Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
May 4, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1963 at Tiger Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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

Baltimore Orioles 8, Detroit Tigers 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 0 1 1
Snyder rf,lf 5 1 1 0
Johnson 2b 5 0 1 0
Gentile 1b 4 2 2 0
Robinson 3b 4 1 2 2
Powell lf 4 1 1 2
  Smith rf 0 0 0 0
Brandt cf 4 2 2 2
Orsino c 4 1 2 1
Barber p 4 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 4 1 1 1
Bruton cf 4 0 0 0
Kaline rf 3 3 2 2
Triandos c 4 0 0 0
Colavito lf 4 0 0 0
Freehan 1b 3 0 1 1
Phillips 3b 4 0 0 0
Veal ss 2 0 0 0
Bunning p 1 0 0 0
  Goldy ph 1 0 0 0
  Faul p 0 0 0 0
  Kostro ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 4 4
Baltimore 000 113 1208120
Detroit 000 200 101441
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Barber  W (5-2) 9.0 4 4 4 3 7
Totals
9.0
4
4
4
3
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  L (1-3) 6.0 8 5 5 0 3
  Faul   2.0 3 3 3 0 1
  Anderson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
0
5

  E–Wood (2).  2B–Baltimore Robinson (5,off Bunning); Orsino 2 (3,off Bunning,off Faul), Detroit Freehan (1,off Barber).  HR–Baltimore Powell (5,6th inning off Bunning 1 on, 2 out); Brandt (4,8th inning off Faul 1 on, 2 out), Detroit Wood (2,4th inning off Barber 0 on, 0 out); Kaline 2 (4,4th inning off Barber 0 on, 1 out,9th inning off Barber 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Aparicio (1,off Faul).  Team LOB–4.  Team–3.  SB–Snyder (1,2nd base off Bunning/Triandos); Aparicio (8,2nd base off Anderson/Triandos).  CS–Aparicio (2,2nd base by Bunning/Triandos).  WP–Bunning (2).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–Bob Stewart, 2B–Al Salerno, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:20.  A–5,396.
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