Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
July 5, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 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 8, Detroit Tigers 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 1 3 0
Boone ss 5 1 2 2
Vernon 1b 4 1 2 2
Doby cf 5 2 3 1
Gordon 2b 5 1 3 3
Boudreau 3b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy rf 3 0 0 0
Hegan c 4 1 1 0
Papish p 2 1 0 0
Totals 37 8 14 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lipon ss 3 1 0 0
Kell 3b 5 0 3 0
Groth cf 1 0 0 0
Wertz rf 4 0 0 1
Evers lf 4 0 1 0
Kolloway 2b 4 0 1 0
Swift c 3 0 1 0
Vico 1b 3 0 0 0
Grissom p 0 0 0 0
  Stuart p 1 0 0 0
  Lake ph 1 0 0 0
  Trout p 1 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Cleveland 310 022 0008140
Detroit 001 000 000171
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Papish  W(1-0) 9.0 7 1 1 7 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
7
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Grissom  L(2-1) 1.2 6 4 4 1 0
  Stuart   3.1 4 2 2 1 2
  Trout   4.0 4 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
3
2

  E–Groth (7).  DP–Cleveland 3. Boudreau-Gordon-Vernon, Boudreau-Gordon-Vernon, Boone-Gordon-Vernon, Detroit 3. Lipon-Kolloway-Vico, Lipon-Kolloway-Vico, Trout-Lipon-Vico.  2B–Cleveland Boone (4), Detroit Kell 2 (20).  HR–Cleveland Gordon (13,5th inning off Stuart 1 on 1 out).  SH–Papish (3).  Team LOB–6.  Team–10.  U-HP–Bill McGowan, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Red Jones, 3B–Eddie Hurley.
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