Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees
August 10, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 1956 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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 4, New York Yankees 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf,1b 5 1 3 1
Francona rf 5 1 0 0
Kell 3b 4 1 2 0
Nieman lf 4 1 3 3
Triandos 1b,c 3 0 1 0
Gardner 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Smith c 3 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Pyburn pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Miranda ss 3 0 0 0
  Hatton ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Moore p 3 0 0 0
  Loes p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 4 2 1 0
Martin 2b 4 1 2 0
Mantle cf 4 0 2 1
Berra c 3 1 1 1
Skowron 1b 4 1 2 1
Howard lf 2 0 0 0
  Collins ph,lf 2 0 1 1
Carey 3b 2 0 0 0
  McDermott ph 1 0 1 1
  Hunter ss 1 0 0 0
Coleman ss,3b 4 0 0 0
Ford p 1 0 0 0
  Siebern ph 1 0 0 0
  Sturdivant p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Baltimore 201 010 000491
New York 100 002 1015102
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Moore   6.1 7 4 4 4 1
  Loes  L(1-5) 2.1 3 1 0 0 3
Totals
8.2
10
5
4
4
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ford   7.0 8 4 4 0 6
  Sturdivant  W(10-6) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
7

  E–Francona (7), J. Coleman 2 (7).  DP–Baltimore 1. Smith-Kell, New York 1. Carey-Martin-Skowron.  2B–Baltimore Williams (12,off Ford), New York Mantle (16,off Moore).  HR–Baltimore Nieman (12,1st inning off Ford 1 on 2 out); Williams (8,5th inning off Ford 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Martin (6,off Moore).  Team–8.  SB–Pyburn (4,2nd base off Sturdivant/Berra).  CS–Collins (1,3rd base by Moore/Smith).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:45.  A–18,868.
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

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