Washington Senators vs Cleveland Indians
July 26, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1953 at Cleveland 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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Washington Senators 4, Cleveland Indians 3

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 0 0 0
Coan lf 2 1 1 0
  Vollmer lf 0 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 4 1 1 0
Jensen rf 4 0 0 0
Runnels ss 4 0 0 1
Busby cf 4 1 1 1
Terwilliger 2b 4 1 1 1
Grasso c 1 0 0 0
  Fitz Gerald c 2 0 1 1
Porterfield p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf 4 1 2 1
Avila 2b 4 0 1 1
Mitchell lf 4 0 0 0
  Kennedy lf 0 0 0 0
Rosen 3b 4 0 0 0
Easter 1b 4 0 0 0
  Glynn 1b 0 0 0 0
Westlake cf 3 1 2 0
Strickland ss 3 0 0 0
  Lemon ph 1 0 1 0
  Hegan pr 0 0 0 0
Ginsberg c 4 1 2 0
Feller p 1 0 0 0
  Doby ph 1 0 1 1
  Houtteman p 0 0 0 0
  Hoskins ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Washington 000 020 002460
Cleveland 001 000 200392
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Porterfield  W(11-9) 9.0 9 3 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Feller   7.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Houtteman  L(4-12) 2.0 2 2 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
2
1
3

  E–Westlake (1), Ginsberg (4), Westlake (1), Ginsberg (4).  DP–Washington 2. Avila-Easter, Easter-Strickland, Cleveland 2. Avila-Easter, Easter-Strickland.  2B–Washington Porterfield (5,off Feller), Cleveland Smith (2,off Porterfield); B. Lemon (3,off Porterfield).  HBP–Coan (1,by Feller).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Feller (6,off Porterfield).  Team–6.  SB–Busby (8,2nd base off Feller/Ginsberg); Jensen (10,2nd base off Houtteman/Ginsberg); Avila (4,2nd base off Porterfield/Grasso).  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Eddie Rommel.
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