Pittsburgh Pirates vs Detroit Tigers
October 12, 1909 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 12, 1909 at Bennett Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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

Pittsburgh Pirates 0, Detroit Tigers 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Byrne 3b 4 0 1 0
Leach cf 3 0 0 0
Clarke lf 4 0 0 0
Wagner ss 3 0 0 0
Miller 2b 4 0 1 0
Abstein 1b 4 0 1 0
Wilson rf 4 0 1 0
Gibson c 3 0 1 0
Leifield p 1 0 0 0
  O'Connor ph 1 0 0 0
  Phillippe p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jones D. lf 4 1 1 0
Bush ss 5 1 1 1
Cobb rf 3 0 1 2
Crawford cf 4 0 1 0
Delahanty 2b 3 0 0 0
Moriarty 3b 4 1 2 0
Jones T. 1b 3 1 1 0
Stanage c 3 0 1 2
Mullin p 3 1 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Pittsburgh 000 000 000056
Detroit 020 300 00x580
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Leifield  L (0-1) 4.0 7 5 5 1 0
  Phillippe   4.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
2
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mullin  W (1-1) 9.0 5 0 0 2 10
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
10

  E–Wagner (1), Miller (1), Abstein 2 (5), Phillippe 2 (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Byrne (1,off Mullin), Detroit Bush (1,off Leifield); Cobb (2,off Leifield).  SH–T Jones (1,off Phillippe); Stanage (1,off Phillippe).  HBP–Cobb (1,by Leifield); Delahanty (1,by Leifield).  SB–Byrne (1,3rd base off Mullin/Stanage); Leach (1,2nd base off Mullin/Stanage).  CS–Cobb (1,2nd base by Leifield/Gibson); D Jones (2,2nd base by Phillippe/Gibson).  HBP–Leifield 2 (2,Cobb,Delahanty).  U-HP–Bill Klem (NL), 1B–Jim Evans (AL), 2B–Jim Johnstone (NL), 3B–Silk O'Loughlin (AL).  T–1:57.  A–17,036.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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