Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 5, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1961 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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

Cleveland Indians 6, Detroit Tigers 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 2 3 1
Dillard cf 5 1 2 0
Francona lf 5 1 2 1
Kirkland rf 5 0 2 1
Phillips 3b 4 1 1 2
Romano c 4 0 0 0
Power 1b 4 0 0 0
Held ss 4 1 1 1
Bell p 2 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Funk p 0 0 0 0
  Nieman ph 1 0 0 0
  Schaffernoth p 0 0 0 0
  Aspromonte ph 0 0 0 0
  Stigman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 4 1 1 2
Bruton cf 4 1 0 0
Kaline rf 5 1 2 2
Colavito lf 4 0 2 2
Cash 1b 3 0 1 0
Bertoia 3b 4 0 1 0
Fernandez ss 4 1 1 0
Roarke c 3 2 1 0
Regan p 2 1 1 1
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Bunning p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 7
Cleveland 001 001 4006112
Detroit 001 033 00x7100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  L (7-11) 4.2 5 4 3 3 3
  Allen   0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Funk   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Schaffernoth   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Stigman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
4
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Regan  W (10-7) 6.1 10 6 6 1 3
  Staley   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Bunning  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
2
3

  E–Held (17), Schaffernoth (1).  2B–Cleveland Kirkland (17,off Staley), Detroit Colavito (23,off Bell); Kaline (28,off Funk).  HR–Cleveland Temple (2,3rd inning off Regan 0 on, 1 out); Phillips (17,6th inning off Regan 0 on, 1 out); Held (14,7th inning off Regan 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Wood (9,5th inning off Bell 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Regan (3,off Bell).  Team–8.  SB–Bruton (17,2nd base off Bell/Romano).  CS–Colavito (2,2nd base by Bell/Romano).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Al Smith, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:38.  A–23,785.
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