Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Athletics
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 Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox 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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Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City Athletics 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Busby cf 4 1 0 0
Fox 2b 4 0 1 0
Kell 3b 4 0 1 2
Nieman lf 3 0 0 0
  Minoso lf 1 0 1 0
Rivera rf 3 1 2 0
Dropo 1b 3 0 0 0
  Lollar ph,c 1 0 0 0
Carrasquel ss 3 0 0 0
Moss c 3 0 1 0
  Jackson 1b 0 0 0 0
Byrd p 2 1 1 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
  Consuegra p 0 0 0 0
  Brideweser ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 2
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 4 1 2 1
Valo lf 3 0 3 0
  Wilson lf 0 0 0 0
Renna rf 4 0 0 0
Simpson cf 3 0 0 0
Power 1b 4 2 1 0
Finigan 2b 3 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 3 1 2 3
Shantz c 4 0 0 0
Ditmar p 4 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Chicago 002 100 000372
Kansas City 001 002 01x481
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd   6.0 6 3 3 3 6
  Consuegra  L(5-4) 2.0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
3
3
7
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ditmar  W(4-5) 8.0 7 3 3 4 4
  Gorman  SV(9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
4

  E–Jackson (2), Byrd (1), Billy Shantz (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Rivera-Dropo.  2B–Kansas City Valo (8,off Byrd); DeMaestri (11,off Byrd).  HR–Kansas City DeMaestri (2,3rd inning off Byrd 0 on 1 out); Lopez (2,6th inning off Byrd 1 on 1 out)..  SH–Fox (5,off Ditmar); Brideweser (1,off Gorman).; Finigan (4,off Consuegra).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  SB–Rivera (12,2nd base off Ditmar/Billy Shantz).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:32.  A–30,202.
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