Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
April 24, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1953 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 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 3 0 1 0
Hatfield 3b 4 0 2 0
Sullivan lf 4 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 4 1 1 1
Nieman rf 4 0 1 0
Delsing cf 4 0 1 0
Batts c 4 0 1 0
  Bucha pr 0 0 0 0
Friend 2b 4 0 0 0
Houtteman p 1 0 0 0
  Pesky ph 1 0 1 0
  Marlowe p 0 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 0 0
  Madison p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boone ss 4 0 0 0
Avila 2b 4 0 1 0
Mitchell lf 3 1 0 0
Doby cf 3 1 0 0
Rosen 3b 3 1 1 2
Glynn 1b 3 1 3 1
Simpson rf 4 0 2 0
Tipton c 4 0 0 0
Garcia p 3 0 1 1
Totals 31 4 8 4
Detroit 000 000 100191
Cleveland 031 000 00x480
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Houtteman  L(0-2) 5.0 4 4 3 3 3
  Marlowe   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Madison   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
3
4
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia  W(1-0) 9.0 9 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
0

  E–Kuenn (2).  DP–Detroit 2. Hatfield-Friend-Dropo, Kuenn-Friend-Dropo, Cleveland 2. Boone-Glynn, Garcia-Boone-Glynn.  2B–Detroit Delsing (3,off Garcia).  HR–Detroit Dropo (1,7th inning off Garcia 0 on 0 out), Cleveland Rosen (1,2nd inning off Houtteman 1 on 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Rosen (1,by Houtteman).  Team–7.  U-HP–Grover Froese, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Scotty Robb.  T–2:05.  A–9,283.
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