Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Athletics
September 18, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Chicago White 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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Chicago White Sox 1, Kansas City Athletics 8

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 4 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 0 1 0
Minoso lf 3 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 3 0 0 0
  Jackson ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Rivera rf 3 1 1 0
Kell 3b 4 0 2 0
Lollar c 2 0 1 0
  Battey c 1 0 0 0
Busby cf 4 0 1 1
Donovan p 2 0 2 0
  Consuegra p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 8 1
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 4 2 1 0
Saffell cf 3 1 1 1
Zernial lf 4 1 1 5
Lopez 3b 4 0 0 0
Simpson rf 3 0 0 0
  Slaughter rf 1 0 0 0
Finigan 2b 4 1 1 0
Schypinski ss 3 1 1 1
  George ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Astroth c 2 2 2 0
Ditmar p 1 0 0 1
Totals 30 8 7 8
Chicago 010 000 000183
Kansas City 004 000 40x871
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan  L(14-9) 6.1 6 8 3 2 3
  Consuegra   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
8
3
2
5
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia  L(11-13) 5.2 3 4 4 6 0
  Narleski   0.0 4 3 3 1 0
  Houtteman   1.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Aguirre   2.0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
19
11
10
10
8

  E–Fox 2 (23), Consuegra (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Fox-Jackson.  2B–Chicago Kell (23,off Ditmar).  SH–Lollar (4,off Ditmar).  HBP–Donovan (3,by Ditmar).  Team LOB–7.  CS–Minoso (8,2nd base by Ditmar/Astroth).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:08.  A–31,034.
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