New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
June 9, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1953 at Briggs Stadium. The New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 3, Detroit Tigers 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Martin 2b 4 1 1 0
Collins 1b 4 1 2 0
Berra c 3 1 0 0
Mantle cf 3 0 1 1
Bauer rf 4 0 2 2
McDougald 3b 4 0 0 0
Woodling lf 3 0 0 0
Rizzuto ss 3 0 0 0
Raschi p 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 2 0 1 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 0 0
Hatfield 3b 4 0 0 0
Lund lf 4 0 1 0
Nieman rf 4 1 2 0
Delsing cf 3 1 1 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 2 1
  Hitchcock pr 0 0 0 0
Batts c 4 0 1 1
  Bucha pr 0 0 0 0
Friend 2b 3 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 0 0
Gray p 3 0 0 0
  Pesky ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
New York 200 001 000372
Detroit 000 200 000280
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Raschi   3.1 6 2 2 1 2
  Gorman  W(2-1) 5.2 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gray  L(0-8) 9.0 7 3 3 1 6
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
6

  E–Collins (2), Rizzuto (9).  DP–New York 2. Raschi-Rizzuto-Collins, McDougald-Martin-Collins.  2B–New York Bauer (4,off Gray), Detroit Nieman (15,off Raschi).  SH–Berra (1,off Gray).  Team LOB–3.  HBP–Delsing (3,by Gorman).  Team–8.  CS–Mantle (2,2nd base by Gray/Batts).  U-HP–Grover Froese, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Art Passarella, 3B–Bill Grieve.
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