Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 16, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1953 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 11, Detroit Tigers 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boone ss 4 2 2 1
Avila 2b 5 1 2 0
Doby cf 5 1 2 5
Easter 1b 5 1 1 0
Rosen 3b 3 1 1 0
Mitchell lf 4 2 2 2
Simpson rf 5 1 2 1
Hegan c 5 1 3 2
Garcia p 2 0 0 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
  Glynn ph 0 1 0 0
  Hooper p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 15 11
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 2 3 0
Friend 2b 4 1 2 1
Sullivan lf 2 2 0 0
Dropo 1b 5 1 2 5
Nieman rf 4 0 0 1
Delsing cf 3 1 0 0
Baumgartner 3b 5 1 3 0
Batts c 4 0 0 0
Houtteman p 0 0 0 0
  Herbert p 2 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 0 0
  Jordan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 10 7
Cleveland 106 002 11011152
Detroit 210 050 0008100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia   4.0 7 7 6 2 2
  Wilks   1.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Hooper  W(1-0) 4.0 2 0 0 3 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
6
6
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Houtteman   2.2 8 7 7 1 2
  Herbert  L(0-1) 5.1 5 4 4 3 4
  Jordan   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
11
11
4
7

  E–Rosen (2), Hegan (1).  DP–Cleveland 2. Rosen-Avila-Easter, Rosen-Avila-Easter, Detroit 2. Batts-Baumgartner, Friend-Kuenn-Dropo.  2B–Cleveland Mitchell (1,off Houtteman); Simpson (1,off Houtteman); Hegan (1,off Herbert); Avila (1,off Herbert)., Detroit Dropo (1,off Garcia).  3B–Detroit Dropo (1,off Garcia).  HR–Cleveland Boone (1,1st inning off Houtteman 0 on 0 out); Doby (1,3rd inning off Houtteman 1 on 2 out)..  SH–Boone (1,off Herbert); Houtteman (1,off Garcia).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Friend (1,by Hooper).  Team–8.  U-HP–Art Passarella, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Jim Duffy, 3B–Bill Grieve.  T–3:01.  A–25,253.
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