Philadelphia Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
June 19, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1954 at Briggs Stadium. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated 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 5, Detroit Tigers 4

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Jacobs 2b 4 1 2 0
Power 1b 4 1 0 0
Finigan 3b 5 1 1 1
Renna rf 5 1 2 1
Zernial lf 4 1 2 2
Wilson cf 3 0 1 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 2 0
Shantz c 3 0 0 0
  Limmer ph 1 0 1 1
  Astroth c 0 0 0 0
Fricano p 2 0 0 0
  Robertson ph 1 0 0 0
  Romberger p 0 0 0 0
  Bollweg ph 1 0 0 0
  Burtschy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 0 0
Delsing lf 4 1 0 0
Boone 3b 4 1 1 0
Belardi 1b 4 1 1 2
House c 3 0 0 0
Tuttle cf 4 1 2 2
Kaline rf 3 0 1 0
  Nieman ph 1 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hatfield ph 1 0 0 0
Aber p 3 0 0 0
  Herbert p 0 0 0 0
  Marlowe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 5 4
Philadelphia 000 000 0505113
Detroit 000 202 000451
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Fricano   6.0 5 4 3 1 1
  Romberger  W(1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Burtschy  SV(1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
5
4
3
1
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Aber   7.0 6 2 2 3 3
  Herbert  L(2-5) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Marlowe   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
5

  E–Jacobs (3), Power (3), DeMaestri (11), Boone (10).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Jacobs-DeMaestri-Power, Detroit 1. Kuenn-Belardi.  2B–Philadelphia Renna (9,off Herbert), Detroit Kaline (5,off Fricano).  3B–Philadelphia Zernial (2,off Aber).  HR–Detroit Belardi (3,4th inning off Fricano 1 on 1 out); Tuttle (3,6th inning off Fricano 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–4.  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Bill Grieve.  T–2:31.  A–7,321.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook