Cincinnati Reds vs Detroit Tigers
October 4, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1940 at Briggs Stadium. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 4, Detroit Tigers 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 4 1 3 1
McCormick M. cf 5 0 2 1
Goodman rf 4 0 1 1
McCormick F. 1b 4 0 0 0
Ripple lf 4 1 1 0
Lombardi c 3 0 1 0
  Baker c 1 1 0 0
Joost 2b 4 0 1 1
Myers ss 4 0 1 0
Turner p 2 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Riggs ph 1 1 0 0
  Beggs p 0 0 0 0
  Frey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 4 0 1 0
McCosky cf 4 1 2 0
Gehringer 2b 4 0 1 0
Greenberg lf 4 2 2 0
York 1b 4 1 2 2
Campbell rf 4 2 3 1
Higgins 3b 4 1 2 3
Tebbetts c 4 0 0 0
Bridges p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 13 6
Cincinnati 100 000 0124101
Detroit 000 100 42x7131
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Turner  L (0-1) 6.0 8 5 5 0 4
  Moore   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Beggs   1.0 3 2 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
6
0
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bridges  W (1-0) 9.0 10 4 3 1 5
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
1
5

  E–M McCormick (1), Higgins (1).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Werber (3,off Bridges); Lombardi (1,off Bridges), Detroit Campbell (1,off Turner); McCosky (1,off Moore); Higgins (2,off Beggs).  3B–Detroit Greenberg (1,off Beggs).  HR–Detroit York (1,7th inning off Turner 1 on, 0 out); Higgins (1,7th inning off Turner 1 on, 0 out).  CS–Werber (1,2nd base by Bridges/Tebbetts).  U-HP–Lee Ballanfant (NL), 1B–Steve Basil (AL), 2B–Bill Klem (NL), 3B–Red Ormsby (AL).  T–2:08.  A–52,877.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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