Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 23, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1953 at Briggs Stadium. The Chicago White Sox 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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Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 4 0 1 0
Rivera cf 4 0 1 0
Fain 1b 3 0 0 0
Wright rf 4 1 1 0
  Mele rf 0 0 0 0
Minoso lf 3 2 2 0
Lollar c 3 0 1 0
  Wilson pr,c 0 1 0 0
Stephens 3b 4 0 2 3
Fox 2b 3 0 1 1
Dobson p 3 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Dorish p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pesky 2b 5 1 1 0
Kuenn ss 4 1 1 0
Mullin lf 3 0 3 1
Dropo 1b 4 0 0 1
Delsing cf 3 0 1 0
Lund rf 4 0 0 0
Ginsberg c 4 0 0 0
Hatfield 3b 3 0 0 0
  Carswell ph 1 0 0 0
Garver p 2 0 1 0
  Madison p 0 0 0 0
  Nieman ph 1 0 1 0
  Friend pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Chicago 010 000 003490
Detroit 000 000 020281
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  W(4-4) 8.0 7 2 2 3 3
  Dorish  SV(5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Garver  L(3-5) 8.2 9 4 4 4 3
  Madison   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
3

  E–Ginsberg (1).  DP–Chicago 1. Carrasquel-Fox-Fain, Detroit 2. Hatfield-Dropo, Pesky-Dropo.  PB–Ginsberg (1).  2B–Detroit Kuenn (3,off Dobson).  Team LOB–5.  Team–8.  SB–Minoso (9,2nd base off Garver/Ginsberg).  CS–Rivera (8,2nd base by Garver/Ginsberg); Fain (1,2nd base by Garver/Ginsberg).  U-HP–Bill McGowan, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Jim Honochick.
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