Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
July 20, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1954 at Connie Mack 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)
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Detroit Tigers 12, Philadelphia Athletics 0

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 2 3 4
Tuttle cf 5 1 2 1
Nieman lf 0 1 0 0
  Lund ph,lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Boone 3b 1 1 1 0
  Bertoia 3b 1 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 5 2 3 2
Kaline rf 2 0 0 0
  Souchock lf 2 1 1 1
Wilson c 4 2 2 0
Bolling 2b 3 1 1 3
Gromek p 4 1 0 1
Totals 36 12 13 12
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Jacobs 2b 4 0 2 0
DeMaestri ss 3 0 1 0
Finigan 3b 4 0 1 0
Renna rf 3 0 0 0
Wilson cf 3 0 0 0
Bollweg 1b 3 0 0 0
Power lf 4 0 1 0
Astroth c 4 0 2 0
Kellner p 0 0 0 0
  Gray p 3 0 0 0
  Limmer ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 7 0
Detroit 900 000 10212130
Philadelphia 000 000 000071
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gromek  W(11-9) 9.0 7 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
2
2
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kellner  L(5-10) 0.1 3 7 6 3 0
  Gray   8.2 10 5 5 6 5
Totals
9.0
13
12
11
9
5

  E–Bollweg (10).  DP–Detroit 2. Kuenn-Bolling-Dropo, Kuenn-Dropo, Philadelphia 3. Jacobs-DeMaestri-Bollweg, Gray-Jacobs-Bollweg, Finigan-Jacobs-Bollweg.  2B–Detroit Kuenn (16,off Kellner); Tuttle (15,off Kellner); Bolling (11,off Gray)..  HR–Detroit Kuenn (4,1st inning off Gray 3 on 1 out); Souchock (1,7th inning off Gray 0 on 0 out)..  SH–Nieman (2,off Kellner); Kaline (6,off Kellner)..  IBB–Wilson (1,by Kellner).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Bollweg (3,by Gromek); DeMaestri (3,by Gromek)..  Team–9.  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:16.
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