Detroit Tigers vs Los Angeles Angels
July 24, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 1961 at Wrigley Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Los Angeles Angels 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 5, Los Angeles Angels 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 4 0 1 0
Bruton cf 3 1 2 0
Kaline rf 4 1 1 0
Colavito lf 4 1 1 3
Cash 1b 3 1 1 0
Osborne 3b 4 0 0 0
  Fernandez 3b 0 0 0 0
McAuliffe ss 4 1 1 2
Roarke c 4 0 0 0
Bunning p 4 0 1 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Los Angeles Angels ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 0 2 0
Koppe ss 3 1 0 0
Thomas L. rf,1b 3 0 1 0
Wagner lf 3 0 0 1
Kluszewski 1b 3 0 2 0
  Satriano pr 0 0 0 0
  Thomas G. rf 0 0 0 0
Hunt cf 4 0 0 0
Averill c 3 1 0 0
Moran 2b 4 0 1 0
Donohue p 2 0 1 0
  Pearson ph 1 0 1 0
  Fowler p 0 0 0 0
  Bilko ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 1
Detroit 000 003 002582
Los Angeles 100 000 100280
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (11-7) 9.0 8 2 1 3 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
3
1
  Los Angeles Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Donohue  L (4-4) 7.0 6 3 3 1 5
  Fowler   2.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
6

  E–McAuliffe (5), Roarke (3).  DP–Detroit 2, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Kluszewski (11,off Bunning).  3B–Detroit Cash (5,off Donohue).  HR–Detroit Colavito (28,6th inning off Donohue 2 on, 1 out); McAuliffe (5,9th inning off Fowler 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Koppe (2,off Bunning).  SF–Wagner (6,off Bunning).  Team–8.  U-HP–Sam Carrigan, 1B–Cal Drummond, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:38.  A–11,935.
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