Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
July 31, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1955 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 3, Baltimore Orioles 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf 4 0 2 0
Avila 2b 4 0 1 1
Wertz 1b 2 0 0 0
  Fain 1b 0 0 0 0
Rosen 3b 3 0 0 0
Doby cf 1 1 0 0
Woodling lf 3 1 0 0
Strickland ss 3 1 0 0
Hegan c 2 0 0 1
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
Feller p 3 0 0 0
  Mossi p 0 0 0 0
  Narleski p 0 0 0 0
  Naragon ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 3 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Causey 3b 3 0 1 0
Abrams cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Philley rf,lf 3 1 1 1
Dyck lf 3 1 2 2
  Dorish p 0 0 0 0
Hale 1b 4 0 1 1
Triandos c 4 0 0 0
Leppert 2b 3 0 0 0
Marsh ss 3 0 0 0
  Pope ph 1 0 0 0
  Miranda ss 0 0 0 0
Moore p 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 0 0 0 0
  Brown pr 0 1 0 0
  Diering cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Cleveland 030 000 000330
Baltimore 000 000 04x462
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Feller   7.1 3 2 2 4 1
  Mossi  L(2-2) 0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Narleski   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
5
1
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  W(6-8) 8.0 3 3 0 8 4
  Dorish  SV(4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
3
0
8
5

  E–Causey (7), Marsh (3).  2B–Cleveland Smith (21,off Moore), Baltimore Dyck 2 (4,off Feller,off Mossi).  SH–Strickland (11,off Moore).  SF–Hegan (6,off Moore).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:29.
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