Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Athletics
June 16, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1956 at Municipal Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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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Baltimore Orioles 6, Kansas City Athletics 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Gardner 2b 5 0 1 0
Hale 1b 5 0 1 0
  Francona pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Kell 3b 4 1 1 0
Nieman lf 4 1 2 2
  Pyburn pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Evers cf,lf 4 1 2 1
Nelson rf 2 1 0 0
  Diering cf 0 0 0 0
Smith c 4 1 2 1
Miranda ss 3 0 0 0
Johnson p 4 0 3 2
Totals 36 6 12 6
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b,2b 4 0 2 1
Lopez 3b 4 1 1 0
Slaughter lf 3 0 0 0
Simpson rf 4 0 1 0
Thompson c 4 0 1 1
Groth cf 4 0 1 0
Finigan 2b 2 1 1 0
  Robinson ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Baxes ss 3 0 0 0
Crimian p 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 1 0 0 0
  Zernial ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrington p 0 0 0 0
  Ginsberg ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Baltimore 000 300 1206122
Kansas City 000 110 000271
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W(2-3) 9.0 7 2 2 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
4
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Crimian  L(0-4) 4.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Gorman   3.0 4 1 1 0 1
  Harrington   2.0 4 2 2 3 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
4
2

  E–Miranda 2 (11), Robinson (1).  DP–Baltimore 1. Miranda-Gardner-Hale, Kansas City 1. Baxes-Power-Robinson.  2B–Baltimore Smith (8,off Gorman), Kansas City Lopez (8,off Johnson); Finigan (6,off Johnson).  HR–Baltimore Nieman (6,4th inning off Crimian 1 on 1 out); Evers (1,4th inning off Crimian 0 on 1 out)..  IBB–Miranda (2,by Harrington).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  CS–Gardner (2,2nd base by Crimian/Thompson).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:26.  A–12,487.
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