Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Athletics
September 9, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 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 7, Kansas City Athletics 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 1 3 0
Small cf 3 0 0 0
  Bunning p 1 1 1 0
Maxwell lf 3 3 1 2
Kaline rf 4 1 1 2
Boone 3b 4 0 1 1
Torgeson 1b 5 0 2 1
Bolling 2b 4 0 0 0
Wilson c 3 0 0 0
Trucks p 2 0 1 0
  Tuttle ph,cf 3 1 2 0
Totals 37 7 12 6
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 5 0 1 0
Skizas lf 4 0 1 0
Lopez 3b 4 0 1 0
Simpson rf 4 1 2 0
Smith c 4 2 2 1
Pilarcik cf 3 0 3 1
DeMaestri ss 3 0 1 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Baxes ss 0 0 0 0
Boyer 2b 3 0 1 1
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Finigan 2b 0 0 0 0
Burnette p 3 0 0 0
  Crimian p 0 0 0 0
  Kretlow p 0 0 0 0
  Zernial ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 12 3
Detroit 100 000 3037120
Kansas City 000 201 0003122
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks  W(6-5) 6.0 9 3 3 3 1
  Bunning   3.0 3 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
4
3
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Burnette  L(3-8) 6.2 8 4 2 5 2
  Crimian   1.1 3 3 2 0 1
  Kretlow   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
4
6
4

  E–Boyer (6), Crimian (1).  DP–Detroit 3. Maxwell-Bolling, Kuenn-Bolling-Torgeson, Kuenn-Bolling-Torgeson, Kansas City 2. Burnette-DeMaestri-Power, Lopez-Boyer.  PB–Smith (3).  2B–Detroit Tuttle (18,off Crimian); Kaline (28,off Crimian), Kansas City Pilarcik (8,off Trucks); Smith (19,off Trucks).  3B–Detroit Torgeson (3,off Burnette).  HR–Detroit Maxwell (25,1st inning off Burnette 0 on 2 out).  SH–Small (2,off Burnette); Maxwell (3,off Crimian).  Team LOB–11.  Team–9.  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–Eddie Rommel, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Frank Tabacchi.  T–2:52.  A–8,490.
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