Washington Senators vs Kansas City Athletics
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 Municipal Stadium. The Washington Senators 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Washington Senators 10, Kansas City Athletics 5

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 2 2 0
Herzog lf 4 1 2 2
Runnels 2b 5 2 2 3
Sievers 1b 3 2 3 5
Lemon rf 5 0 2 0
Berberet c 4 1 1 0
Olson cf 4 1 1 0
Valdivielso ss 5 0 1 0
Stewart p 4 1 1 0
Totals 38 10 15 10
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 4 1 2 1
Robinson 1b 4 0 0 0
Power lf 5 1 3 0
Simpson rf 5 1 1 2
Groth cf 4 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 3 1 2 1
Thompson c 3 1 1 0
Boyer 2b 3 0 0 0
Santiago p 0 0 0 0
  Crimian p 0 0 0 0
  Pless ph 1 0 1 1
  Harrington p 1 0 0 0
  Skizas ph 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Zernial ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Washington 432 100 00010150
Kansas City 022 000 0015100
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W(3-2) 9.0 10 5 5 5 5
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
5
5
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Santiago  L(0-2) 0.0 5 4 4 0 0
  Crimian   2.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Harrington   4.0 5 3 3 4 0
  Gorman   3.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
5
0

  E–None.  DP–Washington 2. Yost-Runnels, Valdivielso-Runnels-Sievers, Kansas City 4. Crimian-Boyer-Robinson, Simpson-DeMaestri-Robinson, Harrington-DeMaestri-Boyer, Boyer-Robinson.  PB–Berberet (2).  2B–Washington Yost (12,off Crimian), Kansas City Power (7,off Stewart).  3B–Washington Lemon (5,off Santiago), Kansas City Power (2,off Stewart).  HR–Washington Sievers 2 (17,1st inning off Santiago 2 on 0 out,4th inning off Harrington 0 on 0 out), Kansas City Lopez (11,2nd inning off Stewart 0 on 0 out); Simpson (10,3rd inning off Stewart 1 on 0 out); DeMaestri (1,9th inning off Stewart 0 on 1 out)..  HBP–Olson (1,by Gorman).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:32.  A–8,829.
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