Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
June 25, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1953 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Athletics 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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Detroit Tigers 2, Philadelphia Athletics 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 2 0
  Hatfield pr 0 0 0 0
Pesky 2b 5 0 0 0
Boone 3b 3 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 0 0
Delsing cf 3 0 0 0
  Kaline cf 1 0 0 0
Nieman rf 4 1 1 0
Souchock lf 4 0 1 0
Batts c 4 1 2 0
Marlowe p 1 0 0 0
  Weik p 1 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 1 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Lund ph 1 0 1 2
Totals 36 2 9 2
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 4 1 1 1
Philley rf 4 1 2 1
Robinson 1b 2 0 1 1
  Hamilton pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Zernial lf 4 0 0 0
Suder 2b 4 0 2 0
Babe 3b 3 1 0 0
McGhee cf 3 1 0 0
Astroth c 3 0 1 0
Byrd p 3 1 1 1
Totals 31 5 8 4
Detroit 000 000 002292
Philadelphia 050 000 00x580
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Marlowe  L(1-6) 1.2 5 5 5 1 1
  Weik   5.1 3 0 0 1 1
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
2
2
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd  W(8-7) 9.0 9 2 2 1 8
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
8

  E–Souchock 2 (4).  2B–Detroit Batts (13,off Byrd), Philadelphia Philley (12,off Marlowe).  HBP–Kuenn (1,by Byrd).  Team LOB–9.  Team–4.  U-HP–Scotty Robb, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Jim Duffy.  T–1:53.  A–2,368.
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