Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
August 15, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1954 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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)
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Baltimore Orioles 2, Cleveland Indians 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Abrams rf 4 0 1 0
Young 2b 4 1 1 0
Diering cf 3 0 0 0
Stephens 3b 4 1 1 1
Courtney c 2 0 1 0
Kryhoski 1b 4 0 1 0
Fridley lf 4 0 1 1
Hunter ss 2 0 0 0
  Coan ph 1 0 0 0
Coleman p 3 0 1 0
  Waitkus ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf,lf 3 1 1 0
Avila 2b 3 2 1 0
Doby cf 3 2 1 3
Wertz 1b 4 0 0 0
  Glynn 1b 0 0 0 0
Rosen 3b 3 0 1 2
Pope lf 3 0 0 0
  Philley rf 0 0 0 0
Dente ss 2 0 0 0
Naragon c 2 0 0 0
Houtteman p 1 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 1 0
  Narleski p 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 5 5 5
Baltimore 000 002 000280
Cleveland 000 003 02x550
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L(10-14) 8.0 5 5 5 5 3
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
5
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Houtteman  W(12-6) 6.0 6 2 2 4 2
  Narleski  SV(9) 3.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1. Wertz-Dente.  2B–Baltimore Stephens (13,off Houtteman); Waitkus (12,off Narleski)..  HR–Cleveland Doby (27,6th inning off Coleman 2 on 1 out).  SH–Diering (7,off Houtteman); Naragon (2,off Coleman).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Doby (3,by Coleman).  Team–4.  CS–Avila (6,2nd base by Coleman/Courtney); Smith (5,2nd base by Coleman/Courtney).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:09.
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