New York Yankees vs Kansas City Athletics
May 20, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1956 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."

"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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New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Athletics 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 4 1 1 1
Martin 2b 3 0 0 0
Collins lf,1b 3 0 0 0
Mantle cf 3 0 1 0
Robinson 1b 4 0 0 0
  Cerv lf 0 0 0 0
Howard c 4 1 1 0
McDougald ss 3 1 1 0
Carey 3b 3 1 2 3
Kucks p 4 0 0 0
  Grim p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 3 0 1 0
Lopez cf 4 0 0 0
Zernial lf 4 0 0 0
Simpson 1b 4 0 1 0
Slaughter rf 4 1 1 0
Finigan 3b 4 1 2 0
Ginsberg c 4 0 2 2
Jacobs 2b 3 0 0 0
  Pless ph 1 0 0 0
Crimian p 2 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Burtschy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
New York 001 001 200460
Kansas City 000 000 002270
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kucks  W(4-2) 8.2 7 2 2 1 2
  Grim   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
3
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Crimian  L(0-2) 8.0 5 4 4 4 3
  Burtschy   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
5
4

  E–None.  DP–New York 1. DeMaestri-Simpson, Kansas City 1. DeMaestri-Simpson.  2B–New York Carey (3,off Crimian); Howard (2,off Crimian)., Kansas City Simpson (5,off Kucks); Finigan (2,off Kucks)..  HR–New York Bauer (8,6th inning off Crimian 0 on 1 out); Carey (1,7th inning off Crimian 1 on 1 out)..  Team LOB–5.  Team–6.  SB–Carey (2,2nd base off Burtschy/Ginsberg).  CS–McDougald (3,2nd base by Burtschy/Ginsberg).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–2:16.  A–32,457.
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