New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
August 4, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1954 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees 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

New York Yankees 2, Cleveland Indians 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald 2b 3 1 0 0
Collins 1b 4 1 1 0
Mantle cf 4 0 0 0
Berra c 4 0 1 1
Noren rf 3 0 0 1
Woodling lf 4 0 2 0
Carey 3b 3 0 0 0
Rizzuto ss 2 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph 1 0 1 0
  Schallock p 0 0 0 0
Reynolds p 1 0 0 0
  Cerv ph 1 0 1 0
  Lopat p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 0 0 0 0
  Miranda pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Pope lf 3 0 0 0
  Smith lf 1 0 1 0
Avila 2b 4 1 2 3
Doby cf 4 0 2 0
Rosen 3b 3 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 4 1 1 1
  Glynn 1b 0 0 0 0
Philley rf 3 0 0 0
Dente ss 4 2 3 0
Hegan c 2 1 1 1
Lemon p 2 0 1 0
  Garcia p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 11 5
New York 200 000 000260
Cleveland 003 200 00x5110
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  L(10-3) 4.0 7 5 5 1 2
  Lopat   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Schallock   2.0 3 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
4
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  W(14-5) 7.0 5 2 2 3 5
  Garcia  SV(3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
6

  E–None.  DP–New York 1. McDougald-Miranda-Collins, Cleveland 2. Hegan-Avila, Garcia-Avila-Glynn-Dente-Avila.  2B–Cleveland Dente (4,off Reynolds); Avila (20,off Lopat).  HR–Cleveland Avila (10,3rd inning off Reynolds 2 on 2 out); Wertz (6,4th inning off Reynolds 0 on 0 out).  SF–Noren (4,off Lemon).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Lemon (6,off Reynolds).  Team–7.  CS–Carey (3,2nd base by Lemon/Hegan); Hegan (1,2nd base by Reynolds/Berra).  SB–Rosen (5,2nd base off Lopat/Berra).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:27.  A–58,091.
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