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Kansas City Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
May 8, 1955 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1955 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Sunday, May 8, 1955 at Cleveland Stadium |
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| Kansas City |
2 | 3 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 12 | 1 |
| Cleveland |
0 | 0 | 3 | | 4 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 0 | x | – | 9 | 12 | 2 |
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| Kansas City Athletics |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Boyer |
2.2 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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Ditmar L(0-1) |
1.0 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
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Gray |
3.1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
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Fricano |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
8.0 |
12 |
9 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
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| Cleveland Indians |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Feller |
1.2 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
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Houtteman W(3-1) |
7.1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
12 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
E–DeMaestri (6), Smith 2 (2). DP–Kansas City 1. DeMaestri-Suder-Kryhoski, Cleveland 1. Houtteman-Avila-Rosen. 2B–Kansas City Finigan (7,off Feller); Suder (4,off Houtteman); Kryhoski (1,off Houtteman)., Cleveland Smith (6,off Cloyd Boyer); Majeski (2,off Cloyd Boyer); Kiner (4,off Cloyd Boyer).. HR–Kansas City Zernial (7,5th inning off Houtteman 0 on 0 out), Cleveland Smith 2 (5,4th inning off Ditmar 1 on 0 out,7th inning off Gray 1 on 1 out); Pope (4,4th inning off Ditmar 1 on 2 out).. SF–Zernial (5,off Feller); Rosen (3,off Cloyd Boyer). Team LOB–7. Team–9. CS–Renna (1,2nd base by Houtteman/Hegan). U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Red Flaherty. T–2:48. |
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| Game played on Sunday, May 8, 1955 at Cleveland Stadium |
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Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.
Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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