Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
August 24, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1947 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 1, Cleveland Indians 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Mele rf 4 0 0 0
Pesky ss 4 0 2 0
DiMaggio cf 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 0 1 0
Doerr 2b 4 0 0 0
Jones 1b 4 0 0 0
Partee c 3 0 0 0
Pellagrini 3b 3 1 2 1
Harris p 1 0 0 0
  Moses ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Edwards lf,rf 3 0 1 0
Peck rf 2 0 0 0
  Metkovich cf 1 0 0 0
Boudreau ss 4 0 1 0
Fleming 1b 4 0 1 0
Keltner 3b 3 1 1 0
Gordon 2b 4 1 2 2
Lopez c 3 0 1 0
Gettel p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Boston 000 000 010150
Cleveland 000 002 00x270
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  L(4-2) 7.0 6 2 2 2 3
  Smith   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
3
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Gettel  W(9-6) 9.0 5 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
6

  E–None.  2B–Boston Williams (28).  HR–Boston Pellagrini (4,8th inning off Gettel 0 on), Cleveland Gordon (24,6th inning off Harris 1 on).  SH–Harris (1).  Team LOB–5.  Team–8.  U-HP–Cal Hubbard, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Hal Weafer.  T–1:48.  A–50,217.
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