Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
May 22, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1955 at Briggs 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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Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 0

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith 3b 3 3 2 0
Avila 2b 4 1 2 0
Pope lf 4 0 2 1
  Kiner ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Doby cf 4 0 1 2
Wertz 1b 5 0 1 0
Philley rf 5 0 0 0
Dente ss 2 0 1 0
Hegan c 3 0 0 0
Wynn p 4 0 1 0
Totals 34 4 10 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 0 0
Tuttle cf 3 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Fain 1b 3 0 0 0
Delsing lf 3 0 0 0
Hatfield 3b 3 0 1 0
Wilson c 2 0 0 0
Malmberg 2b 1 0 0 0
  Boone ph 1 0 0 0
  Bertoia 2b 0 0 0 0
Garver p 2 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Fletcher p 0 0 0 0
  Aber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 1 0
Cleveland 002 000 1014100
Detroit 000 000 000011
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  W(4-1) 9.0 1 0 0 4 4
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
4
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Garver  L(3-6) 8.0 8 3 3 4 3
  Fletcher   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Aber   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
5
4

  E–Hatfield (6).  DP–Cleveland 1. Dente-Avila-Wertz, Detroit 1. Hatfield-Malmberg-Fain.  2B–Cleveland Pope (5,off Garver); Avila (7,off Fletcher)..  SH–Dente (1,off Garver); Avila (5,off Garver)..  SF–Doby (2,off Garver).  Team LOB–11.  Team–4.  SB–Doby (1,2nd base off Aber/Wilson).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Bill Grieve.  T–2:21.  A–35,743.
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