Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 26, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1960 at Briggs 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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Cleveland Indians 2, Detroit Tigers 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 6 1 2 1
Piersall cf 5 0 0 0
Temple 2b 5 0 2 1
Francona lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Bond rf 5 0 0 0
  Romano c 0 0 0 0
Nixon c 3 0 0 0
  Hardy pr,rf,lf 0 1 0 0
Held ss 5 0 1 0
Phillips 3b 4 0 2 0
  Dillard ph 1 0 1 0
  Strickland 3b 0 0 0 0
Hawkins p 3 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 2 8 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 2 1 1 0
Wise 2b 6 0 1 0
Maxwell lf 6 0 0 0
Kaline cf 4 0 0 0
Colavito rf 4 0 0 0
Bilko 1b 6 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 5 0 2 0
Berberet c 4 0 0 0
Bunning p 3 0 1 0
  Sisler p 1 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 1 5 0
Cleveland 000 001 000 001281
Detroit 000 000 100 000150
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins  W (1-1) 11.0 5 1 0 8 6
  Perry  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
12.0
5
1
0
9
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning   10.0 6 1 1 2 8
  Sisler  L (0-1) 1.0 0 1 1 1 1
  Morgan   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
8
2
2
3
9

  E–Phillips (1).  PB–Berberet (1).  SH–Piersall (2,off Bunning); Hawkins (1,off Bunning); Bunning (1,off Hawkins).  IBB–Nixon (1,by Bunning); Kaline (1,by Hawkins).  Team LOB–9.  Team–14.  SB–Wise (1,2nd base off Hawkins/Nixon).  IBB–Hawkins (1,Kaline); Bunning (1,Nixon).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–3:39.  A–10,325.
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