New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
June 19, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1956 at Briggs Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 5, Detroit Tigers 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald ss 4 0 2 0
Siebern lf 4 0 0 0
Mantle cf 4 0 1 0
Berra c 5 1 2 0
Skowron 1b 4 1 1 0
Noren rf 3 1 2 1
  Bauer ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Carey 3b 3 1 1 1
Coleman 2b 2 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 1 1
  Martin pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Grim p 1 0 0 0
  Byrne p 3 1 1 2
  Sturdivant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bolling 2b 4 0 1 0
Belardi 1b 5 0 2 0
  Torgeson pr 0 0 0 0
Kaline rf 5 0 0 0
Maxwell lf 3 2 3 0
Boone 3b 2 1 1 0
House c 3 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
  Porter c 0 0 0 0
Tuttle cf 3 0 1 1
Brideweser ss 4 0 2 2
Lary p 3 0 0 0
  Aber p 0 0 0 0
  Kuenn ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
New York 000 000 3115110
Detroit 020 001 0003102
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Grim   2.2 5 2 2 2 1
  Byrne  W(3-1) 6.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Sturdivant  SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
4
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary  L(4-7) 8.0 11 5 4 3 4
  Aber   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
5
4

  E–Tuttle 2 (5).  DP–New York 2. J. Coleman-McDougald-Skowron, McDougald-J. Coleman-Skowron.  2B–New York McDougald (8,off Lary); Berra 2 (12,off Lary 2), Detroit Maxwell (8,off Byrne).  HR–New York Byrne (2,9th inning off Lary 0 on 0 out).  SH–Siebern (1,off Aber).  IBB–Noren (1,by Lary); Skowron (2,by Aber)..  Team LOB–10.  HBP–Bolling (1,by Grim).  Team–9.  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:48.  A–13,305.
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