Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 3, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1949 at Briggs Stadium. The Boston Red Sox tied the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 14, Detroit Tigers 14

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Spence cf 4 2 3 1
Pesky 3b 7 2 3 2
Williams lf 7 3 3 5
Stephens ss 7 2 5 4
Doerr 2b 7 0 1 1
Goodman 1b 7 0 2 1
Mele rf 7 0 1 0
Batts c 5 3 1 0
Kinder p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Combs ph 0 1 0 0
  McCall p 2 1 1 0
  Galehouse p 0 0 0 0
  Stobbs p 0 0 0 0
  Hughson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 55 14 20 14
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lake 2b,ss 6 2 2 0
Lipon ss 5 1 2 1
  Mullin ph 1 0 1 3
  Berry 2b 2 0 1 0
Kell 3b 6 2 2 1
Wertz rf 6 2 2 1
Wakefield lf 5 1 2 3
Robinson c 4 1 1 3
  Swift c 4 0 0 0
Groth cf 5 2 1 1
Vico 1b 3 0 1 0
  Outlaw ph 1 1 1 0
  Campbell 1b 2 0 0 0
Hutchinson p 1 1 0 0
  Grissom p 1 0 0 0
  Overmire p 1 0 1 0
  Stuart p 0 0 0 0
  Evers ph 0 1 0 0
  Trout p 2 0 0 0
Totals 55 14 17 14
Boston 310 304 300 000 014202
Detroit 019 010 003 000 014173
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kinder   2.1 6 7 6 5 1
  Johnson   0.2 3 3 2 0 0
  McCall   5.0 6 4 4 3 5
  Galehouse   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Stobbs   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Hughson   4.1 1 0 0 4 2
Totals
13.0
17
14
12
13
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hutchinson   3.2 8 7 7 2 1
  Grissom   2.0 4 4 2 1 1
  Overmire   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Stuart   2.2 3 1 0 1 0
  Trout   4.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
13.0
20
14
11
6
3

  E–Stephens 2 (6), Lake 2 (2), Lipon (4).  DP–Boston 1. Batts-Stephens-Goodman, Detroit 3. Wakefield-Kell, Trout-Lake-Campbell, Kell-Berry-Campbell.  PB–Robinson (1).  2B–Boston Spence (1); Williams (2), Detroit Berry (1).  3B–Detroit Mullin (1).  HR–Boston Williams (3,4th inning off Hutchinson 2 on); Stephens (6,1st inning off Hutchinson 1 on), Detroit Robinson (3,3rd inning off Kinder 2 on); Groth (5,2nd inning off Kinder 0 on).  SH–Kinder (1); McCall (1); Vico (3).  Team LOB–10.  Team–16.  CS–Stephens (1); Robinson (1).  U–Charlie Berry, Joe Paparella, Cal Hubbard.
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