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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 5, Kansas City Athletics 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 1 1 0
Tuttle cf 5 1 3 0
Kaline rf 5 0 2 1
Torgeson 1b 4 1 2 1
Boone 3b 4 1 2 1
Delsing lf 4 1 2 0
House c 4 0 2 2
Hatfield 2b 4 0 0 0
Garver p 2 0 0 0
  Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
  Cristante p 0 0 0 0
  Fain ph 1 0 0 0
  Birrer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 14 5
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 5 1 3 1
Slaughter rf 3 0 0 0
  Sain p 0 0 0 0
  Valo ph 0 1 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
Wilson lf 3 1 1 3
Simpson cf 4 1 2 1
Power 1b 3 1 1 1
Finigan 2b 4 1 2 1
Lopez 3b 4 0 0 0
Shantz c 4 0 0 0
Herbert p 0 0 0 0
  Ceccarelli p 2 0 0 0
  Renna rf 2 1 1 0
Totals 34 7 10 7
Detroit 011 002 1005141
Kansas City 000 000 70x7100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Garver  L(5-9) 6.2 8 6 6 2 0
  Hoeft   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Cristante   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Birrer   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
3
0
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Ceccarelli   5.0 8 4 4 1 2
  Sain   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Gorman  W(3-1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
1
3

  E–Tuttle (5).  DP–Kansas City 3. Finigan-DeMaestri-Power, DeMaestri-Finigan-Power, DeMaestri-Power.  PB–House (2).  2B–Detroit Delsing (11,off Ceccarelli), Kansas City Wilson (12,off Garver).  3B–Detroit House (1,off Ceccarelli).  HR–Detroit Boone (9,2nd inning off Ceccarelli 0 on 0 out), Kansas City Power (8,7th inning off Garver 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  Team–6.  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:12.  A–18,770.
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