St. Louis Browns vs Cleveland Indians
July 4, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1950 at Cleveland Stadium. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Cleveland Indians 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Browns 8, Cleveland Indians 3

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Upton ss 3 1 2 1
Delsing cf 5 1 1 0
Coleman rf 5 2 2 0
Kokos lf 4 1 1 1
Lenhardt 1b 5 1 2 5
Moss c 4 1 1 1
Friend 2b 4 1 2 0
Sommers 3b 3 0 1 0
  Wood ph 1 0 0 0
  Stirnweiss 3b 0 0 0 0
Johnson p 3 0 1 0
  Widmar p 1 0 1 0
Totals 38 8 14 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Tucker lf 5 0 1 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 1
Easter 1b 4 0 1 0
Doby cf 4 1 1 0
Rosen 3b 4 1 2 0
Boone ss 3 0 0 0
Avila 2b 4 0 2 0
Hegan c 4 0 1 1
Garcia p 1 0 0 0
  Zoldak p 1 0 0 0
  Lemon ph 1 0 0 0
  Flores p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 3 10 2
St. Louis 200 050 0108141
Cleveland 000 012 0003101
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W(2-0) 5.2 6 3 2 0 1
  Widmar  SV(3) 3.1 4 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
1
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia  L(6-5) 4.2 10 7 7 2 1
  Zoldak   2.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Flores   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
2
4

  E–Sommers (6), Rosen (6).  DP–Cleveland 2. Avila-Easter-Hegan, Boone-Avila-Easter.  HR–St. Louis Lenhardt (12,5th inning off Garcia 2 on 2 out); Moss (2,5th inning off Garcia 0 on 2 out), Cleveland Clark (3,6th inning off Johnson 0 on 1 out).  SH–Upton (2,off Zoldak).  IBB–Kokos (1,by Garcia).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  SB–Tucker (1,2nd base off Johnson/Moss).  U–Joe Paparella, Cal Hubbard, Eddie Rommel.  T–2:28.  A–25,799.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook