Cleveland Indians vs St. Louis Browns
September 11, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 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 4, St. Louis Browns 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 1 2 0
Tucker cf 5 1 4 1
Vernon 1b 5 1 2 0
Doby rf 5 0 1 2
Gordon 2b 4 0 2 0
Kennedy 3b 4 0 1 0
Boone ss 1 1 1 0
  Peck ph 1 0 0 0
  Berardino ss 0 0 0 0
  Boudreau ph 1 0 0 0
Hegan c 2 0 1 1
  Lemon ph 1 0 0 0
  Tresh c 0 0 0 0
Benton p 3 0 0 0
  Bearden p 0 0 0 0
  Easter ph 0 0 0 0
  Avila pr 0 0 0 0
  Paige p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 14 4
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Dillinger 3b 5 0 3 0
Spence lf 4 0 0 0
Priddy 2b 4 0 1 0
Graham 1b 1 2 1 1
Sievers cf 4 1 2 0
Moss c 4 1 1 0
Kokos rf 3 0 1 0
Sullivan ss 2 0 0 1
  Lehner ph 1 1 1 3
  Anderson ss 0 0 0 0
Fannin p 3 0 2 0
  Ferrick p 0 0 0 0
  Elder ph 1 0 0 0
  Papai p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 12 5
Cleveland 001 011 100–4141
St. Louis 010 004 00x–5121
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Benton  L(8-5) 5.2 10 5 5 3 2
  Bearden   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Paige   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
3
5
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Fannin  W(8-11) 6.0 11 4 4 3 2
  Ferrick   2.0 2 0 0 2 0
  Papai   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
4
4
5
2
  E–Doby (8), Sievers (7).  2B–Cleveland Mitchell (14); Vernon (24); Kennedy (21), St. Louis Sievers (23); Kokos (26).  3B–Cleveland Mitchell (22); Boone (4).  HR–St. Louis Graham (24,6th inning off Benton 0 on 1 out); Lehner (3,6th inning off Benton 2 on 2 out).  SH–Hegan (11); Spence (7); Graham (7); Anderson (2).  Team LOB–12.  Team–9.  CS–Gordon (6); Dillinger (11).  SB–Priddy (5).  U–Eddie Hurley, Bill McGowan, Red Jones.
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