Kansas City Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
April 14, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1955 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City 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)
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Kansas City Athletics 1, Chicago White Sox 7

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 4 0 2 0
Suder 2b 4 0 0 0
Finigan 3b 3 1 1 0
Zernial lf 3 0 0 0
Renna rf 3 0 0 1
Wilson cf 2 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 3 0 0 0
Shantz B. c 2 0 0 0
  Kryhoski ph 1 0 0 0
  Robertson c 0 0 0 0
Shantz B. p 2 0 0 0
  Bollweg ph 1 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 3 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 4 1 1 1
Fox 2b 5 0 3 1
Minoso lf 5 0 1 0
Kell 3b 2 1 0 0
Rivera cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 2 3 1 0
Nieman rf 3 1 2 3
  Groth cf 1 0 0 0
Lollar c 3 1 1 1
Consuegra p 4 0 1 1
Totals 32 7 10 7
Kansas City 000 000 100131
Chicago 020 002 12x7100
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Shantz  L(0-1) 7.0 6 5 5 6 3
  Dixon   1.0 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
6
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nixon  W(1-0) 7.1 9 4 4 5 4
  Kinder  SV(1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
6
6

  E–Power (1).  DP–Kansas City 1. Bobby Shantz-Billy Shantz-Power, Chicago 2. Kell-Fox-Dropo, Carrasquel-Fox-Dropo.  2B–Kansas City Power (2,off Consuegra), Chicago Nieman (1,off Bobby Shantz).  3B–Kansas City Finigan (1,off Consuegra), Chicago Fox (1,off Bobby Shantz); Carrasquel (1,off Bobby Shantz); Lollar (1,off Dixon).  HR–Chicago Nieman (1,6th inning off Bobby Shantz 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Finigan (1,by Consuegra).  Team LOB–2.  SH–Rivera (1,off Bobby Shantz).  IBB–Kell (1,by Bobby Shantz).  Team–8.  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–1:57.  A–14,067.
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