Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
July 4, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1955 at Yankee Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 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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Boston Red Sox 4, New York Yankees 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 2 1 1 0
Klaus ss 5 0 2 0
Williams lf 4 1 2 1
  Stephens pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Jensen rf 5 0 0 1
Zauchin 1b 5 0 0 0
White c 4 1 1 0
Hatton 3b 3 1 0 0
Piersall cf 4 0 2 0
Nixon p 2 0 1 2
  Throneberry ph 1 0 0 0
  Delock p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald 2b 5 0 1 0
Collins rf 4 1 2 0
Mantle cf 3 1 1 0
Berra c 4 0 2 2
Skowron 1b 4 0 1 0
Noren lf 4 0 0 0
Carey 3b 4 0 1 0
Hunter ss 1 0 0 0
  Cerv ph 1 0 0 0
  Rizzuto ss 1 0 1 0
  Byrne ph 1 0 0 0
Turley p 2 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Konstanty p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
Boston 100 210 000490
New York 000 200 000291
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nixon  W(7-5) 5.0 5 2 2 0 3
  Delock  SV(1) 4.0 4 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Turley  L(10-7) 7.0 7 4 4 5 9
  Konstanty   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
6
10

  E–Turley (3).  2B–Boston Williams (9,off Turley), New York Collins (4,off Nixon); Mantle (15,off Nixon)..  3B–New York Rizzuto (1,off Delock).  HR–Boston Williams (10,5th inning off Turley 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–11.  Team–8.  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Bill Grieve.  T–2:54.
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