Philadelphia Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
August 20, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1945 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 0, Detroit Tigers 4

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Hall 2b 4 0 1 0
Kish lf 3 0 0 0
Kell 3b 3 0 2 0
McGhee rf 4 0 1 0
Siebert 1b 4 0 2 0
Rosar c 4 0 1 0
Smith cf 3 0 0 0
  George ph 1 0 0 0
Busch ss 4 0 0 0
Bowles p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 7 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Maier 3b 4 0 0 0
Mayo 2b 3 0 0 0
Cramer cf 3 2 2 1
Greenberg lf 2 1 0 0
Cullenbine rf 4 1 1 3
York 1b 3 0 0 0
Webb ss 3 0 1 0
Richards c 3 0 1 0
Newhouser p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 5 4
Philadelphia 000 000 000071
Detroit 100 000 03x450
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Bowles  L(0-1) 8.0 5 4 4 5 3
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
5
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  W(20-7) 9.0 7 0 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
2
7

  E–Hall (14).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Busch-Siebert.  HR–Detroit Cramer (4,1st inning off Bowles 0 on); Cullenbine (12,8th inning off Bowles 2 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  U–Charlie Berry, Cal Hubbard, Joe Rue.
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