Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
July 4, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1952 at Briggs Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 10, Detroit Tigers 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Pope rf 5 1 1 0
Avila 2b 4 1 2 0
Mitchell lf 3 2 2 0
Rosen 3b 4 1 1 1
Doby cf 5 2 2 2
Simpson 1b 5 2 2 1
Tipton c 3 1 2 6
Combs ss 2 0 1 0
Lemon p 5 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 13 10
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Priddy 2b 3 0 0 0
Hatfield 3b 4 1 1 0
Wertz rf 2 0 0 0
Lenhardt lf 2 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 1 1
Groth cf 4 0 1 0
Berry ss 4 0 0 0
Swift c 2 0 0 0
  Ginsberg ph,c 2 0 0 0
Trucks p 2 0 1 0
  Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 1 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
  Souchock ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Cleveland 010 104 40010130
Detroit 100 000 000150
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  W(7-7) 9.0 5 1 1 4 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks  L(3-10) 5.2 7 6 6 3 5
  Hoeft   1.0 4 4 4 2 0
  White   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Littlefield   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
10
10
6
7

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1. Rosen-Avila-Simpson, Detroit 1. Lenhardt-Swift.  2B–Cleveland Mitchell (12,off Trucks), Detroit Groth (9,off Lemon).  3B–Cleveland Rosen (4,off Trucks).  HR–Cleveland Doby (13,2nd inning off Trucks 0 on 0 out); Tipton (6,6th inning off Trucks 3 on 2 out).  SH–Combs (1,off Trucks); Avila (9,off Hoeft); Mitchell (5,off Hoeft).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Wertz (1,by Lemon).  Team–8.  U–Bill Grieve, Johnny Stevens, Bill Summers.
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