Washington Senators vs Detroit Tigers
April 17, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1962 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators 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

Washington Senators 2, Detroit Tigers 9

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
O'Connell 3b 4 1 1 0
Woodling rf 4 0 0 1
Long 1b 3 0 1 0
King lf 4 0 0 0
Johnson ss 4 1 2 0
Cottier 2b 4 0 1 0
Retzer c 4 0 2 1
Daniels p 2 0 0 0
  Hannan p 0 0 0 0
  Hicks ph 1 0 0 0
  Rippelmeyer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 3 2 1 0
Bruton cf 4 2 2 4
Kaline rf 4 1 1 2
Cash 1b 3 1 1 1
Colavito lf 4 0 0 0
Boros 3b 4 1 2 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Brown c 4 2 3 2
Bunning p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 11 9
Washington 100 000 100270
Detroit 003 030 12x9110
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Daniels  L (1-1) 5.0 6 6 6 2 1
  Hannan   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Rippelmeyer   2.0 5 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
2
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (1-0) 9.0 7 2 2 1 5
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Washington 1.  2B–Detroit Boros (1,off Daniels).  HR–Detroit Kaline (1,3rd inning off Daniels 1 on, 2 out); Bruton (1,5th inning off Daniels 2 on, 1 out); Brown (1,7th inning off Rippelmeyer 0 on, 0 out); Cash (3,8th inning off Rippelmeyer 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Bunning (1,off Daniels).  Team–3.  SB–Wood (1,2nd base off Daniels/Retzer).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Cal Drummond, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:06.  A–2,702.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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