Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Athletics
May 24, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 9, Kansas City Athletics 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 1 0 1 0
  Bertoia pr,ss 3 1 1 0
Tuttle cf 3 2 0 0
Kaline rf 5 1 2 4
Fain 1b 3 0 1 0
  Phillips B. pr 0 0 0 0
  Phillips J. 1b 0 0 0 0
Delsing lf 4 1 1 0
Hatfield 3b 5 1 0 0
Wilson c 5 2 2 1
Malmberg 2b 3 0 1 1
Gromek p 0 0 0 0
  Porter ph 1 1 1 0
  Zuverink p 0 0 0 0
  Flowers p 0 0 0 0
  Boone ph 1 0 1 1
  Miller pr 0 0 0 0
  Cristante p 0 0 0 0
  Foytack p 1 0 1 1
  Fletcher p 0 0 0 0
  Aber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 12 8
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 5 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 5 0 1 0
Valo lf 2 1 0 0
Wilson cf 4 1 0 0
Finigan 3b 4 3 2 1
Lopez 2b 2 0 1 0
  Zernial ph 1 1 1 3
  Suder 2b 0 0 0 0
  Simpson ph 0 0 0 0
  Astroth c 1 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 1 2
Shantz c 3 0 1 0
  Kryhoski ph 0 0 0 0
  Renna ph 1 0 1 0
  Sleater p 0 0 0 0
Ditmar p 1 0 0 0
  Sain p 0 0 0 0
  Gorman p 1 0 0 0
  Littrell ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Detroit 200 003 1309122
Kansas City 000 014 010680
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gromek   5.0 3 1 1 1 3
  Zuverink   0.2 2 4 4 2 0
  Flowers   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Cristante   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Foytack   0.1 0 1 1 3 1
  Fletcher   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Aber  W(3-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
6
5
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ditmar   5.1 4 5 5 4 1
  Sain  L(0-3) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Gorman   2.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Sleater   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
6
3

  E–Fain (3), Hatfield (7).  DP–Detroit 1. Tuttle-Malmberg, Kansas City 2. Power-DeMaestri-Ditmar, Slaughter-DeMaestri.  2B–Detroit Wilson (5,off Sain); Fain (5,off Gorman)., Kansas City Slaughter (1,off Cristante).  HR–Detroit Kaline (8,6th inning off Ditmar 2 on 1 out), Kansas City Zernial (11,6th inning off Zuverink 2 on 2 out).  SH–Bertoia (1,off Ditmar); Ditmar (1,off Gromek).  SF–Malmberg (1,off Gorman).  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:54.  A–18,217.
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