Kansas City Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
April 17, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1955 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Athletics 0, Detroit Tigers 16

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Jacobs 2b 4 0 1 0
Valo rf 3 0 1 0
Finigan 3b 3 0 1 0
  Bevan 3b 1 0 0 0
Zernial lf 3 0 0 0
  Stewart lf 1 0 0 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Power 1b 3 0 0 0
  Kryhoski 1b 1 0 1 0
Littrell ss 4 0 1 0
Astroth c 2 0 0 0
  Robertson c 0 0 0 0
Gray p 1 0 1 0
  Bishop p 0 0 0 0
  Bollweg ph 1 0 0 0
  Spicer p 0 0 0 0
  Wheat p 0 0 0 0
  Trice p 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 0 7 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 6 1 4 3
Hatfield 2b 5 1 1 1
Kaline rf 5 3 4 6
Fain 1b 4 1 0 0
Boone 3b 5 2 2 0
Delsing lf 3 2 0 0
Tuttle cf 4 2 1 2
House c 3 2 2 4
Gromek p 4 2 1 0
Totals 39 16 15 16
Kansas City 000 000 000071
Detroit 002 419 00x16150
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Gray  L(0-1) 3.1 4 6 6 5 3
  Bishop   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Spicer   1.0 5 5 5 2 0
  Wheat   0.0 3 4 3 0 0
  Trice   3.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
15
16
15
9
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks  L(0-2) 6.1 9 4 4 3 3
  Martin   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Donovan   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
4
4
4
9

  E–Littrell (2).  2B–Kansas City Valo (1,off Gromek), Detroit Kuenn 3 (4,off Gray,off Wheat,off Trice).  HR–Detroit Kaline 3 (3,3rd inning off Gray 1 on 2 out,6th inning off Spicer 0 on 0 out,6th inning off Trice 1 on 1 out); House (1,6th inning off Wheat 2 on 0 out).  HBP–Astroth (2,by Gromek).  Team LOB–7.  SF–House (1,off Gray).  Team–9.  CS–Jacobs (1,2nd base by Gromek/House).  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:40.  A–16,662.
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