Cleveland Indians vs Washington Senators
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 Griffith Stadium. The Washington Senators 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 5, Washington Senators 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 4 1 2 1
Woodling lf 4 0 1 0
Smith rf 5 1 1 1
Rosen 3b 4 0 1 1
Wertz 1b 4 0 0 0
Doby cf 4 0 1 1
Strickland ss 2 0 0 0
  Dente ss 2 1 1 0
Hegan c 1 0 0 0
  Feller p 0 0 0 0
  Evers ph 0 0 0 0
  Mossi p 0 0 0 0
  Kiner ph 0 1 0 0
Maglie p 0 0 0 0
  Santiago p 0 0 0 0
  Foiles ph,c 3 1 2 1
Totals 33 5 9 5
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 1 0 0
Oravetz rf 5 2 3 1
Vernon 1b 3 1 1 1
Sievers lf 4 1 2 1
Runnels 2b 3 1 1 1
Courtney c 4 0 2 1
Umphlett cf 4 0 0 1
Valdivielso ss 4 1 2 0
Stone p 2 0 0 0
  Chakales p 0 0 0 0
  Stobbs p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 6
Cleveland 000 000 005–592
Washington 410 200 00x–7110
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie  L(0-1) 2.0 6 5 3 1 1
  Santiago   2.0 3 2 1 0 0
  Feller   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Mossi   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
4
2
3
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W(6-11) 8.0 6 3 3 8 5
  Chakales   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Stobbs  SV(3) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
9
5
  E–Smith (11), Rosen (12).  2B–Cleveland Dente (3,off Stone); Foiles (9,off Stone)..  Team LOB–10.  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:40.  A–9,153.
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