Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
September 21, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1980 at Tiger 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 1, Detroit Tigers 13

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 5 0 2 0
Manning cf 2 0 0 1
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
  Gray 1b 0 0 0 0
Hassey c 3 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 0 0 0
  Rosello 3b 0 0 0 0
Bannister rf 4 0 2 0
Alexander dh 3 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 4 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 4 1 1 0
Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Wihtol p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters cf 2 1 0 0
  Jones pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Trammell ss 4 2 3 1
  Wagner ss 1 0 0 0
Kemp lf 5 1 3 4
  Lentine lf 0 0 0 0
Summers dh 5 1 1 0
Corcoran 1b 3 1 0 0
Parrish c 3 2 2 2
  Dyer c 0 0 0 0
Cowens rf 4 1 2 2
  Stegman cf 1 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 5 1 2 3
Whitaker 2b 4 2 1 0
  Papi 2b 1 0 1 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 13 15 12
Cleveland 000 010 000160
Detroit 702 002 20x13150
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner  L (15-11) 2.2 8 9 9 3 0
  Wihtol   5.1 7 4 4 2 1
Totals
8.0
15
13
13
5
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (15-14) 6.0 4 1 1 4 5
  Underwood  SV (4) 3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
6

  E–None.  2B–Cleveland Bannister (22,off Morris); Dilone (30,off Morris), Detroit Kemp 2 (18,off Spillner,off Wihtol); Brookens (23,off Spillner).  HR–Detroit Brookens (9,1st inning off Spillner 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Manning (9,off Morris).  HBP–Peters 2 (4,by Spillner,by Wihtol).  SB–Manning (11,2nd base off Morris/Parrish).  WP–Spillner (9), Wihtol (2).  HBP–Spillner (3,Peters); Wihtol (1,Peters).  T–2:33.  A–10,682.
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