Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
August 15, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1950 at Cleveland Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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)
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Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Priddy 2b 3 0 1 0
Kolloway 1b 4 0 1 0
Kell 3b 4 1 1 0
Wertz rf 2 1 2 0
Evers lf 3 1 0 0
Groth cf 4 1 1 4
Robinson c 4 0 0 0
Berry ss 3 0 1 0
Houtteman p 3 0 0 0
  Stuart p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 4 0 1 0
Kennedy rf 3 0 1 0
  Tucker ph 0 0 0 0
  Clark pr,rf 0 0 0 0
  Boudreau 1b 1 0 0 0
Doby cf 4 0 0 0
Easter 1b,rf 3 0 0 0
Rosen 3b 3 0 0 0
Boone ss 2 1 1 0
Gordon 2b 4 0 1 0
Hegan c 4 0 1 0
Lemon p 2 0 0 1
Totals 30 1 5 1
Detroit 400 000 000470
Cleveland 000 100 000151
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Houtteman  W(15-9) 6.0 4 1 1 6 4
  Stuart  SV(2) 3.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
8
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  L(18-6) 9.0 7 4 0 5 5
Totals
9.0
7
4
0
5
5

  E–Rosen (10).  DP–Detroit 2. Priddy-Berry-Kolloway, Priddy-Berry, Cleveland 2. Boone-Gordon-Easter, Gordon-Boone-Easter.  TP–Cleveland 1. Kennedy-Boone-Easter.  PB–Hegan (1).  2B–Cleveland Hegan (14,off Houtteman).  HR–Detroit Groth (9,1st inning off B. Lemon 3 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–10.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Bill Grieve, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Art Passarella.  T–2:12.  A–40,299.
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