Chicago Cubs vs Detroit Tigers
October 3, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 3, 1945 at Briggs Stadium. The Chicago Cubs 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

Chicago Cubs 9, Detroit Tigers 0

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 5 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 5 2 2 0
Lowrey lf 4 0 0 0
Cavarretta 1b 4 3 3 2
Pafko cf 4 3 3 1
Nicholson rf 4 1 2 3
Livingston c 4 0 2 2
Hughes ss 3 0 0 0
Borowy p 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 13 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Webb ss 4 0 1 0
  McHale ph 1 0 0 0
Mayo 2b 4 0 2 0
Cramer cf 3 0 0 0
Greenberg lf 2 0 1 0
Cullenbine rf 3 0 0 0
York 1b 3 0 1 0
Outlaw 3b 4 0 1 0
Richards c 2 0 0 0
  Hostetler ph 1 0 0 0
Newhouser p 1 0 0 0
  Benton p 0 0 0 0
  Eaton ph 1 0 0 0
  Tobin p 1 0 0 0
  Mueller p 0 0 0 0
  Borom ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Chicago 403 000 2009130
Detroit 000 000 000060
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Borowy  W (1-0) 9.0 6 0 0 5 4
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
5
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  L (0-1) 2.2 8 7 7 1 3
  Benton   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Tobin   3.0 4 2 2 1 0
  Mueller   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2.  PB–Richards 2 (2).  2B–Chicago Johnson (1,off Newhouser); Pafko (1,off Newhouser).  3B–Chicago Nicholson (1,off Newhouser).  HR–Chicago Cavarretta (1,7th inning off Tobin 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Lowrey (1,off Newhouser); Borowy (1,off Tobin).  IBB–Pafko (1,by Newhouser).  HBP–Greenberg (1,by Borowy).  SB–Johnson (1,2nd base off Newhouser/Richards); Pafko (1,2nd base off Tobin/Richards).  CS–Livingston 2 (2,2nd base by Newhouser/Richards,2nd base by Benton/Richards).  HBP–Borowy (1,Greenberg).  IBB–Newhouser (1,Pafko).  U-HP–Bill Summers (AL), 1B–Lou Jorda (NL), 2B–Art Passarella (AL), 3B–Jocko Conlan (NL).  T–2:10.  A–54,637.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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