Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
May 15, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1964 at Tiger Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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)
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Cleveland Indians 10, Detroit Tigers 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 5 2 2 0
Brown 2b 5 0 1 2
Wagner lf 1 0 0 1
Romano c 4 0 0 0
Whitfield 1b 4 1 3 0
  Kindall 1b 1 1 1 1
Francona rf 5 1 1 0
Alvis 3b 3 2 1 1
Held cf 5 2 3 2
Ramos p 0 0 0 0
  Luplow ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 1 0 0 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Chance ph 1 1 1 2
  Abernathy p 2 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 13 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe ss 4 0 0 0
Bruton cf 5 2 2 0
Brown lf 4 0 1 0
Cash 1b 4 1 1 2
Lumpe 2b 4 3 3 2
Horton rf 4 0 0 0
Freehan c 5 0 1 2
Wert 3b 5 0 2 0
Wickersham p 3 0 0 0
  Sherry p 0 0 0 0
  Kaline ph 0 0 0 0
  Wood pr 0 0 0 0
  Navarro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 10 6
Cleveland 030 000 32210131
Detroit 300 001 1016102
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Ramos   1.0 2 3 3 1 0
  McMahon   4.0 1 0 0 2 4
  Bell  W (2-1) 1.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Abernathy   2.2 6 2 2 2 1
  Siebert  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
6
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wickersham  L (4-3) 6.0 8 6 5 2 8
  Sherry   2.0 3 2 2 3 3
  Navarro   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
10
9
5
11

  E–Alvis (4), Wickersham (1), Sherry (1).  DP–Detroit 1.  PB–Romano (2).  2B–Cleveland Howser (5,off Sherry); Brown (1,off Sherry), Detroit Lumpe (4,off Abernathy).  HR–Cleveland Chance (2,7th inning off Wickersham 1 on, 0 out); Kindall (1,9th inning off Navarro 0 on, 0 out); Held (7,9th inning off Navarro 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Cash (5,1st inning off Ramos 1 on, 2 out); Lumpe (1,1st inning off Ramos 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Wagner (1,off Sherry).  HBP–Alvis (3,by Wickersham).  IBB–Wagner (6,by Sherry).  Team LOB–8.  Team–11.  HBP–Wickersham (1,Alvis).  IBB–Sherry (1,Wagner).  U-HP–Bill Kinnamon, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Al Smith.  T–3:13.  A–16,768.
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