Philadelphia Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 2, 1941 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1941 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 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

Philadelphia Athletics 1, Detroit Tigers 15

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McCoy 2b 4 0 1 0
Moses rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson B. lf 4 1 1 0
Chapman S. cf 4 0 0 0
Siebert 1b 4 0 2 0
Hayes c 4 0 0 0
Suder 3b 4 0 2 1
Chapman F. ss 4 0 1 0
Potter p 0 0 0 0
  Miles ph 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 1 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson R. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 7 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Croucher ss 4 2 3 0
McCosky cf 5 1 1 2
Gehringer 2b 5 1 4 3
York 1b 4 2 1 2
Greenberg lf 5 1 2 1
Campbell rf 5 1 1 0
  Stainback rf 0 0 0 0
Higgins 3b 4 2 2 2
Sullivan c 5 3 2 3
Rowe p 3 2 1 1
Totals 40 15 17 14
Philadelphia 000 000 001172
Detroit 140 012 07x15172
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Potter  L(1-1) 2.0 6 5 5 1 1
  Harris   5.0 6 3 3 0 2
  Johnson   1.0 5 7 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
17
15
9
3
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rowe  W(1-2) 9.0 7 1 1 0 5
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
5

  E–McCoy (2), Siebert (1), York (4), Rowe (1).  DP–Detroit 1. Rowe-Croucher-York.  2B–Philadelphia Siebert (3), Detroit Croucher (4); Greenberg (3).  3B–Detroit Higgins (2).  HR–Detroit York (5,5th inning off Harris 0 on); Sullivan (1,6th inning off Harris 1 on).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Croucher (3).  Team–5.  CS–Gehringer (1).  U–George Pipgras, Art Passarella, Harry Geisel.  T–1:53.  A–2,717.
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