincinnati 000 100 010283
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newsom  W (1-0) 9.0 8 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Derringer  L (0-1) 1.1 5 5 4 1 1
  Moore   6.2 5 2 2 4 7
  Riddle   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
5
10

  E–Bartell (1), Werber (1), Baker (1), Myers (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati M McCormick (1,off Newsom); Goodman (1,off Newsom); Werber (1,off Newsom).  3B–Detroit York (1,off Moore).  HR–Detroit Campbell (1,5th inning off Moore 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Campbell (1,off Derringer).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  CS–Campbell (1,2nd base by Moore/Wilson); Bartell (1,2nd base by Moore/Baker); Joost (1,2nd base by Newsom/Sullivan).  U-HP–Bill Klem (NL), 1B–Red Ormsby (AL), 2B–Lee Ballanfant (NL), 3B–Steve Basil (AL).  T–2:09.  A–31,793.
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