Cleveland Indians vs St. Louis Browns
August 17, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1949 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 2, St. Louis Browns 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 1 2 0
Doby cf 4 0 4 0
Vernon 1b 5 0 3 1
Boudreau ss 4 0 0 0
Gordon 2b 4 1 1 1
Berardino 3b 3 0 1 0
Kennedy rf 4 0 1 0
Hegan c 3 0 0 0
  Tucker ph 1 0 0 0
  Tresh c 0 0 0 0
Paige p 3 0 1 0
  Papish p 0 0 0 0
  Peck ph 1 0 1 0
  Avila pr 0 0 0 0
  Gromek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 14 2
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Sullivan 3b 3 0 0 0
  Lollar ph,c 1 0 1 2
Spence lf 4 0 1 1
Kokos rf 4 0 1 0
Graham 1b 4 0 1 0
Lehner cf 4 0 1 0
Priddy 2b 4 2 2 1
Moss c 2 0 2 0
  Sievers pr 0 1 0 0
  Pellagrini ss 1 0 0 0
Anderson ss,3b 2 1 0 0
Kennedy p 2 0 1 1
  Elder ph 0 1 0 0
  Garver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 10 5
Cleveland 100 100 0002141
St. Louis 000 010 31x5100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paige  L(4-6) 6.0 9 4 4 2 3
  Papish   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Gromek   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
3
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  W(3-7) 7.0 11 2 2 4 3
  Garver   2.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
2
2
4
3

  E–Hegan (4).  DP–Cleveland 2. Gordon-Vernon, Kennedy-Vernon, St. Louis 4. Kokos-Moss, Moss-Anderson, Sullivan-Graham, Priddy-Pellagrini-Graham.  2B–Cleveland Doby (20), St. Louis Lehner (10); Moss (7).  HR–Cleveland Gordon (17,4th inning off Kennedy 0 on 0 out), St. Louis Priddy (11,8th inning off Gromek 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–12.  SH–Elder (3).  Team–5.  CS–Berardino (1).  U–Bill Grieve, Jim Honochick, Bill Summers.
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