Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Athletics
August 9, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The Chicago White Sox 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)
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Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Athletics 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Minoso lf 4 0 1 2
Fox 2b 5 0 0 0
Nieman rf 4 0 1 0
  Rivera rf 0 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 1 0
Kennedy 3b 3 0 0 0
Carrasquel ss 4 1 1 0
Busby cf 3 1 0 0
Lollar c 3 1 2 1
Pierce p 2 1 1 1
Totals 32 4 7 4
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 4 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 4 0 0 0
Renna rf 3 0 0 0
Zernial lf 4 0 0 0
Wilson cf 4 1 2 1
Finigan 2b 2 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 2 0 0 0
Shantz B. c 3 0 0 0
Shantz B. p 1 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph 1 0 0 0
  Ditmar p 0 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrington p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 2 1
Chicago 030 000 001–470
Kansas City 000 000 001–121
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce  W(8-8) 9.0 2 1 1 4 5
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
4
5
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Shantz  L(4-10) 5.0 6 3 3 2 1
  Ditmar   3.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Harrington   1.0 1 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
3
3
  E–Lopez (14).  3B–Chicago Minoso (4,off Bobby Shantz).  SH–Pierce 2 (5,off Bobby Shantz,off Harrington); Busby (8,off Harrington)..  Team LOB–7.  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Bill Grieve, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:25.  A–24,383.
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