Cleveland Indians vs Boston Braves
October 7, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 7, 1948 at Braves Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Braves 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 4, Boston Braves 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 1 1 0
Clark rf 3 0 0 0
  Kennedy rf 1 0 1 1
Boudreau ss 5 1 2 1
Gordon 2b 4 1 1 1
Keltner 3b 4 0 0 0
Doby cf 4 0 2 1
Robinson 1b 3 0 1 0
Hegan c 3 1 0 0
Lemon p 4 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 4
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Holmes rf 4 0 0 0
Dark ss 4 1 1 0
Torgeson 1b 4 0 2 0
Elliott 3b 4 0 1 1
Rickert lf 4 0 0 0
Salkeld c 1 0 1 0
  Masi c 1 0 0 0
McCormick M. cf 4 0 2 0
Stanky 2b 2 0 1 0
Spahn p 2 0 0 0
  Barrett p 0 0 0 0
  McCormick F. ph 1 0 0 0
  Potter p 0 0 0 0
  Sanders ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Cleveland 000 210 001481
Boston 100 000 000183
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  W (1-0) 9.0 8 1 0 3 5
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
3
5
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L (0-1) 4.1 6 3 3 2 1
  Barrett   2.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Potter   2.0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
2
3

  E–Gordon (1), Dark 2 (2), Elliott (3).  DP–Cleveland 2, Boston 1.  2B–Cleveland Doby (1,off Spahn); Boudreau (1,off Spahn), Boston Stanky (1,off Lemon).  SH–Clark (1,off Spahn); Stanky (1,off Lemon).  IBB–Hegan (1,by Spahn).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  IBB–Spahn (1,Hegan).  U–Bill Stewart (NL), Bill Grieve (AL), George Barr (NL), Bill Summers (AL), Babe Pinelli (NL), Joe Paparella (AL).  T–2:14.  A–39,633.
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