Detroit Tigers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
October 13, 1909 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 13, 1909 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Detroit Tigers 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

Detroit Tigers 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jones D. lf 4 1 1 1
Bush ss 3 0 0 0
Cobb rf 4 1 1 0
Crawford cf 4 2 3 2
Delahanty 2b 4 0 0 0
Moriarty 3b 4 0 0 0
Jones T. 1b 4 0 1 0
Stanage c 2 0 0 0
  McIntyre ph 1 0 0 0
  Schmidt c 1 0 0 0
Summers p 3 0 0 0
  Willett p 0 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 6 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Byrne 3b 5 2 2 0
Leach cf 4 1 2 0
Clarke lf 2 2 2 3
Wagner ss 2 1 1 0
Miller 2b 4 0 0 1
Abstein 1b 3 0 0 1
Wilson rf 4 1 1 0
Gibson c 4 1 2 1
Adams p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 10 6
Detroit 100 002 010461
Pittsburgh 111 000 41x8102
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Summers  L (0-2) 7.0 10 8 7 3 4
  Willett   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
7
3
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Adams  W (2-0) 9.0 6 4 3 1 8
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
1
8

  E–Schmidt (3), Wagner 2 (3).  2B–Detroit T Jones (1,off Adams); Crawford (2,off Adams), Pittsburgh Wilson (1,off Summers).  HR–Detroit D Jones (1,1st inning off Adams 0 on, 0 out); Crawford (1,8th inning off Adams 0 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Clarke (2,7th inning off Summers 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Clarke (2,off Summers); Adams (1,off Summers).  HBP–Wagner (2,by Summers).  SB–Crawford (1,2nd base off Adams/Gibson); T Jones (1,2nd base off Adams/Gibson); Clarke (1,2nd base off Summers/Stanage); Wagner 2 (6,2nd base off Summers/Schmidt,3rd base off Summers/Schmidt); Gibson (2,2nd base off Willett/Schmidt).  CS–Gibson (1,3rd base by Willett/Schmidt).  WP–Summers (2).  HBP–Summers (1,Wagner).  U-HP–Jim Johnstone (NL), 1B–Silk O'Loughlin (AL), 2B–Bill Klem (NL), 3B–Jim Evans (AL).  T–1:46.  A–21,706.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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