Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
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 Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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, Cleveland Indians 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 1 2 0
Tuttle cf 4 1 1 0
Kaline rf 4 1 1 1
Fain 1b 3 1 2 2
  Bertoia pr 0 0 0 0
Boone 3b 3 0 0 0
Maxwell lf 1 0 0 0
  Phillips ph,lf 3 0 1 2
House c 3 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
Malmberg 2b 3 0 0 0
Gromek p 2 1 0 0
  Birrer p 0 0 0 0
  Aber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Woodling lf 2 1 1 1
Young 2b 4 1 1 2
Smith rf 4 0 1 1
Doby cf 4 3 3 2
Rosen 3b 4 1 2 2
Altobelli 1b 4 0 0 0
Strickland ss 4 1 1 0
Naragon c 3 1 1 0
Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Wight p 0 0 0 0
  Locklin ph 1 0 0 0
  Mossi p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 10 8
Detroit 005 000 000570
Cleveland 011 102 30x8100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gromek  L(8-5) 6.2 9 8 8 0 3
  Birrer   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Aber   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
0
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia   2.1 4 5 5 3 2
  Wight   2.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Mossi  W(2-1) 4.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1. Young-Strickland-Altobelli.  2B–Detroit Fain (8,off Garcia), Cleveland Naragon (3,off Gromek).  3B–Cleveland Young (1,off Gromek).  HR–Cleveland Doby 2 (10,2nd inning off Gromek 0 on 0 out,4th inning off Gromek 0 on 1 out); Rosen (10,6th inning off Gromek 1 on 2 out)..  Team LOB–2.  SH–Wight (1,off Gromek).  SF–Woodling (4,off Gromek).  HBP–Woodling (2,by Gromek).  Team–2.  CS–Woodling (4,2nd base by Gromek/House).  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:06.  A–26,153.
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