Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
August 17, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1954 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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)
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Detroit Tigers 3, Cleveland Indians 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 2 0
Hatfield 2b 3 0 0 0
  Bolling 2b 0 0 0 0
Delsing lf 4 0 1 1
Boone 3b 4 1 1 0
Belardi 1b 3 0 0 0
  Dropo 1b 1 0 1 0
Kaline rf 3 0 0 0
Tuttle cf 3 0 1 1
House c 4 2 2 1
Zuverink p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf 4 1 1 0
Avila 2b 4 1 2 1
Doby cf 4 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 3 0 0 0
  Glynn 1b 0 0 0 0
Majeski 3b 4 0 0 0
Pope lf 4 0 0 0
Dente ss 2 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 1 0
  Westlake pr 0 1 0 0
Hegan c 3 0 1 0
  Philley ph 1 1 1 0
Lemon p 4 0 1 1
Totals 34 4 7 2
Detroit 000 001 011384
Cleveland 000 100 012470
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Zuverink  L(7-8) 8.1 7 4 3 4 3
Totals
8.1
7
4
3
4
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  W(17-5) 9.0 8 3 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
4

  E–Hatfield (6), Boone (17), Belardi (5), Tuttle (5).  DP–Cleveland 1. Smith-Wertz.  2B–Detroit Kuenn (22,off Lemon), Cleveland Smith (21,off Zuverink).  HR–Detroit House (7,8th inning off Lemon 0 on 0 out).  SF–Tuttle (2,off Lemon).  HBP–Hatfield (3,by Lemon).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Wertz (5,by Zuverink); Smith (1,by Zuverink).  Team–9.  SB–House (1,2nd base off Lemon/Hegan).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:19.  A–25,883.
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