Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Athletics
September 7, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1956 at Municipal Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 12, Kansas City Athletics 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 2 3 4
Small cf 4 1 1 0
  Tuttle ph,cf 2 0 1 2
Maxwell lf 4 1 2 1
Kaline rf 5 1 1 1
Boone 3b 5 2 2 0
Belardi 1b 5 2 2 1
Bolling 2b 3 0 0 2
Wilson c 5 1 1 1
Hoeft p 2 1 0 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 0 1 0 0
  Aber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 12 13 12
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lopez 3b 5 2 1 0
Skizas lf 5 2 2 0
Power 1b 5 1 3 0
Simpson rf 3 1 1 1
Smith c 5 2 4 5
Groth cf 1 0 1 2
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Pilarcik cf 1 0 0 0
Finigan 2b 5 0 1 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 1 0
Kretlow p 0 0 0 0
  Shantz p 1 0 0 0
  Zernial ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahan p 0 0 0 0
  Crimian p 0 0 0 0
  Baxes ph 1 0 0 0
  Herriage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 8
Detroit 205 000 05012131
Kansas City 400 001 1028142
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  W(17-12) 6.1 11 6 6 2 4
  Masterson   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Aber   2.0 3 2 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
7
2
5
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kretlow  L(4-9) 2.1 5 5 5 4 1
  Shantz   3.2 4 2 2 2 4
  McMahan   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Crimian   1.0 3 4 0 1 0
  Herriage   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
12
8
9
6

  E–Boone (17), Lopez (29), Finigan (13).  DP–Detroit 2. Boone-Bolling-Belardi, Bolling-Kuenn-Belardi.  2B–Detroit Belardi (3,off Kretlow); Wilson (10,off Kretlow); Kuenn (30,off Crimian), Kansas City DeMaestri (13,off Hoeft).  3B–Detroit Kuenn (6,off Shantz), Kansas City Smith 2 (2,off Hoeft 2).  SF–Bolling 2 (5,off Kretlow,off Crimian); Groth 2 (4,off Hoeft 2).  IBB–Boone (7,by Kretlow); Simpson (6,by Hoeft).  Team LOB–12.  HBP–Simpson (1,by Hoeft).  Team–8.  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Frank Tabacchi, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–3:12.  A–7,212.
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