Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
May 16, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1961 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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 10, Baltimore Orioles 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 5 1 2 2
Bruton cf 5 0 0 0
Morton lf 5 1 1 2
Colavito rf 4 3 2 2
Cash 1b 4 1 2 2
Boros 3b 4 1 1 1
Brown c 5 1 2 0
Fernandez ss 4 2 2 0
Lary p 3 0 0 1
Totals 39 10 12 10
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Adair ss 3 1 0 0
Snyder cf 4 1 1 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 1
Philley lf 3 0 0 1
Williams 1b 4 0 0 0
Herzog rf 4 0 1 0
Courtney c 4 1 1 0
Breeding 2b 3 1 1 1
Barber p 2 0 0 0
  Stephens ph 1 0 1 0
  Estrada p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 3
Detroit 040 400 00210120
Baltimore 000 200 200461
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary  W (6-1) 9.0 6 4 4 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
1
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Barber  L (4-3) 7.0 11 8 7 2 5
  Estrada   2.0 1 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
10
9
3
7

  E–Breeding (3).  PB–Courtney (3).  2B–Baltimore Courtney (1,off Lary); Stephens (1,off Lary).  3B–Detroit Morton (1,off Barber).  HR–Detroit Colavito (9,4th inning off Barber 1 on, 2 out); Cash (5,9th inning off Estrada 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Lary (1,off Barber).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Philley (2,off Lary).  Team–3.  WP–Lary (3).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Al Smith, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:30.  A–12,813.
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