Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
September 16, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1969 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, New York Yankees 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley 1b 6 1 1 1
Northrup cf 6 3 2 2
Kaline rf 4 0 2 1
Horton lf 5 0 1 0
Freehan c 6 0 2 1
Wert 3b 6 1 2 1
Brown 2b 5 0 0 0
  Matchick ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Gutierrez ss 5 1 2 0
Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 2 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Price ph 1 0 1 0
  Tracewski pr 0 0 0 0
  Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Cash ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Tresh ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 6 14 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 6 1 1 1
Michael ss 3 1 0 0
  Cox 3b 1 0 0 1
White lf 6 0 1 0
Murcer cf,rf 4 2 2 1
Tepedino rf 4 2 2 0
  Woods cf 0 0 0 0
  Pepitone ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson cf 1 0 0 0
McDonald 1b 6 0 1 0
Kenney 3b,ss 4 1 2 0
Munson c 4 0 1 2
Downing p 3 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
  Blomberg ph 1 0 1 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Shopay ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 11 5
Detroit 100 110 003 000 06141
New York 201 102 000 000 17112
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   0.2 0 1 1 1 0
  Hiller   4.2 6 5 4 2 2
  Timmermann   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Taylor   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Dobson   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Reed   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Patterson  L (0-2) 0.2 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
12.2
11
7
6
9
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Downing   8.2 9 6 5 3 5
  Aker   2.1 3 0 0 0 2
  McDaniel  W (5-6) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
14
6
5
3
7

  E–Kaline (7), Murcer (22), McDonald (1).  DP–New York 1.  PB–Freehan (8).  2B–Detroit Northrup (24,off Downing).  3B–New York Murcer (4,off Hiller).  HR–Detroit Wert (14,4th inning off Downing 0 on, 0 out); Northrup (25,9th inning off Downing 1 on, 2 out), New York Clarke (3,3rd inning off Hiller 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gutierrez (1,off McDaniel); Clarke (2,off Reed).  SF–Kaline (7,off Downing); Munson (1,off Hiller); Cox (2,off Patterson).  IBB–Murcer (2,by Dobson); Shopay (1,by Patterson).  CS–Gutierrez (1,2nd base by Aker/Munson); Kenney (14,2nd base by Dobson/Freehan); Murcer (5,2nd base by Reed/Freehan).  SB–White (17,2nd base off Dobson/Freehan).  WP–Timmermann (5), Reed (1), Downing (5).  IBB–Dobson (5,Murcer); Patterson (1,Shopay).  U-HP–Emmett Ashford, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–Merlyn Anthony.  T–4:08.  A–6,406.
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