Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
September 1, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1969 at Municipal Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals 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 5, Kansas City Royals 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0
Northrup rf 5 2 1 0
Kaline 1b 5 0 1 1
Horton lf 5 2 2 2
Wert 3b 4 0 2 0
Brown 2b 5 1 3 1
Price c 3 0 0 1
Tracewski ss 4 0 1 0
  Timmermann p 1 0 0 0
Kilkenny p 3 0 0 0
  Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Tresh ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 10 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 4 0 0 0
Fiore 1b 4 0 0 0
Rico cf 4 0 2 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 1 1 0
Piniella lf 5 1 3 0
  Burgmeier pr 0 0 0 0
Foy 3b 3 0 0 2
Adair 2b 5 0 0 0
Martinez c 4 0 1 0
Hernandez ss 3 1 0 0
Rooker p 4 1 2 2
Totals 37 4 9 4
Detroit 100 020 000 25101
Kansas City 020 000 010 1491
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Kilkenny   7.0 7 3 2 3 3
  Dobson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Timmermann  W (2-1) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
10.0
9
4
3
3
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker  L (4-12) 10.0 10 5 3 3 5
Totals
10.0
10
5
3
3
5

  E–Price (4), Kelly (4).  3B–Detroit Northrup (5,off Rooker); I Brown (2,off Rooker).  HR–Detroit Horton (22,5th inning off Rooker 1 on, 2 out), Kansas City Rooker (4,2nd inning off Kilkenny 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Stanley (5,off Rooker).  SF–Price (4,off Rooker); Foy 2 (9,off Dobson,off Timmermann).  SB–Piniella (2,2nd base off Dobson/Price).  U-HP–Jake O'Donnell, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:50.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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