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 Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Athletics 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 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith cf,3b 4 0 2 0
Avila 2b 5 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 4 0 0 0
Colavito rf 3 0 1 0
Rosen 3b 3 0 1 0
  Busby pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Pope lf 4 0 2 0
Carrasquel ss 3 0 0 0
  Woodling ph 1 1 1 1
  Kuhn ss 0 0 0 0
Hegan c 4 0 0 0
Wynn p 4 0 1 1
Totals 35 2 8 2
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Pilarcik cf 3 0 0 0
Skizas lf 4 0 0 0
  Groth lf 1 0 0 0
Power 1b 3 1 1 0
Simpson rf 4 0 4 0
Smith c 3 0 1 1
Lopez 3b 4 0 2 0
Finigan 2b 3 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 0 0 0 0
  Boyer pr 0 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 0 0
Burnette p 3 0 0 0
  Herriage p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
Cleveland 000 000 002280
Kansas City 000 001 000181
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  W(16-8) 9.0 8 1 1 4 8
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
4
8
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Burnette  L(3-7) 8.2 8 2 2 3 8
  Herriage   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
9

  E–Lopez (28), Lopez (28).  DP–Cleveland 1. Lopez-Finigan-Power, Kansas City 1. Lopez-Finigan-Power.  2B–Cleveland Woodling (17,off Burnette), Kansas City Lopez 2 (24,off Wynn 2).  3B–Cleveland Colavito (3,off Burnette).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Smith (4,off Wynn).  Team–10.  SB–Avila (15,2nd base off Burnette/Smith); Busby (8,2nd base off Burnette/Smith).  CS–Simpson (4,2nd base by Wynn/Hegan).  U-HP–Frank Tabacchi, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:37.  A–11,837.
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