Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Athletics
September 3, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1956 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 2, Kansas City Athletics 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 4 0 2 0
Avila 2b 3 0 0 0
Rosen 3b 4 0 0 0
Colavito rf 3 1 1 0
Wertz 1b 4 1 1 2
Busby cf 4 0 0 0
Carrasquel ss 4 0 1 0
Naragon c 2 0 0 0
  Mele ph 1 0 0 0
  Hegan c 1 0 0 0
Garcia p 2 0 1 0
  Feller p 0 0 0 0
  Woodling ph 1 0 0 0
  Narleski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Pilarcik cf 3 0 0 0
Skizas lf 4 1 2 0
Power 1b 4 3 3 3
Simpson rf 3 1 1 1
Smith c 4 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 3 0 1 0
Finigan 2b 3 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 1 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 0 0 0 1
  Baxes ss 1 0 1 0
Gorman p 2 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Shantz p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
Cleveland 000 020 000262
Kansas City 200 002 10x580
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia  L(10-12) 5.1 4 4 4 4 6
  Feller   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Narleski   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
4
7
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Gorman  W(8-8) 6.0 3 2 2 1 3
  Shantz   3.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
4

  E–Rosen 2 (16).  DP–Cleveland 2. Rosen-Avila-Wertz, Narleski-Carrasquel-Wertz.  2B–Kansas City Simpson (22,off Feller).  HR–Cleveland Wertz (26,5th inning off Gorman 1 on 0 out), Kansas City Power 2 (11,1st inning off Garcia 1 on 1 out,6th inning off Garcia 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Robinson (1,off Feller).  HBP–Lopez (3,by Garcia).  Team–7.  SB–Pilarcik (6,2nd base off Garcia/Naragon).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Frank Tabacchi, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:35.  A–13,459.
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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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