Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
October 1, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 1948 at Cleveland 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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Detroit Tigers 5, Cleveland Indians 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lipon ss 3 2 0 1
Berry 2b 3 0 1 0
Wertz rf 4 1 2 1
  Outlaw pr,rf,3b 1 0 1 2
Mullin cf,rf 3 0 1 0
Wakefield lf 4 0 0 1
Mayo 3b 4 0 2 0
  Campbell pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Vico 1b 3 0 0 0
  Bero ph 1 0 0 0
  Houtteman p 0 0 0 0
Swift c 3 0 1 0
  Groth ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Trucks p 3 0 0 0
  Ginsberg ph,c 0 1 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 2 2 0
Doby cf 5 0 2 0
Boudreau ss 3 1 2 1
Gordon 2b 4 0 0 1
Keltner 3b 2 0 1 0
Judnich rf,1b 2 0 0 1
Robinson 1b 2 0 0 0
  Peck ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy rf 1 0 0 0
Hegan c 4 0 0 0
Lemon p 3 0 0 0
  Christopher p 0 0 0 0
  Zoldak p 0 0 0 0
  Tucker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Detroit 000 002 003581
Cleveland 100 001 100372
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks  W(14-13) 8.0 7 3 2 3 6
  Houtteman  SV(10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
3
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  L(20-14) 8.1 7 4 3 6 5
  Christopher   0.1 1 1 0 1 0
  Zoldak   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
3
7
5

  E–Berry (17), Judnich (4), Lemon (4).  DP–Cleveland 2. Lemon-Boudreau-Robinson, Lemon-Boudreau-Bob Kennedy.  PB–Hegan (6).  2B–Detroit Wertz (16); Mayo (19), Cleveland Boudreau (34).  3B–Detroit Wertz (9).  SH–Berry (7); Boudreau (16); Judnich (6).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U-HP–Bill Grieve, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:38.  A–15,988.
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