Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
September 17, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1949 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees 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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Detroit Tigers 4, New York Yankees 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lake 3b 2 0 0 0
Lipon ss 5 0 0 0
Mullin cf 3 1 1 0
Wertz rf 4 0 0 0
Evers lf 4 0 1 1
Robinson c 3 1 1 0
  Gray pr 0 0 0 0
  Riebe c 0 0 0 0
Vico 1b 4 1 1 2
Berry 2b 2 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 1 1 1
  Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Swift ph 1 0 0 0
  Mavis pr 0 0 0 0
Houtteman p 2 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Kolloway 2b 2 0 1 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rizzuto ss 4 0 2 1
Mapes rf 3 1 0 0
Brown 3b 4 0 2 0
DiMaggio cf 4 1 1 1
Berra c 4 1 1 0
Keller lf 4 2 2 2
Collins 1b 3 0 0 1
Coleman 2b 3 0 0 0
Sanford p 3 0 0 0
  Page p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Detroit 000 000 310461
New York 020 111 00x583
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Houtteman  L(14-9) 5.0 7 5 4 3 2
  White   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Trout   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
4
3
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  W(6-3) 6.1 4 3 3 3 5
  Page   2.2 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
5
6

  E–Vico (5), Rizzuto (23), Mapes (5), Collins (2).  DP–New York 2. Brown-Collins, Coleman-Rizzuto-Collins.  2B–Detroit Robinson (10), New York Rizzuto (20); DiMaggio (13).  3B–Detroit Mullin (4); Evers (6).  HR–Detroit Vico (4,7th inning off Sanford 1 on); Campbell (3,7th inning off Sanford 0 on), New York Keller (3,2nd inning off Houtteman 1 on).  Team LOB–7.  Team–6.  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Cal Hubbard, 3B–Johnny Stevens.
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