Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 21, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1952 at Cleveland 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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Detroit Tigers 1, Cleveland Indians 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Groth cf 4 0 2 0
Hatfield 3b 3 0 0 0
Kuenn ss 4 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 3 1 0 0
Delsing lf 1 0 0 0
  Mapes rf 2 0 0 0
Sullivan rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Ginsberg c 4 0 1 0
Federoff 2b 2 0 0 0
  Hopp ph 1 0 0 0
  Pesky 2b 0 0 0 0
Houtteman p 0 0 0 0
  Hoeft p 2 0 0 0
  Kolloway ph 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 1 3 1
Avila 2b 4 0 0 0
Doby cf 3 1 2 0
Easter 1b 3 1 0 0
Rosen 3b 4 2 2 4
Simpson rf 4 0 2 1
Hegan c 4 0 0 0
Strickland ss 3 1 1 0
Lemon p 3 1 1 1
Totals 33 7 11 7
Detroit 000 000 100140
Cleveland 320 000 20x7113
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Houtteman  L(8-20) 1.1 5 5 5 2 2
  Hoeft   5.2 5 2 2 2 3
  White   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
5
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  W(21-11) 9.0 4 1 1 2 8
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
8

  E–Avila (28), Strickland 2 (5).  DP–Detroit 1. Hatfield-Pesky-Dropo, Cleveland 1. Rosen-Avila-Easter.  2B–Cleveland Mitchell (26,off Houtteman); Lemon (5,off Houtteman); Simpson (21,off Hoeft); Doby (25,off Hoeft); Rosen (32,off Hoeft).  HR–Cleveland Rosen (27,1st inning off Houtteman 2 on 2 out).  HBP–Hatfield (8,by Lemon).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Easter (9,by Houtteman).  Team–7.  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–2:17.  A–22,430.
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