Cleveland Indians vs Chicago White Sox
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 Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 1, Chicago White Sox 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf 4 0 2 1
Avila 2b 4 0 1 0
Doby cf 3 0 0 0
Rosen 3b 3 0 0 0
Kiner lf 2 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 4 0 0 0
Strickland ss 4 0 0 0
Foiles c 3 1 1 0
Houtteman p 2 0 1 0
  Mossi p 0 0 0 0
  Majeski ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 3 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 0 2 1
Minoso lf 4 0 1 1
Kell 3b 3 0 0 0
Rivera cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 3 0 1 0
Nieman rf 3 1 2 1
  Courtney c 1 0 0 0
Lollar c 3 0 1 0
  McGhee pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Harshman p 1 1 0 0
Totals 29 3 7 3
Cleveland 001 000 000151
Chicago 001 000 20x371
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Houtteman  L(0-1) 7.1 7 3 3 4 3
  Mossi   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
4
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kemmerer   2.2 8 4 4 1 3
  Kiely   2.1 2 4 2 4 3
  Freeman   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Susce   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Brown  W(1-0) 2.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
17
10
8
12
15

  E–Wertz (3), Carrasquel (1).  DP–Cleveland 1. Strickland-Avila-Wertz, Chicago 2. Carrasquel-Fox-Dropo, Carrasquel-Fox-Dropo.  2B–Cleveland Foiles (3,off Harshman), Chicago Minoso (1,off Houtteman).  3B–Chicago Fox (3,off Houtteman).  HR–Chicago Nieman (3,7th inning off Houtteman 0 on 0 out).  SH–Houtteman (1,off Harshman); Harshman (1,off Houtteman); Rivera (2,off Houtteman)..  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:26.
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