Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Athletics
July 3, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 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 8, Kansas City Athletics 9

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 6 3 3 0
Tuttle cf 7 1 1 2
Kaline rf 6 3 4 3
Torgeson 1b 4 0 2 0
  Phillips J. ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Boone 3b 6 0 1 2
Delsing lf 1 0 0 0
  Phillips B. pr,lf 4 0 1 0
Wilson c 7 0 2 0
Hatfield 2b 6 0 1 0
  Malmberg ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Maas p 1 0 1 0
  Cristante p 0 0 0 0
  Fain ph 1 0 0 0
  Foytack p 1 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 1 1 0
  Birrer p 2 0 0 0
  Bertoia ph 1 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 0 0 0 0
Totals 57 8 17 7
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 7 1 2 0
Slaughter rf 3 1 1 0
  Renna rf,lf 3 0 1 1
Wilson lf,rf 6 2 1 2
Simpson cf 7 1 3 1
Power 1b 6 3 3 4
Finigan 2b 5 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 5 0 2 1
Astroth c 5 0 1 0
Raschi p 3 0 0 0
  Harrington p 0 0 0 0
  Ceccarelli p 0 0 0 0
  Sain p 1 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 1 0 0
  Sleater p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 9 14 9
Detroit 001 020 103 000 108171
Kansas City 204 000 010 000 119142
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Maas   2.0 6 6 6 2 1
  Cristante   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Foytack   5.0 2 1 1 2 4
  Birrer   5.0 3 1 0 1 3
  Zuverink  L(0-5) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
13.1
14
9
8
5
8
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Raschi   8.0 13 6 6 2 1
  Harrington   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Ceccarelli   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Sain   4.1 3 1 0 2 3
  Sleater  W(1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
14.0
17
8
7
5
5

  E–Kuenn (16), DeMaestri (14), Finigan (9).  DP–Detroit 1. Boone-Hatfield-Torgeson, Kansas City 3. Finigan-Power, Raschi-DeMaestri-Power, Lopez-Finigan-Power.  2B–Detroit Kuenn 2 (16,off Raschi,off Sain); Maxwell (1,off Raschi)., Kansas City DeMaestri (10,off Maas); Power (15,off Maas).  3B–Detroit Tuttle (4,off Harrington), Kansas City Simpson (4,off Maas).  HR–Detroit Kaline 2 (17,3rd inning off Raschi 0 on 1 out,7th inning off Raschi 0 on 2 out), Kansas City Wilson (12,3rd inning off Maas 1 on 0 out); Power 2 (10,8th inning off Foytack 0 on 0 out,14th inning off Zuverink 0 on 1 out).  SF–Boone (4,off Raschi); Power (3,off Maas).  IBB–Kaline (6,by Sain).  Team LOB–13.  SH–Raschi (2,off Foytack).  Team–10.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–3:58.  A–20,275.
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