Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Athletics
July 1, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics 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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Detroit Tigers 2, Kansas City Athletics 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 0 0 0
Tuttle cf 4 0 1 1
Kaline rf 2 1 0 0
Torgeson 1b 4 0 0 0
Boone 3b 4 0 0 0
Delsing lf 4 0 1 0
Wilson c 3 1 2 0
  Phillips B. pr 0 0 0 0
Hatfield 2b 4 0 2 0
Birrer p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips J. ph 1 0 0 0
  Cristante p 0 0 0 0
  Fain ph 0 0 0 0
  Bertoia pr 0 0 0 0
  Aber p 1 0 0 0
  House ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 1
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 4 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 2 1 0 0
Wilson lf 3 1 2 2
Simpson cf 4 0 3 0
Power 1b 4 0 0 0
Finigan 2b 3 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 3 0 0 0
Astroth c 3 1 1 1
Boyer p 3 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 3
Detroit 001 001 000261
Kansas City 210 000 00x361
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Birrer  L(1-1) 2.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Cristante   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Aber   4.0 1 0 0 2 4
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
4
4
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Boyer  W(4-1) 7.1 4 2 1 4 3
  Gorman  SV(8) 1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
4
4

  E–Torgeson (1), Lopez (6).  DP–Detroit 1. Wilson-Hatfield, Kansas City 1. Finigan-Power.  2B–Kansas City Wilson (11,off Cristante).  3B–Kansas City Simpson (3,off Birrer).  HR–Kansas City Wilson (11,1st inning off Birrer 1 on 1 out); Astroth (2,2nd inning off Birrer 0 on 1 out)..  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  CS–Slaughter (2,2nd base by Aber/Wilson).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–2:40.
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