New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
June 26, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees 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 3, Detroit Tigers 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 3 1 0 0
Allen 3b 3 1 1 0
Murcer cf 4 1 1 1
White lf 3 0 0 1
Blomberg 1b 3 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
Callison rf 2 0 1 0
  Swoboda ph 0 0 0 0
Munson c 4 0 1 0
Michael ss 3 0 0 0
Kekich p 2 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Torres ph 1 0 0 0
  Roland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 4 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 1 2 0
Horton lf 3 2 2 0
  Cash 1b 1 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 1 0 0
Jata 1b 3 0 1 1
  Northrup lf 0 0 0 0
Stanley cf 3 0 2 3
Brinkman ss 2 0 0 0
Slayback p 3 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
New York 000 000 003341
Detroit 000 103 00x471
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kekich  L (6-6) 6.0 7 4 4 2 2
  McDaniel   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Roland   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
2
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Slayback  W (1-0) 8.1 4 3 2 3 5
  Scherman   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Seelbach  SV (6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
3
2
4
6

  E–Callison (1), Freehan (3).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–New York Murcer (12,off Slayback), Detroit Kaline (4,off Kekich); Horton (5,off Kekich).  SH–Callison (2,off Slayback).  WP–Kekich (6).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Hank Morgenweck, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:20.  A–30,961.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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