Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
September 24, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1948 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 3, Detroit Tigers 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 4 0 0 0
  Kennedy lf 0 0 0 0
Doby cf,rf 4 1 2 1
Boudreau ss 3 0 0 0
Gordon 2b 4 1 1 1
Keltner 3b 4 1 3 1
Judnich rf 2 0 1 0
  Tucker cf 1 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 4 0 0 0
Hegan c 3 0 0 0
  Peck ph 1 0 0 0
Lemon p 3 0 0 0
  Zoldak p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lipon ss 3 0 0 0
Berry 2b 2 2 1 0
Wertz rf 3 0 1 2
Mullin cf 2 0 0 0
Wakefield lf 4 1 2 1
Mayo 3b 3 0 1 0
Vico 1b 3 0 0 1
Ginsberg c 4 0 2 0
Hutchinson p 4 1 1 0
Totals 28 4 8 4
Cleveland 000 011 010370
Detroit 100 001 20x480
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  L(20-13) 6.1 7 4 4 4 2
  Zoldak   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
5
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hutchinson  W(13-10) 9.0 7 3 3 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1. Robinson, Detroit 1. Lipon-Vico.  2B–Detroit Wertz (15); Wakefield (19).  HR–Cleveland Doby (14,5th inning off Hutchinson 0 on); Gordon (30,8th inning off Hutchinson 0 on); Keltner (29,6th inning off Hutchinson 0 on).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Lipon (12); Mayo (18); Vico (17).  Team–8.  U-HP–Red Jones, 1B–Bill McGowan, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–1:51.  A–10,464.
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