Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
September 16, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1955 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 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 4, New York Yankees 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 2 0 1 0
  Williams ph 0 0 0 0
  Bolling pr 0 0 0 0
  Joost 2b 1 0 0 0
Klaus ss 4 0 0 0
Olson lf 5 0 0 0
Jensen rf 5 2 2 0
Zauchin 1b 5 1 2 0
White c 4 1 1 1
Hatton 3b 3 0 0 0
Piersall cf 4 0 3 1
Sullivan p 1 0 0 0
  Consolo ph 1 0 1 0
  Hurd p 0 0 0 0
  Throneberry ph 1 0 1 1
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 5 1 2 1
McDougald 3b 5 0 0 0
Berra c 5 2 2 2
Mantle cf 1 0 1 0
  Howard pr,lf 3 1 0 0
Collins 1b 4 0 2 0
Noren lf,cf 3 0 0 0
Martin 2b 4 1 2 1
Rizzuto ss 1 0 1 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Coleman ss 0 0 0 0
Ford p 1 0 0 0
  Konstanty p 0 0 0 0
  Skowron ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 4
Boston 000 001 0304111
New York 010 110 0025101
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sullivan   6.0 7 3 2 3 1
  Hurd   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kinder  L(5-5) 1.2 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.2
10
5
4
3
1
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ford   7.2 10 4 3 3 5
  Konstanty  W(7-2) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
3
4
5

  E–Piersall (3).  2B–Boston Throneberry (6,off Konstanty).  SH–F. Sullivan (12,off Ford).  Team LOB–10.  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–2:52.  A–50,987.
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