Washington Senators vs Detroit Tigers
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 Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators 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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Washington Senators 1, Detroit Tigers 7

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Plews 3b 3 0 1 0
Snyder ss 4 1 1 0
Runnels 2b 4 0 0 0
Paula lf 4 0 1 1
Sievers 1b 3 0 0 0
Lemon rf 4 0 2 0
Herzog cf 3 0 1 0
Berberet c 3 0 0 0
Griggs p 0 0 0 0
  Grob p 0 0 0 0
  Courtney ph 1 0 0 0
  Clevenger p 0 0 0 0
  Killebrew ph 1 0 0 0
  Ramos p 0 0 0 0
  Yost ph 1 0 0 0
  Chakales p 0 0 0 0
  Oravetz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 2 2 0
  Hicks pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Torgeson 1b 4 1 1 0
Kaline rf 4 2 1 0
Tuttle cf 4 1 1 4
Kennedy 3b 4 1 1 3
House c 3 0 0 0
Maxwell lf 3 0 1 0
Brideweser 2b 3 0 1 0
Trucks p 2 0 1 0
  Small pr 0 0 0 0
  Gromek p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
Washington 000 100 000162
Detroit 430 000 00x791
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Griggs  L(0-2) 1.0 3 4 4 3 1
  Grob   1.0 2 3 0 0 0
  Clevenger   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Ramos   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Chakales   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
4
5
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks   3.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Gromek  W(2-3) 6.0 4 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
4

  E–Snyder (6), Clevenger (1), Kennedy (2).  DP–Detroit 2. Brideweser-Kuenn-Torgeson, Kuenn-Brideweser-Torgeson.  2B–Washington Paula (1,off Gromek).  HR–Detroit Tuttle (5,1st inning off Griggs 3 on 0 out); Kennedy (1,2nd inning off Grob 2 on 2 out).  HBP–Plews (1,by Gromek); Kuenn (1,by Chakales).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  CS–Hicks (1,2nd base by Chakales/Berberet); Hicks (1,2nd base by Chakales/Berberet).  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Frank Tabacchi, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:15.  A–24,606.
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