Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 9, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1947 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox 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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Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 8

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kolloway 2b 5 2 2 1
Hodgin lf 5 1 3 2
Wright rf 4 0 2 0
York 1b 4 0 2 1
Philley cf 4 0 1 0
Appling ss 4 0 1 0
Michaels 3b 4 0 0 0
Tresh c 3 0 0 0
  Tucker ph 1 0 0 0
Grove p 2 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 1 0 0
  Wallaesa ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lake ss 4 1 2 0
Mayo 2b 5 2 1 0
Mullin rf 3 0 2 0
  Outlaw ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Wertz lf 3 1 0 1
  Mierkowicz ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Kell 3b 4 2 4 2
Evers cf 3 1 1 1
Cullenbine 1b 3 1 0 1
Wagner c 3 0 2 0
  Swift ph,c 1 0 0 1
Trout p 3 0 0 1
  Benton p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 7
Chicago 200 000 2004112
Detroit 003 031 01x8122
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Grove  L(4-7) 5.0 10 6 5 3 1
  Smith   3.0 2 2 1 5 0
Totals
8.0
12
8
6
8
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  W(8-10) 6.2 9 4 3 1 2
  Benton  SV(4) 2.1 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
3
1
4

  E–Kolloway (17), Philley (4), Lake 2 (23).  DP–Detroit 3. Trout-Lake-Cullenbine, Mayo-Lake-Cullenbine, Mayo-Lake-Cullenbine.  2B–Chicago Kolloway (16); Hodgin (4), Detroit Kell 2 (18).  HR–Detroit Kell (5,5th inning off Grove 0 on).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Wertz (1); Evers (11); Benton (3).  Team–13.  U–Eddie Rommel, Art Passarella, Jim Boyer.  T–2:01.  A–16,645.
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