Boston Red Sox vs Washington Senators
August 19, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1955 at Griffith Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators 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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Boston Red Sox 8, Washington Senators 0

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 5 1 2 0
  Joost 2b 0 0 0 0
Klaus ss 5 1 3 0
Williams lf 3 1 1 1
  Stephens lf 0 1 0 0
Jensen rf 4 1 0 0
Zauchin 1b 5 0 2 2
White c 4 1 2 2
Hatton 3b 4 0 1 0
Piersall cf 5 1 1 0
Sullivan p 3 1 1 0
Totals 38 8 13 5
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 0 1 0
Oravetz rf 4 0 1 0
Runnels 2b 4 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 4 0 1 0
Sievers lf 3 0 0 0
Courtney c 4 0 3 0
Groth cf 4 0 0 0
Valdivielso ss 3 0 0 0
Porterfield p 2 0 0 0
  Chakales p 0 0 0 0
  Snyder ph 1 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Paula ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 0 6 0
Boston 000 001 4308132
Washington 000 000 000061
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sullivan  W(15-11) 9.0 6 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
4
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Porterfield  L(9-15) 6.1 11 5 5 3 1
  Chakales   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Stone   2.0 2 3 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
6
4
1

  E–Goodman (17), Zauchin (5).  DP–Boston 1. Joost-Zauchin.  2B–Boston Klaus (21,off Porterfield); Williams (15,off Porterfield)..  HR–Boston White (8,6th inning off Porterfield 0 on 2 out).  SH–F. Sullivan (8,off Stone).  SF–White (3,off Chakales).  IBB–Jensen (6,by Porterfield).  Team LOB–9.  CS–White (1,2nd base by Porterfield/Courtney).  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:27.  A–12,020.
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