Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 26, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1952 at Briggs 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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Cleveland Indians 0, Detroit Tigers 13

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Simpson cf 4 0 1 0
Avila 2b 4 0 0 0
Mitchell lf 3 0 0 0
Easter 1b 2 0 0 0
Rosen 3b 3 0 0 0
Fridley rf 3 0 0 0
Boone ss 3 0 0 0
Hegan c 3 0 0 0
Lemon p 2 0 0 0
  Brissie p 0 0 0 0
  Chakales p 0 0 0 0
  McCosky ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 1 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Priddy 2b 2 3 1 0
Kell 3b 5 1 3 1
Mullin lf 2 1 1 1
  Groth lf 2 1 1 2
Wertz rf 5 2 1 3
Mapes cf 4 0 1 0
Kolloway 1b 5 1 1 2
Ginsberg c 4 2 2 3
Lipon ss 5 1 1 0
Houtteman p 4 1 1 1
Totals 38 13 13 13
Cleveland 000 000 000010
Detroit 000 034 06x13131
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  L(2-1) 5.0 9 7 7 5 4
  Brissie   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Chakales   2.0 4 6 6 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
13
13
6
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Houtteman  W(1-2) 9.0 1 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
5

  E–Kell (1).  DP–Detroit 1. Priddy-Kolloway.  2B–Detroit Priddy (4,off Lemon); Lipon (1,off Lemon).  3B–Detroit Mullin (1,off Lemon).  HR–Detroit Wertz (2,5th inning off Lemon 1 on 2 out); Ginsberg (1,8th inning off Chakales 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–2.  Team–7.  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Jim Duffy, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–2:18.  A–17,922.
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