Detroit Tigers 3 – 12 Cleveland Guardians
25 September 1953 · CLE07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Wally Westlake | 1 in 107 games |
| 35 | final score 12–3 | 1 in 360 games | |
| 32 | 10 total bases | Al Rosen | 1 in 1,002 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | 12 | 16 | 1 |
Box score
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Kuenn | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Hatfield | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ray Boone | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Bob Nieman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bud Souchock | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Walt Dropo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Jim Delsing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Johnny Bucha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Don Lund | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Gromek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jerry Priddy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Scarborough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Batts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Gromek | 3.0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Ray Scarborough | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Dick Marlowe | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Cleveland Guardians batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Rosen | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 HR |
| Bobby Avila | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hank Majeski | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Wally Westlake | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Al Smith | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Larry Doby | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bill Glynn | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Owen Friend | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Joe Ginsberg | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dick Tomanek | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 40 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Cleveland Guardians pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Tomanek | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |