Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 7, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1986 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 15

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 1 0 0
Franco 2b 4 0 3 1
Carter rf 1 0 0 0
  Castillo ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Thornton dh 4 0 1 0
Hall lf 4 0 0 0
Snyder ss 4 0 1 0
Tabler 1b 4 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Bando c 3 0 1 0
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Butcher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 3 3
  Brookens 2b 2 1 1 1
Trammell ss 5 1 1 2
Gibson rf 4 1 1 3
  Engle rf,c 2 0 1 1
Grubb dh 4 1 2 1
Evans 1b 2 1 0 0
  Bergman 1b 2 1 1 0
Collins lf 5 0 1 0
Coles 3b 4 3 3 1
Sheridan cf 4 4 3 0
Lowry c,rf 5 2 3 2
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Slaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 15 20 14
Cleveland 000 000 010171
Detroit 030 521 13x15201
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (8-9) 4.0 10 8 3 2 2
  Butcher   4.0 10 7 7 3 3
Totals
8.0
20
15
10
5
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (13-7) 7.0 4 0 0 2 5
  Slaton   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
7

  E–Snyder (3), Trammell (14).  DP–Cleveland 2, Detroit 2.  2B–Cleveland Franco (21,off Slaton), Detroit Coles (19,off Niekro); Whitaker (19,off Butcher).  HR–Detroit Gibson (19,4th inning off Niekro 2 on, 2 out); Grubb (9,4th inning off Niekro 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Carter (20,2nd base off Morris/Lowry); Snyder (1,2nd base off Morris/Lowry).  WP–Butcher 2 (6).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:18.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook