New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
May 4, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1947 at Briggs Stadium. The New York Yankees tied the Detroit Tigers 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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New York Yankees 2, Detroit Tigers 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rizzuto ss 2 1 1 0
Brown 3b 2 0 0 0
Henrich 1b 3 0 0 1
DiMaggio cf 3 1 2 0
Keller lf 2 0 0 0
Lindell rf 3 0 1 0
Stirnweiss 2b 3 0 1 1
Houk c 3 0 1 0
Chandler p 3 0 1 0
Totals 24 2 7 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lake ss 3 1 2 1
Kell 3b 2 0 1 0
Cullenbine 1b 3 0 0 0
Wakefield lf 2 0 1 0
Mullin rf 3 1 2 0
Evers cf 3 0 1 1
Mayo 2b 3 0 0 0
Swift c 3 0 1 0
Newhouser p 2 0 0 0
Totals 24 2 8 2
New York 100 001270
Detroit 100 100280
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Chandler   6.0 8 2 2 1 2
Totals
6.0
8
2
2
1
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser   6.0 7 2 2 1 5
Totals
6.0
7
2
2
1
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 1. Rizzuto-Henrich.  2B–New York Rizzuto (3); DiMaggio 2 (3), Detroit Mullin (7).  HR–Detroit Lake (2,1st inning off Chandler 0 on 0 out).  SH–Rizzuto (2); Brown (3); Kell (4).  Team LOB–7.  Team–6.  U–Joe Paparella, Bill Summers, Joe Rue.  T–1:26.  A–37,387.
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