Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 31, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1962 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 2, Detroit Tigers 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 0 2 0
Fox 2b 5 1 1 0
Cunningham 1b 5 0 5 1
Robinson lf 5 0 1 0
Maxwell rf 3 1 1 0
  Roselli ph 1 0 0 0
Smith 3b 4 0 1 0
Hershberger cf 4 0 2 0
Carreon c 4 0 1 1
Buzhardt p 2 0 0 0
  Tiefenthaler p 0 0 0 0
  Joyce p 0 0 0 0
  Sadowski ph 1 0 0 0
  Zanni p 0 0 0 0
  Landis ph 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 2 14 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 0 1 0
Bruton cf 2 1 1 1
Kaline rf 5 0 0 0
Colavito lf 4 1 1 2
Wertz 1b 3 1 2 0
  Morton ph 0 0 0 0
  Osborne 1b 0 0 0 0
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 1 0
Boros 3b 2 1 0 0
Brown c 4 1 2 1
Bunning p 4 0 2 1
  Mossi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
Chicago 001 001 0002142
Detroit 000 220 01x5101
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Buzhardt  L (7-11) 4.1 5 4 4 4 3
  Tiefenthaler   0.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Joyce   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Zanni   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Lown   0.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Stone   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
7
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (15-8) 8.2 14 2 1 1 1
  Mossi  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
2
1
1
1

  E–Robinson (6), Hershberger (3), McAuliffe (26).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Maxwell (7,off Bunning), Detroit Bunning (2,off Buzhardt); Bruton (22,off Stone).  HR–Detroit Colavito (31,5th inning off Buzhardt 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–12.  IBB–Colavito (6,by Stone).  Team–11.  CS–Aparicio (11,2nd base by Bunning/Brown).  SB–Bruton (13,2nd base off Buzhardt/Carreon).  IBB–Stone (2,Colavito).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Al Salerno, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–3:01.  A–16,410.
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