Philadelphia Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
July 28, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1954 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 2, Detroit Tigers 10

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Jacobs 2b 3 0 0 0
  Suder 2b 2 0 1 0
Limmer 1b 5 0 0 0
Power lf 4 0 2 0
Renna rf 3 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Finigan 3b 3 1 1 0
DeMaestri ss 3 0 0 0
  Joost ss 1 1 1 0
Shantz c 4 0 2 1
Kellner p 2 0 1 0
  Burtschy p 1 0 0 0
  Astroth ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 36 2 10 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 1 3 0
Tuttle cf 3 2 3 2
Souchock lf 5 2 2 6
Boone 3b 3 1 1 0
  Bertoia 3b 0 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 1 0
  Lund ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Wilson c 4 1 2 0
Bolling 2b 3 1 2 1
Aber p 3 2 1 1
Totals 35 10 17 10
Philadelphia 000 000 0022100
Detroit 003 113 20x10170
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kellner  L(5-12) 5.1 12 8 8 5 0
  Burtschy   2.2 5 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
17
10
10
6
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Aber  W(4-4) 9.0 10 2 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 3. Jacobs-DeMaestri-Limmer, Finigan-Limmer, Wilson-Limmer-Jacobs, Detroit 1. Kuenn-Bolling-Dropo.  2B–Philadelphia Suder (8,off Aber), Detroit Wilson 2 (5,off Kellner,off Burtschy); Lund (2,off Burtschy).  HR–Detroit Souchock 2 (3,3rd inning off Kellner 2 on 0 out,6th inning off Kellner 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Bolling (1,off Kellner); Aber (1,off Burtschy).  HBP–Boone (1,by Kellner).  IBB–Bolling (3,by Kellner); Wilson (2,by Kellner).  Team–10.  CS–Kuenn (5,3rd base by Kellner/Billy Shantz); Kuenn (5,3rd base by Kellner/Billy Shantz).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:15.  A–3,535.
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