Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
July 3, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1953 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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 1, Cleveland Indians 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 3 0
Pesky 2b 4 0 0 0
Boone 3b 4 0 0 1
Dropo 1b 4 0 1 0
Delsing cf 4 0 1 0
Nieman lf 3 0 0 0
Batts c 4 0 0 0
Lund rf 3 0 0 0
Hoeft p 2 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 1 1 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Kaline ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 6 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 4 1 2 1
Avila 2b 4 1 1 0
Rosen 3b 3 2 1 2
Easter 1b 3 0 2 1
  Glynn pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Simpson cf 3 0 0 0
Kennedy rf 3 1 1 1
Strickland ss 4 2 2 2
Hegan c 4 0 0 1
Wynn p 4 0 2 0
Totals 32 8 11 8
Detroit 000 000 010160
Cleveland 210 002 03x8111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  L(6-5) 7.0 8 5 5 4 0
  Miller   1.0 3 3 3 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
6
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  W(8-5) 9.0 6 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
5

  E–Rosen (12).  DP–Detroit 1. Boone-Pesky-Dropo.  HR–Cleveland Rosen (20,1st inning off Hoeft 1 on 1 out); Strickland (2,2nd inning off Hoeft 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  CS–Mitchell (1,2nd base by Hoeft/Batts); Mitchell (1,2nd base by Hoeft/Batts).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Jim Duffy, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:15.  A–17,219.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook