Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
May 12, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1944 at Yankee Stadium I. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 10, New York Yankees 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 6 1 2 0
Hoover ss 4 2 2 0
Mayo 2b 4 1 1 0
York 1b 4 1 0 0
Higgins 3b 5 2 3 5
Outlaw lf 3 2 1 3
  Metro lf 1 0 1 0
Hostetler rf 5 1 3 0
Swift c 5 0 3 1
Newhouser p 4 0 1 1
Totals 41 10 17 10
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Stirnweiss 2b 4 2 2 0
Metheny rf 4 1 1 2
Levy lf 4 1 2 2
Etten 1b 4 0 1 0
Savage 3b 4 0 1 0
Lindell cf 4 0 0 0
Milosevich ss 4 0 0 0
Hemsley c 3 0 1 0
Zuber p 2 0 0 0
  Bevens p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Detroit 010 030 600 010170
New York 200 000 020 x481
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  W(4-3) 9.0 8 4 4 1 6
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
6
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Zuber  L(1-1) 6.1 11 8 7 2 4
  Bevens   2.2 6 2 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
10
8
2
5

  E–Zuber (1).  DP–Detroit 1. Hoover-York, New York 1. Hemsley-Stirnweiss.  2B–Detroit Hoover (3).  HR–Detroit Higgins (2,5th inning off Zuber 0 on); Outlaw (1,7th inning off Bevens 2 on), New York Metheny (1,1st inning off Newhouser 1 on); Levy (2,8th inning off Newhouser 1 on).  SH–Hoover (2); Mayo (3); Newhouser (2).  Team LOB–9.  Team–4.  U–Cal Hubbard, Red Jones, Bill Grieve.  T–1:47.  A–7,192.
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