Chicago White Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
August 5, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1955 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 1, Baltimore Orioles 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Minoso lf 4 1 1 0
Fox 2b 5 0 1 0
Kell 3b,1b 5 0 1 1
Dropo 1b 4 0 2 0
  Adams pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Rivera rf 4 0 1 0
Carrasquel ss 4 0 0 0
Busby cf 3 0 0 0
Moss c 2 0 0 0
  Nieman ph 0 0 0 0
  Lollar c 1 0 1 0
Byrd p 3 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 7 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Causey 3b 4 0 2 0
Abrams cf 5 0 2 0
  Diering pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Philley lf 5 1 1 0
Hale 1b 4 0 1 0
  Triandos 1b 1 0 1 0
  Brown pr 0 1 0 0
Pope rf 4 0 0 1
Smith c 5 0 1 0
Leppert 2b 3 0 0 0
  Dyck ph 1 0 0 0
  Marsh 2b 0 0 0 0
Miranda ss 5 0 1 0
Wilson p 4 0 0 0
Totals 41 2 9 1
Chicago 100 000 000 00173
Baltimore 000 100 000 01291
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd  L(6-5) 10.0 9 2 1 2 7
  Howell   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.1
9
2
1
3
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W(8-12) 11.0 7 1 1 3 5
  Jackson  L(5-9) 2.1 3 3 2 2 0
  LaPalme   0.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Lawrence   0.1 0 0 0 3 0
  Wooldridge   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
15.0
18
8
5
8
7

  E–Fox (12), Dropo (6), Howell (3).  DP–Chicago 1. Carrasquel-Fox-Dropo.  SH–Carrasquel (3,off Wilson); Rivera (8,off Wilson); Byrd (6,off Wilson)..  IBB–Nieman (1,by Wilson).  Team LOB–8.  SB–Rivera (18,2nd base off Wilson/Smith); Nieman (1,2nd base off Wilson/Smith).  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–3:01.  A–12,159.
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