Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
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 Yankee Stadium I. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 3, New York Yankees 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Boone ss 3 0 0 0
Priddy 2b 4 0 2 0
Lund cf 3 0 1 0
Nieman rf 4 1 1 0
Dropo 1b 3 1 2 2
Souchock lf 4 1 2 0
Hatfield 3b 2 0 0 0
  Hitchcock ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Bucha c 3 0 0 0
  Batts ph 1 0 1 0
Newhouser p 1 0 1 1
  Herbert p 2 0 1 0
  Delsing ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 11 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Martin 2b 2 1 1 1
  Carey 3b 0 0 0 0
Collins 1b 4 1 0 0
Bauer rf 4 0 0 0
Mantle cf 4 3 3 2
Berra c 4 1 2 3
McDougald 3b,2b 4 0 3 0
Woodling lf 2 0 0 0
Miranda ss 3 0 0 0
Ford p 3 0 1 0
Totals 30 6 10 6
Detroit 010 000 0023110
New York 201 100 02x6101
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  L(0-1) 3.1 5 4 4 2 0
  Herbert   4.2 5 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
2
1
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ford  W(8-1) 9.0 11 3 3 3 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
3
2

  E–Miranda (3).  DP–Detroit 1. Priddy-Boone-Dropo, New York 5. McDougald-Collins, McDougald-Collins, Martin-Miranda-Collins, Berra-Martin, McDougald-Miranda-Collins.  2B–Detroit Souchock (4,off Ford); Dropo (12,off Ford).  3B–New York Mantle (3,off Newhouser); McDougald (2,off Herbert).  HR–Detroit Dropo (7,9th inning off Ford 1 on 0 out), New York Mantle (11,1st inning off Newhouser 1 on 2 out); Martin (6,3rd inning off Newhouser 0 on 1 out); Berra (7,8th inning off Herbert 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Martin (3,off Herbert).  HBP–Martin (5,by Newhouser).  Team–4.  CS–Lund (2,2nd base by Ford/Berra); Woodling (4,2nd base by Newhouser/Bucha).  U-HP–Grover Froese, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Art Passarella, 3B–Bill Grieve.
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