Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
April 16, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1969 at Cleveland Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Detroit Tigers 8, Cleveland Indians 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 1 2 0
Stanley ss 5 0 1 1
Kaline rf 4 0 0 1
Cash 1b 2 3 2 1
Horton lf 5 1 1 0
Northrup cf 4 2 2 4
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Wert 3b 4 0 0 0
McLain p 4 1 3 1
Totals 36 8 11 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal cf 5 1 1 1
Brown ss 4 0 1 0
Snyder rf 3 0 1 0
Horton 1b 4 1 1 0
Maye lf 4 0 1 0
Azcue c 4 0 0 0
Versalles 3b 4 0 2 1
Fuller 2b 3 0 1 0
Siebert p 1 0 1 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Alvis ph 1 0 0 0
  Burchart p 0 0 0 0
  Peterson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Detroit 000 310 0228110
Cleveland 000 011 000291
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (2-1) 9.0 9 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert  L (0-1) 5.0 6 4 4 2 1
  Hamilton   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Burchart   2.0 4 4 4 2 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
4
2

  E–Brown (2).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Detroit Northrup (3,off Siebert); McAuliffe (2,off Burchart), Cleveland Versalles (2,off McLain); Horton (1,off McLain).  HR–Detroit Cash (1,5th inning off Siebert 0 on, 2 out); Northrup (1,8th inning off Burchart 1 on, 2 out), Cleveland Cardenal (1,5th inning off McLain 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Kaline (1,off Burchart).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Bill Kinnamon, 3B–Emmett Ashford.  T–2:16.  A–6,536.
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