Cleveland Indians vs Washington Senators
June 21, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1953 at Griffith Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 1, Washington Senators 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 4 0 0 0
Avila 2b 4 0 1 0
Doby cf 3 0 0 0
Rosen 3b 3 1 1 0
Simpson rf 3 0 0 0
Glynn 1b 3 0 0 1
Strickland ss 3 0 0 0
Ginsberg c 3 0 1 0
  Hegan pr 0 0 0 0
Houtteman p 2 0 0 0
  Hoskins ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 2 1 1
Runnels ss 3 1 0 0
Vernon 1b 4 1 2 1
Vollmer lf 4 0 2 1
Jensen rf 2 0 0 0
Busby cf 3 0 0 0
Terwilliger 2b 3 1 1 0
Grasso c 4 0 1 0
Shea p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 3
Cleveland 000 010 000132
Washington 300 000 11x570
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Houtteman  L(2-7) 8.0 7 5 2 4 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
2
4
1
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Shea  W(6-1) 9.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
0
0

  E–Strickland 2 (4).  DP–Cleveland 1. Avila-Strickland-Glynn, Washington 1. Terwilliger-Runnels-Vernon.  2B–Cleveland Rosen (10,off Shea), Washington Vernon (15,off Houtteman); Vollmer (9,off Houtteman); Yost (9,off Houtteman).  Team LOB–1.  SH–Runnels (2,off Houtteman); Shea (3,off Houtteman).  HBP–Runnels (3,by Houtteman); Busby (3,by Houtteman).  Team–9.  U-HP–Jim Duffy, 1B–Scotty Robb, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–1:55.  A–17,003.
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