Washington Senators vs Detroit Tigers
April 29, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1955 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators 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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Washington Senators 2, Detroit Tigers 3

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 0 0 0
Oravetz rf 2 1 0 0
Runnels 2b 4 0 2 0
Vernon 1b 4 1 2 2
Sievers lf 4 0 0 0
Busby cf 4 0 2 0
Roig ss 2 0 0 0
  Levan ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline ss 0 0 0 0
  Delis ph 1 0 1 0
Edwards c 2 0 0 0
  McDermott ph 1 0 0 0
  Fitz Gerald c 1 0 0 0
Pascual p 2 0 1 0
  Stobbs p 0 0 0 0
  Paula ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 0 2 1
Hatfield 2b 4 0 0 0
Kaline rf 3 0 1 0
Fain 1b 3 0 0 0
Boone 3b 3 1 2 1
Delsing lf 4 0 1 0
Tuttle cf 2 1 0 0
House c 4 0 1 0
Lary p 4 1 2 1
Totals 32 3 9 3
Washington 000 101 000280
Detroit 000 003 00x391
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Pascual  L(0-1) 5.2 8 3 3 4 5
  Stobbs   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy   2.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
5
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary  W(2-1) 9.0 8 2 2 2 6
  Narleski   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mossi   0.1 1 2 0 1 1
  Houtteman   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
16
7
5
6
12

  E–Fain (1).  DP–Washington 1. Runnels-Roig-Vernon, Detroit 1. Hatfield-Fain.  2B–Detroit Lary (1,off Pascual).  3B–Washington Busby (1,off Lary).  HR–Washington Vernon (3,6th inning off Lary 0 on 2 out), Detroit Boone (4,6th inning off Pascual 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–10.  SB–Busby (2,2nd base off Lary/House).  CS–Runnels (3,3rd base by Lary/House).  U-HP–Bill Grieve, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:41.  A–3,534.
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