Cleveland Indians vs Washington Senators
June 14, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 14, 1955 at Griffith Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 3, Washington Senators 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf,lf 5 0 1 0
Avila 2b 4 1 0 0
Doby cf 3 1 1 1
Kiner lf 4 0 1 0
  Philley rf 0 0 0 0
Rosen 3b 4 0 2 1
Wertz 1b 5 1 2 0
Strickland ss 3 0 2 1
Hegan c 4 0 0 0
Score p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 2 1 1 0
Fitz Gerald c 3 0 1 0
Vernon 1b 5 0 0 0
Groth cf 4 0 0 1
Sievers lf 1 0 0 0
Runnels 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Umphlett rf 2 0 0 0
Kline ss 1 0 0 0
  Delis ph 1 0 0 0
  Schmitz p 0 0 0 0
  Oravetz ph 0 0 0 0
  Shea p 0 0 0 0
McDermott p 2 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 0 0 0 0
  Paula pr 0 0 0 0
  Roig ss 0 0 0 0
  Courtney ph 1 0 0 0
  Killebrew 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 1 2 1
Cleveland 001 100 100390
Washington 100 000 000122
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Score  W(7-4) 9.0 2 1 1 11 6
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
11
6
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
McDermott  L(5-6) 6.0 5 2 1 5 4
  Schmitz   2.0 3 1 1 2 1
  Shea   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
7
6

  E–Yost (6), Runnels (7).  DP–Cleveland 1. Score-Hegan-Wertz, Washington 1. Kline-Vernon.  2B–Cleveland Wertz (7,off McDermott); Strickland (5,off Schmitz)..  Team LOB–12.  SH–Fitz Gerald 2 (5,off Score 2).  SF–Groth (3,off Score).  HBP–Sievers (1,by Score).  Team–12.  CS–Strickland (1,Home by Schmitz/Fitz Gerald).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:44.  A–17,189.
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