Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
April 22, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1955 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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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Detroit Tigers 5, Cleveland Indians 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 0 1 0
Hatfield 2b 3 2 1 2
Kaline rf 5 1 1 0
Fain 1b 4 0 1 0
Boone 3b 3 1 1 1
Delsing lf 2 0 2 2
Tuttle cf 4 0 0 0
House c 4 0 0 0
Gromek p 0 1 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Cristante p 0 0 0 0
  Belardi ph 1 0 0 0
  Froats p 0 0 0 0
  Porter ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf 3 2 1 0
Avila 2b 5 1 2 0
Doby cf 3 2 2 2
Rosen 3b 3 1 0 0
  Dente 3b 0 0 0 0
Kiner lf 1 1 0 1
Altobelli 1b 3 1 1 1
Strickland ss 3 0 2 2
Hegan c 3 0 0 1
Lemon p 3 0 0 0
  Narleski p 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 8 8 7
Detroit 002 001 020571
Cleveland 205 100 00x880
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gromek  L(2-1) 4.0 7 8 6 4 1
  Cristante   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Froats   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
8
8
6
7
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  W(3-0) 7.1 6 5 5 6 2
  Narleski  SV(1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
6
3

  E–Boone (2).  DP–Detroit 2. Hatfield-Kuenn-Fain, Kuenn-Hatfield-Fain, Cleveland 1. Strickland-Avila-Altobelli.  2B–Cleveland Strickland (2,off Gromek).  HR–Detroit Hatfield (1,3rd inning off Lemon 1 on 2 out); Boone (1,6th inning off Lemon 0 on 2 out)., Cleveland Doby (2,1st inning off Gromek 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Altobelli (1,off Froats).  SF–Hegan (1,off Gromek); Kiner (1,off Gromek).  Team–6.  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:20.  A–16,957.
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