Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Athletics
September 4, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 17, Kansas City Athletics 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 7 3 2 2
Tuttle cf 5 2 3 2
Phillips rf 5 1 2 2
Torgeson 1b 4 2 3 0
Boone 3b 4 1 3 5
  Bertoia 3b 1 0 0 0
Delsing lf 5 0 1 0
  Small lf 1 0 0 0
House c 6 2 2 1
Hatfield 2b 5 3 2 0
Garver p 4 3 2 1
Totals 47 17 20 13
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 4 0 1 1
Simpson cf 4 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 4 0 1 0
Valo lf 4 0 1 0
Lopez 3b 4 0 0 0
Finigan 2b 3 0 2 0
  Boyer pr,2b 1 0 1 0
Schypinski ss 4 0 0 0
Astroth c 3 1 0 0
Raschi p 0 0 0 0
  Craddock p 1 0 0 0
  Kume p 1 0 1 0
  Harrington p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Detroit 127 140 20017202
Kansas City 000 010 000173
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Garver  W(12-13) 9.0 7 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
3
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Raschi  L(4-6) 2.2 7 7 5 2 0
  Craddock   1.2 7 7 7 3 1
  Kume   2.1 6 3 3 3 0
  Harrington   2.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
20
17
15
8
1

  E–Garver 2 (4).  DP–Detroit 2. Kuenn-Hatfield-Torgeson, Bertoia-Hatfield-Torgeson.  2B–Detroit Boone (15,off Craddock); Hatfield (13,off Kume).  HR–Detroit Garver (1,2nd inning off Raschi 0 on 1 out); Boone (18,5th inning off Craddock 1 on 0 out); House (14,5th inning off Craddock 0 on 1 out)..  SH–Garver (3,off Craddock).  Team LOB–12.  SB–B. Phillips (1,2nd base off Raschi/Astroth).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Eddie Rommel, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:40.  A–22,772.
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