Philadelphia Athletics vs Washington Senators
April 22, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1953 at Griffith Stadium. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Washington Senators 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

Philadelphia Athletics 7, Washington Senators 4

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Joost ss 2 2 0 0
Philley cf 4 1 3 1
Michaels 2b 5 1 1 1
Robinson 1b 5 1 1 1
Valo rf 5 1 1 0
Zernial lf 4 1 2 0
Suder 3b 4 0 2 0
Murray c 4 0 1 2
Byrd p 4 0 0 0
  Scheib p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 5
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 1 1 0 0
Busby cf 5 1 1 1
Vernon 1b 5 1 2 1
Jensen rf 4 1 1 2
Runnels ss 2 0 0 0
Wood lf 4 0 2 0
Terwilliger 2b 4 0 0 0
Grasso c 4 0 0 0
Dixon p 1 0 0 0
  Campos ph 1 0 1 0
  Pearce p 0 0 0 0
  Baker ph 0 0 0 0
  Moreno p 0 0 0 0
  Hoderlein ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Philadelphia 012 211 0007111
Washington 000 000 004473
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd  W(1-1) 8.2 7 4 4 10 6
  Scheib  SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
11
6
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Dixon  L(0-1) 5.0 7 6 5 4 3
  Pearce   2.0 1 1 0 2 0
  Moreno   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
5
6
4

  E–Joost (2), Vernon (1), Runnels (2), Grasso (1).  DP–Philadelphia 2. Michaels-Robinson, Joost-Michaels-Robinson, Washington 1. Runnels-Terwilliger-Vernon.  PB–Murray 3 (3).  2B–Philadelphia Zernial (3,off Dixon), Washington Busby (1,off Byrd); Vernon (3,off Byrd).  3B–Philadelphia Philley (1,off Dixon).  HR–Philadelphia Michaels (1,3rd inning off Dixon 0 on 0 out), Washington Jensen (1,9th inning off Byrd 1 on 2 out).  SH–Suder (2,off Dixon).  IBB–Murray (1,by Dixon).  Team LOB–10.  Team–12.  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:20.  A–6,637.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook