Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 27, 1946 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1946 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Case lf 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 5 1 1 0
Edwards rf 5 0 1 0
Fleming 1b 3 2 1 2
Keltner 3b 5 1 2 0
Boudreau ss 5 0 2 1
Hayes c 3 0 1 1
Mack 2b 3 0 0 0
Gromek p 3 0 0 0
  Black p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 8 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lake ss 3 0 0 0
  Moore ph 1 0 0 0
  Webb ss 1 0 0 0
Mayo 2b 4 1 2 1
McCosky cf 4 1 2 2
Greenberg 1b 6 0 1 1
Wakefield lf 4 1 0 0
Cullenbine rf 3 0 0 0
Higgins 3b 5 0 1 1
Tebbetts c 3 0 0 0
  Cramer ph 1 1 1 0
  Richards c 1 0 1 0
  Outlaw pr 0 1 0 0
Trout p 3 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 0 0
  Caster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 8 5
Cleveland 002 002 000 00483
Detroit 010 020 001 01581
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Gromek   8.2 6 4 4 6 5
  Black  L(0-1) 2.0 2 1 0 2 0
Totals
10.2
8
5
4
8
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trout   9.0 8 4 4 3 9
  Caster  W(1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
11.0
8
4
4
5
9

  E–Fleming (1), Boudreau (3), Hayes (3), Cullenbine (1).  DP–Cleveland 1. Fleming-Boudreau-Gromek, Detroit 2. Mayo-Lake-Greenberg, Higgins-Webb-Greenberg.  2B–Detroit Mayo 2 (4).  HR–Cleveland Fleming (1,3rd inning off Trout 1 on), Detroit McCosky (1,5th inning off Gromek 1 on).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Caster (1).  Team–12.  CS–Keltner (1).  SB–Cramer (1).  U–Charlie Berry, Cal Hubbard, George Pipgras.  T–2:23.  A–33,425.
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