Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
May 12, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1953 at Griffith Stadium. The Washington Senators 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, Washington Senators 10

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hatfield 3b 3 1 0 0
Kuenn ss 4 0 2 0
Pesky 2b 3 0 0 0
Nieman rf 4 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 2 1
Sullivan lf 3 0 0 0
Lund cf 4 0 0 0
Batts c 4 0 1 0
Garver p 2 0 0 0
  Marlowe p 0 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 0 0 0 0
  Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Delsing ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 3 1 1 1
Terwilliger 2b 5 2 4 0
Vernon 1b 3 0 1 1
Jensen rf 4 1 1 2
Vollmer lf 5 2 2 3
Runnels ss 4 1 3 1
Busby cf 4 1 2 1
Grasso c 4 0 0 0
Marrero p 4 2 1 0
Totals 36 10 15 9
Detroit 100 000 000161
Washington 050 104 00x10150
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Garver  L(2-4) 5.2 13 10 6 4 0
  Marlowe   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Erickson   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
15
10
6
4
2
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Marrero  W(2-2) 9.0 6 1 1 5 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
5
3

  E–Dropo (2).  DP–Detroit 3. Hatfield-Pesky-Dropo, Hatfield-Pesky-Dropo, Sullivan-Hatfield-Pesky-Kuenn-Pesky, Washington 1. Terwilliger-Runnels-Vernon.  2B–Washington Vollmer (3,off Garver); Runnels (1,off Marlowe)..  Team LOB–9.  SH–Yost (2,off Garver).  Team–7.  SB–Yost (1,2nd base off Garver/Batts); Jensen (3,2nd base off Erickson/Batts); Yost (1,2nd base off Garver/Batts); Jensen (3,2nd base off Erickson/Batts).  U-HP–Jim Duffy, 1B–Bill Grieve, 2B–Art Passarella, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:30.  A–12,564.
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