Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 19, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1953 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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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Cleveland Indians 2, Detroit Tigers 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 5 0 1 0
Glynn 1b 4 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Mitchell lf 3 0 1 0
  Kennedy lf 1 0 1 0
Rosen 3b 5 0 1 0
Westlake cf 3 1 1 1
Simpson rf 3 0 1 0
Strickland ss 4 0 2 0
Hegan c 4 0 1 0
Wynn p 3 1 1 1
  Majeski ph 1 0 1 0
  Lemon pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 11 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 1 0
Pesky 2b 3 0 0 0
Boone 3b 4 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 2 0
Souchock rf 4 2 2 1
Batts c 4 0 0 0
Nieman lf 4 1 1 2
Lund cf 4 1 3 0
Hoeft p 3 0 1 1
  Herbert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 4
Cleveland 000 110 0002110
Detroit 010 002 01x4110
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  L(13-10) 8.0 11 4 4 1 3
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
1
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  W(8-11) 8.2 11 2 2 2 5
  Herbert  SV(3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
2
5

  E–None.  2B–Cleveland Strickland (10,off Hoeft); Avila (16,off Hoeft), Detroit Lund (20,off Wynn).  3B–Detroit Lund (4,off Wynn).  HR–Cleveland Westlake (5,4th inning off Hoeft 0 on 1 out); Wynn (3,5th inning off Hoeft 0 on 0 out), Detroit Nieman (11,6th inning off Wynn 1 on 1 out); Souchock (6,8th inning off Wynn 0 on 0 out).  SH–Simpson (3,off Hoeft).  Team LOB–11.  Team–7.  U–Bill McGowan, Joe Paparella, Bill McKinley.  T–2:16.  A–8,053.
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