Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 27, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1953 at Cleveland 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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Detroit Tigers 7, Cleveland Indians 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 2 2 0
Hatfield 2b 4 2 1 0
Boone 3b 4 1 2 2
  Priddy 3b 0 0 0 0
Mullin lf 4 1 1 1
Souchock rf 3 0 0 0
  Lund rf 1 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 3 0 1 2
  Hutchinson 1b 1 0 0 0
Kaline cf 3 1 0 0
Swift c 2 0 1 1
  Gray pr 0 0 0 0
  Batts c 1 0 0 0
Aber p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 8 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Rosen 3b 5 2 3 1
Smith lf 4 0 2 2
Doby cf 3 0 0 0
  Simpson cf 1 0 0 0
Majeski 2b 3 0 0 0
Kennedy rf 4 0 1 0
Glynn 1b 4 0 0 0
Friend ss 4 0 1 0
Ginsberg c 3 1 1 0
Feller p 2 0 1 0
  Easter ph 1 0 0 0
  Houtteman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Detroit 300 130 000781
Cleveland 002 000 100392
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Aber  W(5-4) 9.0 9 3 3 2 9
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Feller  L(10-7) 7.0 8 7 7 3 4
  Houtteman   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
3
5

  E–Hatfield (9), Rosen (19), Smith (7).  DP–Detroit 1. Boone-Hatfield-Dropo.  2B–Detroit Swift (1,off Feller); Dropo (30,off Feller), Cleveland Ginsberg (6,off Aber); Rosen (27,off Aber); Smith 2 (9,off Aber 2).  HR–Detroit Boone (26,1st inning off Feller 1 on 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–7.  SB–Kaline (1,2nd base off Feller/Ginsberg).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:00.  A–9,579.
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