Boston Braves vs Cleveland Indians
October 10, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 10, 1948 at Cleveland Stadium. The Boston Braves 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

Boston Braves 11, Cleveland Indians 5

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Holmes rf 5 2 2 0
Dark ss 4 1 1 0
Torgeson 1b 5 1 2 1
Elliott 3b 4 3 2 4
Rickert lf 5 1 1 1
Salkeld c 4 2 1 1
McCormick cf 5 1 1 1
Stanky 2b 3 0 1 1
Potter p 2 0 1 0
  Spahn p 2 0 0 1
Totals 39 11 12 10
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 3 1 1 1
Doby cf 4 0 0 0
Boudreau ss 4 0 2 0
Gordon 2b 3 1 1 0
Keltner 3b 3 1 0 0
Judnich rf 3 1 1 1
  Boone ph 1 0 0 0
  Peck rf 0 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 4 0 0 0
Hegan c 4 1 1 3
Feller p 2 0 0 0
  Klieman p 0 0 0 0
  Christopher p 0 0 0 0
  Paige p 0 0 0 0
  Rosen ph 1 0 0 0
  Muncrief p 0 0 0 0
  Tipton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 5
Boston 301 001 60011120
Cleveland 100 400 000562
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Potter   3.1 5 5 5 2 0
  Spahn  W (1-1) 5.2 1 0 0 1 7
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
3
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Feller  L (0-2) 6.1 8 7 7 2 5
  Klieman   0.0 1 3 3 2 0
  Christopher   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Paige   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Muncrief   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
11
11
4
5

  E–Doby (1), Keltner (1).  2B–Cleveland Boudreau (3,off Spahn).  HR–Boston Elliott 2 (2,1st inning off Feller 2 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Feller 0 on, 2 out); Salkeld (1,6th inning off Feller 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Mitchell (1,1st inning off Potter 0 on, 0 out); Hegan (1,4th inning off Potter 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Dark (1,off Feller).  BK–Paige (1).  U–George Barr (NL), Bill Summers (AL), Bill Stewart (NL), Bill Grieve (AL), Babe Pinelli (NL), Joe Paparella (AL).  T–2:39.  A–86,288.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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