New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
April 11, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1969 at Tiger Stadium. The New York Yankees 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

New York Yankees 9, Detroit Tigers 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 1 1 0
Kenney cf 4 1 0 0
Murcer 3b 4 4 2 1
White lf 4 1 1 2
Pepitone 1b 5 2 4 3
Tresh ss 1 0 0 0
  Michael ss 2 0 0 0
Robinson rf 5 0 1 1
Gibbs c 3 0 0 0
Burbach p 2 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 9 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 0 0 0
Stanley ss 4 0 2 2
Kaline rf 5 0 1 0
Cash 1b 3 1 1 0
Horton lf 5 0 0 0
Northrup cf 3 0 1 0
Freehan c 4 0 3 1
Wert 3b 5 1 1 0
Wilson p 3 1 1 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 1 0 0
  Radatz p 0 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 3
New York 000 101 034992
Detroit 000 000 2114104
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Burbach   6.0 5 2 1 4 3
  McDaniel  W (1-0) 3.0 5 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
6
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  L (0-1) 7.1 4 4 2 3 8
  Hiller   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Radatz   0.1 3 4 3 0 0
  Kilkenny   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
9
6
4
10

  E–Murcer (1), Michael (1), McAuliffe (1), Kaline (1), Cash (1), Wilson (1).  DP–New York 1.  PB–Freehan (1).  2B–New York Pepitone (2,off Wilson).  HR–New York White (2,8th inning off Wilson 1 on, 1 out); Pepitone (1,9th inning off Radatz 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Burbach (1,off Wilson); White (1,off Wilson); Kenney (1,off Radatz).  SF–Freehan (1,off McDaniel).  HBP–Northrup (1,by Burbach).  SB–Pepitone 2 (2,2nd base off Wilson/Freehan,2nd base off Hiller/Freehan); Murcer (2,2nd base off Wilson/Freehan); White (3,3rd base off Wilson/Freehan); Robinson (2,2nd base off Hiller/Freehan).  WP–McDaniel (1).  HBP–Burbach (1,Northrup).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–John Rice.  T–3:09.  A–14,015.
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