Cleveland Indians vs Philadelphia Athletics
May 17, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1953 at Shibe Park. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 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 9, Philadelphia Athletics 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boone ss 4 2 2 2
Avila 2b 5 1 3 3
Doby cf 4 1 1 0
Rosen 3b 5 1 1 1
Kennedy rf 5 1 1 0
Lemon lf 5 0 2 2
Glynn 1b 5 1 2 1
Tipton c 3 0 0 0
  Hegan pr,c 1 1 0 0
Garcia p 5 1 2 0
Totals 42 9 14 9
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 4 0 1 0
  Hamilton ph 1 0 0 0
  Joost ss 0 0 0 0
Babe 3b 5 0 1 0
Philley rf 5 0 0 0
Zernial lf 5 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 3 1 3 1
Suder 2b 3 0 1 0
McGhee cf 3 0 1 0
Murray c 4 0 1 0
Kellner p 3 0 1 0
  Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 9 1
Cleveland 001 000 000 89141
Philadelphia 000 001 000 0192
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia  W(3-3) 10.0 9 1 1 3 2
Totals
10.0
9
1
1
3
2
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kellner  L(5-3) 9.1 10 7 4 3 0
  Byrd   0.0 3 2 0 0 0
  Martin   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
14
9
4
3
1

  E–Boone (7), Babe (5), Suder (3).  DP–Cleveland 2. Glynn-Boone-Glynn, Rosen-Avila-Glynn, Philadelphia 1. DeMaestri-Suder-Robinson.  2B–Cleveland Garcia (2,off A. Kellner); Doby (2,off A. Kellner); Avila (4,off A. Kellner)., Philadelphia Robinson (2,off Garcia); Murray (3,off Garcia).  HR–Philadelphia Robinson (2,6th inning off Garcia 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–A. Kellner (1,off Garcia).  Team–9.  U-HP–Bill Grieve, 1B–Art Passarella, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Jim Duffy.  T–2:35.  A–16,221.
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