New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
August 18, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1956 at Memorial 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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New York Yankees 6, Baltimore Orioles 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald ss 3 0 2 1
Martin 2b 4 0 1 1
Mantle cf 5 0 2 1
Berra c 5 1 1 1
Skowron 1b 4 0 1 0
Siebern lf 3 0 0 0
Howard rf 4 1 1 0
Hunter 3b 3 2 1 1
Turley p 3 2 1 1
Totals 34 6 10 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf,2b 3 0 0 0
Boyd 1b 5 0 1 0
Francona rf,cf 4 1 0 0
Nieman lf 3 0 1 0
Triandos c 2 0 0 0
Hatton 3b 3 0 0 0
Gardner 2b,ss 4 0 2 1
Miranda ss 2 0 0 0
  Frazier ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Palica p 2 0 1 0
  Causey ph 1 1 1 1
  Zuverink p 0 0 0 0
  Kell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
New York 040 000 2006100
Baltimore 000 001 100262
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Turley  W(7-2) 9.0 6 2 2 7 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
7
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palica  L(3-10) 7.0 8 6 6 3 3
  Zuverink   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
3
4

  E–Nieman (4), Palica (2).  DP–New York 1. Hunter-Martin-Skowron, Baltimore 2. Gardner-Miranda-Boyd, Palica-Miranda-Boyd.  2B–New York Turley (2,off Palica), Baltimore Boyd (6,off Turley).  3B–New York Howard (2,off Palica); Skowron (4,off Palica).  HR–New York Berra (22,2nd inning off Palica 0 on 0 out), Baltimore Causey (1,7th inning off Turley 0 on 0 out).  SH–Turley (3,off Palica); McDougald (5,off Palica).  SF–Martin (4,off Palica).  Team LOB–7.  Team–10.  U-HP–Frank Tabacchi, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:37.  A–27,425.
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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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