Philadelphia Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
August 31, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1953 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 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 7, Detroit Tigers 9

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 4 1 1 0
Philley rf 5 1 2 3
Robinson 1b 5 0 0 0
Zernial lf 5 0 2 0
Babe 3b 4 0 0 0
Michaels 2b 4 1 1 0
Mauro cf 4 1 1 0
Astroth c 2 3 2 0
Byrd p 2 0 1 2
  Bishop p 2 0 1 1
Totals 37 7 11 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 2 2 3
Hatfield 2b 3 0 2 0
Boone 3b 3 2 2 1
Delsing cf 3 1 1 1
Nieman lf 4 0 2 1
Dropo 1b 5 1 2 3
Lund rf 3 0 0 0
Bucha c 2 2 1 0
Branca p 1 0 0 0
  Pesky ph 1 1 1 0
  Marlowe p 1 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 0 0 0 0
  Scarborough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 13 9
Philadelphia 003 300 0107110
Detroit 000 060 03x9131
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd   4.0 6 4 4 4 2
  Bishop  L(3-13) 4.0 7 5 5 4 2
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
8
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Branca   5.0 6 6 6 3 3
  Marlowe  W(5-7) 3.0 4 1 1 1 1
  Scarborough  SV(2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
5
5

  E–Delsing (3).  DP–Philadelphia 2. Byrd-DeMaestri-Robinson, Babe-Michaels-Robinson, Detroit 1. Kuenn-Dropo.  2B–Philadelphia Zernial (19,off Branca); Mauro (4,off Branca); Astroth (10,off Marlowe); Bishop (2,off Marlowe), Detroit Pesky (21,off Byrd); Kuenn (24,off Byrd); Bucha (7,off Bishop); Boone (16,off Bishop); Nieman (25,off Bishop).  HR–Philadelphia Philley (9,3rd inning off Branca 2 on 1 out), Detroit Dropo (13,5th inning off Bishop 2 on 2 out).  IBB–Astroth (2,by Branca); Bucha (3,by Byrd); Delsing (5,by Bishop).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Lund (7,off Byrd); Boone (8,off Bishop).  HBP–Boone (3,by Byrd).  Team–9.  U-HP–Art Passarella, 1B–Bill Grieve, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Jim Duffy.
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