Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Athletics
July 15, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Athletics 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

Baltimore Orioles 8, Kansas City Athletics 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Marsh 2b 4 1 1 1
Abrams rf 3 0 1 0
  Coan pr 0 1 0 0
  Causey 3b 0 0 0 0
Philley lf 5 1 2 2
Triandos 1b 5 1 1 1
Smith c 4 1 2 1
Pope cf,rf 4 1 1 1
Diering 3b,cf 4 1 1 0
Miranda ss 5 0 1 1
McDonald p 2 1 2 0
  Hale ph 1 0 1 1
  Wilson p 1 0 0 0
  Palica p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 13 8
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 4 2 1 0
Finigan 2b 3 1 1 1
Zernial lf 5 1 2 2
Simpson cf 4 1 1 0
Power 1b 4 0 1 2
Renna rf 4 0 1 0
Lopez 3b 4 0 0 0
Astroth c 2 0 0 0
  Valo ph 0 0 0 0
  Shantz B. c 0 0 0 0
Shantz B. p 2 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Sleater p 0 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph 1 0 0 0
  Portocarrero p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sain p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5
Baltimore 000 007 0018133
Kansas City 003 000 011571
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McDonald  W(3-3) 5.0 3 3 3 3 1
  Wilson   2.2 2 1 1 3 0
  Palica  SV(2) 1.1 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
7
2
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Shantz  L(4-7) 5.0 4 4 4 3 3
  Gorman   0.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Sleater   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Portocarrero   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Sain   1.0 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
4
5

  E–Philley (1), Diering (4), Miranda (23).  2B–Baltimore Philley 2 (8,off Bobby Shantz,off Portocarrero); Triandos (12,off Sain); Smith (10,off Sain)..  SF–Marsh (1,off Sleater).  HBP–Smith (1,by Portocarrero).  IBB–Pope (1,by Sain).  Team LOB–9.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:42.  A–4,946.
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