Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Athletics
April 29, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1948 at Shibe Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 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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Boston Red Sox 11, Philadelphia Athletics 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 5 0 0 0
Pesky 3b 4 1 0 0
Williams lf 3 2 1 2
Spence 1b 1 1 1 0
  Jones 1b 3 1 1 2
Stephens ss 4 1 1 1
Doerr 2b 3 2 1 1
Mele rf 4 1 2 3
Tebbetts c 4 1 1 0
Johnson p 3 0 0 0
  Dobson p 1 1 1 2
Totals 35 11 9 11
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Joost ss 5 0 1 1
McCosky lf 5 0 0 0
Valo rf 4 2 4 1
Fain 1b 5 0 0 0
Majeski 3b 4 1 0 0
White cf 4 0 0 1
Rosar c 4 2 3 1
Suder 2b 3 0 1 1
McCahan p 0 0 0 0
  Kellner p 2 0 0 0
  York ph 1 0 1 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Chapman ph 1 0 0 0
  Savage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 5
Boston 221 002 0041191
Philadelphia 000 110 1205100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W(1-0) 7.2 9 5 4 2 5
  Dobson  SV(1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
2
5
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCahan  L(0-1) 1.0 2 4 4 3 0
  Kellner   6.0 4 3 3 2 4
  Harris   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Savage   1.0 3 4 4 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
11
11
6
4

  E–Stephens (4).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Joost-Suder-Fain.  2B–Boston Spence (2); Doerr (2), Philadelphia Valo (1).  HR–Boston Williams (3,1st inning off McCahan 1 on); Jones (1,9th inning off Savage 1 on); Mele (1,2nd inning off McCahan 1 on); Dobson (1,9th inning off Savage 1 on), Philadelphia Valo (1,4th inning off Johnson 0 on); Rosar (1,7th inning off Johnson 0 on).  Team LOB–3.  Team–8.  U–Eddie Hurley, Bill Grieve, Charlie Berry.  T–2:03.  A–2,522.
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