Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
September 20, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1947 at Briggs Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 5, Detroit Tigers 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 1 2 1
Metkovich cf 4 1 2 0
Edwards rf 4 1 1 2
Boudreau ss 4 0 2 2
Fleming 1b 3 0 0 0
Keltner 3b 4 0 1 0
Gordon 2b 4 0 1 0
Hegan c 4 0 0 0
Lemon p 4 2 2 0
  Gettel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lake ss 2 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 0 0
  Webb ss 0 0 0 0
Mayo 2b 4 1 1 0
Wertz rf 3 1 0 1
Wakefield lf 4 1 3 0
Kell 3b 4 0 1 3
Evers cf 4 1 1 0
Cullenbine 1b 4 0 1 1
Swift c 2 0 0 0
  Cramer ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner c 1 0 1 0
Trout p 1 0 0 0
  Houtteman p 0 0 0 0
  Hutchinson ph 1 0 1 0
  Outlaw pr 0 1 0 0
  Trucks p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Cleveland 001 020 200–5111
Detroit 000 200 030–590
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon   7.2 8 5 5 3 3
  Gettel   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trout   6.2 10 5 5 2 1
  Houtteman   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Trucks   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
2
  E–Mitchell (6).  DP–Cleveland 3. Lemon-Gordon-Fleming, Gordon-Boudreau-Fleming, Keltner-Gordon-Fleming.  2B–Cleveland Lemon (2), Detroit Wakefield (14); Kell (27); Cullenbine (16).  3B–Cleveland Lemon (3).  HR–Cleveland Edwards (14,5th inning off Trout 1 on).  SH–Metkovich (8).  Team LOB–8.  Team–4.  CS–Metkovich (3).  U-HP–Cal Hubbard, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Red Jones.  T–2:13.  A–36,993.
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