Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
July 16, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1980 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics 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 7, Oakland Athletics 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters cf 5 2 3 0
Trammell ss 5 1 2 0
Kemp lf 5 1 1 1
Hebner 1b 4 1 2 2
Summers dh 2 0 0 0
  Parrish ph,dh 2 2 2 3
Cowens rf 4 0 0 0
Wockenfuss c 4 0 1 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 1 1
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Weaver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 0 0
Armas rf 3 1 0 0
Page dh 4 0 0 0
Newman 1b 2 1 0 0
Heath c 2 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 3 0 2 2
Cox 2b 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  McKay 2b 0 0 0 0
Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Minetto p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Bordi p 0 0 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 3 2
Detroit 000 105 0107120
Oakland 020 000 000231
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox   3.0 1 2 2 2 2
  Weaver  W (2-0) 6.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
2
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kingman  L (5-9) 5.1 5 4 3 0 7
  Minetto   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Jones   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Bordi   2.0 4 1 1 0 0
  Beard   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
0
8

  E–Kingman (2).  2B–Detroit Wockenfuss (4,off Jones); Peters (7,off Bordi); Parrish (17,off Bordi).  HR–Detroit Parrish (12,6th inning off Jones 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Heath (4,off Wilcox).  WP–Kingman (3).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:44.  A–7,413.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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