Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
April 21, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1955 at Briggs Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Chicago White Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 5 2 2 1
Fox 2b 5 2 3 2
Minoso rf,lf 4 1 1 0
Kell 3b 5 1 1 4
Rivera cf,rf 3 0 1 1
Dropo 1b 4 0 0 0
Nieman lf 3 0 1 0
  McGhee pr,cf 2 1 0 0
Lollar c 2 1 1 0
Fornieles p 3 1 0 0
Totals 36 9 10 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 1 0
Hatfield 2b 3 0 1 0
Kaline rf 4 1 1 1
Fain 1b 4 0 1 0
Boone 3b 4 0 0 0
Delsing lf 4 0 0 0
Tuttle cf 3 0 0 0
House c 3 0 1 0
Garver p 0 0 0 0
  Porter ph 1 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Belardi ph 1 0 0 0
  Maas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Chicago 005 013 0009100
Detroit 000 001 000152
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Fornieles  W(2-0) 9.0 5 1 1 3 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
0
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Garver  L(1-2) 5.0 6 6 6 3 3
  Zuverink   0.1 3 3 2 1 0
  Miller   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Maas   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
9
8
6
3

  E–Kuenn (2), Hatfield (1).  DP–Chicago 1. Carrasquel-Fox-Dropo, Detroit 1. Kuenn-Hatfield-Fain.  2B–Chicago Fox (2,off Garver); Lollar (1,off Garver)..  HR–Chicago Kell (1,3rd inning off Garver 3 on 1 out), Detroit Kaline (4,6th inning off Fornieles 0 on 1 out).  SH–Fornieles (1,off Zuverink).  HBP–Rivera (1,by Maas).  IBB–Minoso (1,by Garver).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  SB–Rivera 2 (2,2nd base off Garver/House,2nd base off Maas/House); McGhee (1,2nd base off Zuverink/House).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:06.  A–5,980.
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