Washington Senators vs Detroit Tigers
July 29, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 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 0, Detroit Tigers 6

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 0 0 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 0 3 0
Runnels 1b 3 0 1 0
Sievers lf 2 0 0 0
Lemon rf 4 0 0 0
Valdivielso ss 4 0 1 0
Olson cf 4 0 1 0
Roig 2b 3 0 0 0
Stewart p 2 0 0 0
  Oravetz ph 1 0 0 0
  Griggs p 0 0 0 0
  Courtney ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 1 2 1
  Brideweser ss 0 0 0 0
Phillips 1b 3 1 1 0
  Belardi ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Maxwell lf 4 1 1 0
Kaline cf 3 0 1 1
Boone 3b 3 1 1 1
Kennedy rf 4 0 2 0
  Small pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 2 1 1 0
Wilson c 3 1 1 3
Hoeft p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 10 6
Washington 000 000 000060
Detroit 201 003 00x6100
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  L(4-4) 6.0 9 6 6 3 2
  Griggs   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
4
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  W(12-9) 9.0 6 0 0 4 12
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
4
12

  E–None.  DP–Washington 1. Stewart-Valdivielso-Runnels.  2B–Washington Fitz Gerald (4,off Hoeft); Valdivielso (6,off Hoeft), Detroit Kennedy (5,off Griggs).  HR–Detroit Kuenn (10,3rd inning off Stewart 0 on 0 out); Wilson (3,6th inning off Stewart 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Boone (3,off Stewart).  IBB–Wilson (4,by Stewart).  Team–5.  CS–Olson (2,2nd base by Hoeft/Wilson).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Frank Tabacchi, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:20.
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