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Kansas City Athletics vs Washington Senators
August 24, 1956 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1956 at Griffith Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Friday, August 24, 1956 at Griffith Stadium |
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| Kansas City |
2 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | 8 | 10 | 1 |
| Washington |
0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 8 | 2 |
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| Kansas City Athletics |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Kretlow |
4.2 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
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Shantz W(2-5) |
4.1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
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| Washington Senators |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Ramos L(12-8) |
5.0 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
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Byerly |
2.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Stewart |
2.0 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
4 |
5 |
E–DeMaestri (20), Plews 2 (10). 2B–Kansas City Smith (17,off Stewart); Power (17,off Stewart), Washington Courtney (18,off Kretlow); Valdivielso (8,off Kretlow); Olson (9,off Shantz). 3B–Kansas City Simpson (10,off Ramos). HR–Kansas City Skizas 2 (6,1st inning off Ramos 1 on 1 out,9th inning off Stewart 1 on 1 out); Simpson (19,8th inning off Stewart 0 on 0 out). SH–Boyer (2,off Ramos); Lopez (6,off Stewart); Ramos (4,off Kretlow). SF–Smith (2,off Ramos). Team LOB–7. Team–12. SB–Boyer (1,2nd base off Ramos/Courtney). U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Hank Soar. |
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| Game played on Friday, August 24, 1956 at Griffith Stadium |
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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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