Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
July 4, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1949 at Briggs Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 4 1 2 2
Boone ss 4 0 2 1
Vernon 1b 3 0 1 0
Doby cf 4 0 0 0
Gordon 2b 4 0 1 0
Boudreau 3b 3 0 2 0
Kennedy rf 4 0 1 0
Hegan c 2 0 0 0
  Tucker ph 1 1 1 0
  Tresh c 1 0 0 0
Feller p 2 0 0 0
  Peck ph 1 0 1 0
  Avila pr 0 1 0 0
  Paige p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 11 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Campbell 1b 3 0 1 0
Kell 3b 4 0 0 0
Mullin lf 3 1 0 0
Wertz rf 3 1 1 0
Evers cf 4 0 1 0
Robinson c 4 0 1 0
Kolloway 2b 4 0 1 1
Lipon ss 3 0 1 1
  Wakefield ph 1 0 0 0
Houtteman p 3 0 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Cleveland 000 000 030–3111
Detroit 000 200 000–260
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Feller  W(5-6) 7.0 6 2 2 3 5
  Paige   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Houtteman  L(5-3) 7.0 10 3 3 0 2
  Gray   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
1
4
  E–Boone (13).  DP–Cleveland 2. Boone-Gordon-Vernon, Boone-Gordon-Vernon, Detroit 2. Houtteman-Lipon-Campbell, Kell-Kolloway-Campbell.  2B–Cleveland Boudreau (11); Kennedy (10).  3B–Cleveland Mitchell (10).  SH–Vernon (5).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  U-HP–Red Jones, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Bill McGowan, 3B–Bill McKinley.
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