Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
September 8, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1955 at Memorial Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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, Baltimore Orioles 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf 5 1 1 0
Avila 2b 5 0 1 0
Woodling lf 4 1 0 0
Doby cf 5 1 3 1
Rosen 1b,3b 4 1 1 2
Regalado 3b 3 0 1 0
  Altobelli 1b 1 0 0 0
Naragon c 1 0 0 0
  Hegan pr,c 1 1 0 0
Strickland ss 4 0 1 1
Houtteman p 1 0 0 0
  Maglie p 2 0 0 1
  Mossi p 0 0 0 0
  Narleski p 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 5 9 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Causey 3b 5 0 1 0
Pope cf 5 1 2 1
Dyck lf 4 0 0 0
Hale 1b 5 0 3 1
Philley rf 5 0 0 0
Smith c 3 0 1 0
  Brown pr 0 1 0 0
  Gastall c 2 0 0 0
Miranda ss 3 0 1 1
  Triandos ph 1 0 0 0
  Diering ss 0 0 0 0
Leppert 2b 4 0 1 0
Palica p 2 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Dorish p 0 0 0 0
  Abrams ph 0 1 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 9 3
Cleveland 200 001 000 2591
Baltimore 100 001 001 0392
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Houtteman   2.2 5 1 1 0 1
  Maglie   4.1 2 1 1 1 3
  Mossi   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Narleski  W(9-0) 2.1 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
10.0
9
3
3
2
8
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palica   7.0 6 3 0 5 4
  Dorish   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Gray  L(1-2) 0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Zuverink   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
9
5
2
7
4

  E–Rosen (17).  2B–Cleveland Rosen (13,off Palica); Regalado (1,off Palica).  HR–Cleveland Doby (26,10th inning off Gray 0 on 0 out).  SH–Altobelli (3,off Zuverink).  SF–Maglie (2,off Palica).  IBB–Hegan (5,by Zuverink).  Team LOB–11.  SB–Naragon (1,2nd base off Palica/Smith); Strickland (1,3rd base off Zuverink/Gastall).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:53.  A–3,819.
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