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New York Yankees vs Kansas City Athletics
August 31, 1955 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Wednesday, August 31, 1955 at Municipal Stadium |
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| New York |
0 | 1 | 4 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | 11 | 17 | 0 |
| Kansas City |
1 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | 10 | 1 |
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| New York Yankees |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Byrne W(13-4) |
8.0 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
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Larsen SV(2) |
1.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
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| Kansas City Athletics |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Portocarrero L(5-7) |
5.0 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
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Gorman |
3.0 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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Boyer |
1.0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
17 |
11 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
E–None. DP–New York 2. Byrne-McDougald-Collins, Byrne-McDougald-Collins. 2B–New York Carey (19,off Portocarrero); Collins (9,off Portocarrero). 3B–New York Mantle (10,off Gorman). HR–New York Noren (7,3rd inning off Portocarrero 1 on 2 out); McDougald (11,8th inning off Gorman 0 on 2 out); Mantle (35,9th inning off Cloyd Boyer 0 on 0 out).. Team LOB–8. CS–Collins (3,2nd base by Portocarrero/Billy Shantz). U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Red Flaherty. T–2:56. A–32,690. |
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| Game played on Wednesday, August 31, 1955 at Municipal Stadium |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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