Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
May 7, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1955 at Comiskey Park I. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox 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 7, Chicago White Sox 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 2 4 2
Tuttle cf 5 0 2 1
Kaline rf 5 2 4 1
Fain 1b 2 1 1 0
Boone 3b 5 0 2 3
Porter lf 2 0 0 0
  Delsing ph,lf 3 0 0 0
Wilson c 5 0 0 0
Malmberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Gromek p 3 2 2 0
Totals 39 7 15 7
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 3 0 0 1
Fox 2b 4 0 1 0
Minoso lf 4 0 0 0
Nieman rf 4 0 2 0
Rivera cf 4 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 0 0
Lollar c 3 0 1 0
  Courtney c 0 0 0 0
Stephens 3b 3 1 0 0
Pierce p 1 0 0 0
  Chakales p 0 0 0 0
  Cavarretta ph 1 0 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
  Dorish p 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Detroit 000 120 2207151
Chicago 000 000 010151
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gromek  W(5-1) 9.0 5 1 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
0
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce  L(2-1) 4.1 8 3 3 2 2
  Chakales   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Gray   1.1 6 4 4 1 0
  Dorish   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
3
3

  E–Boone (5), Rivera (2).  DP–Chicago 2. Carrasquel-Fox-Dropo, Fox-Carrasquel-Dropo.  2B–Detroit Kuenn (7,off Gray), Chicago Nieman (2,off Gromek).  3B–Detroit Kuenn (1,off Pierce); Boone (1,off Gray)..  SH–Fain (1,off Pierce).  IBB–Fain (1,by Pierce).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Carrasquel (1,off Gromek).  Team–5.  SB–Kaline (4,2nd base off Pierce/Lollar).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Bill Grieve.  T–2:12.  A–3,917.
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