Philadelphia Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
July 19, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 1953 at Briggs Stadium. The Philadelphia Athletics tied 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

Philadelphia Athletics 8, Detroit Tigers 8

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 6 1 2 2
Philley rf 6 1 3 1
Suder 3b 6 1 1 0
Robinson 1b 5 0 0 0
Zernial lf 6 2 3 0
Michaels 2b 5 1 2 2
McGhee cf 5 1 3 2
Watlington c 4 0 1 1
Bishop p 3 1 0 0
  Hamilton ph 0 0 0 0
  Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Mauro ph 1 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 8 15 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 1 3 1
Pesky 2b 4 2 2 1
  Priddy ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoeft pr 0 0 0 0
Boone 3b 5 2 2 3
Delsing cf 5 1 1 0
  Souchock ph 1 0 0 0
Nieman lf 5 1 1 0
Dropo 1b 5 0 0 1
Batts c 3 1 1 2
  Kaline pr 0 0 0 0
  Bucha c 1 0 0 0
Lund rf 5 0 2 0
Marlowe p 1 0 0 0
  Herbert p 0 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 0 0
  Madison p 0 0 0 0
  Hatfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Garver p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 8 12 8
Philadelphia 100 100 321 008151
Detroit 100 000 223 008120
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Bishop   7.0 5 3 3 3 4
  Byrd   2.0 6 5 5 1 0
  Martin   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
12
8
8
5
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Marlowe   6.1 9 5 5 1 2
  Herbert   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Madison   2.0 5 3 3 2 0
  Garver   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
15
8
8
4
5

  E–Zernial (4).  DP–Detroit 1. Boone-Pesky-Dropo.  2B–Philadelphia Zernial (14,off Marlowe); McGhee (6,off Marlowe); Philley (17,off Garver).  3B–Detroit Nieman (3,off Bishop).  HR–Philadelphia Philley (4,1st inning off Marlowe 0 on 1 out); DeMaestri (4,7th inning off Marlowe 1 on 1 out); Michaels (8,8th inning off Madison 1 on 0 out), Detroit Pesky (2,1st inning off Bishop 0 on 1 out); Boone (11,9th inning off Byrd 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Marlowe (1,off Bishop).  IBB–Boone (2,by Martin).  Team–9.  SB–Philley (9,2nd base off Herbert/Batts).  U–Hank Soar, Eddie Rommel, Eddie Hurley.
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