Cleveland Indians vs Brooklyn Robins
October 5, 1920 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 1920 at Ebbets Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Brooklyn Robins 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)
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Cleveland Indians 3, Brooklyn Robins 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Evans lf 2 0 0 0
  Jamieson ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Wambsganss 2b 3 0 0 0
Speaker cf 4 0 0 0
Burns 1b 3 1 1 0
  Smith ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Gardner 3b 4 0 0 0
Wood rf 2 2 1 0
  Johnston ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Sewell ss 3 0 1 0
O'Neill c 3 0 2 2
Coveleski p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 2
Brooklyn Robins ab   r   h rbi
Olson ss 3 0 2 0
Johnston 3b 3 0 0 0
Griffith rf 4 0 1 0
Wheat lf 4 1 1 0
Myers cf 4 0 0 0
Konetchy 1b 4 0 0 1
Kilduff 2b 3 0 0 0
Krueger c 3 0 0 0
Marquard p 1 0 0 0
  Lamar ph 1 0 0 0
  Mamaux p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 1 0
  Neis pr 0 0 0 0
  Cadore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Cleveland 020 100 000350
Brooklyn 000 000 100151
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Coveleski  W (1-0) 9.0 5 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
3
  Brooklyn Robins IP H R ER BB SO
Marquard  L (0-1) 6.0 5 3 3 2 4
  Mamaux   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Cadore   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
2
7

  E–Konetchy (1).  DP–Brooklyn 1.  2B–Brooklyn Wheat (1,off Coveleski).  SH–Wambsganss (1,off Marquard); Johnston (1,off Coveleski).  U-HP–Bill Klem (NL), 1B–Tom Connolly (AL), 2B–Hank O'Day (NL), 3B–Bill Dinneen (AL).  T–1:41.  A–23,573.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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