Washington Senators vs New York Yankees
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 Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Washington Senators 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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Washington Senators 1, New York Yankees 2

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 3 0 2 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 0 1 0
Runnels 1b 4 0 1 0
Sievers lf 4 0 0 0
Lemon rf 1 0 0 0
  Oravetz rf 3 0 0 0
Olson cf 2 0 0 0
Plews 2b 0 0 0 0
  Roig ph,2b,ss 4 1 2 0
Valdivielso ss 2 0 0 0
  Killebrew ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Stobbs p 2 0 0 0
  Courtney ph 0 0 0 1
  Chakales p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 4 0 1 0
Carey 3b 3 0 0 0
Mantle cf 4 0 0 0
Berra c 3 0 1 0
Skowron 1b 4 0 1 0
  Collins 1b 0 0 0 0
McDougald 2b 2 1 1 0
Howard lf 2 1 0 0
Hunter ss 3 0 1 2
Ford p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
Washington 000 000 010162
New York 000 000 20x251
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Stobbs  L(15-11) 7.0 4 2 0 1 5
  Chakales   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
5
2
0
2
6
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ford  W(17-5) 9.0 6 1 1 3 11
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
11

  E–Yost (18), Fitz Gerald (5), Berra (9).  DP–New York 2. Skowron-Hunter-Skowron, McDougald-Skowron.  2B–Washington Roig (5,off Ford).  3B–Washington Roig (2,off Ford), New York Hunter (4,off Stobbs).  SF–Courtney (3,off Ford).  Team LOB–6.  SH–McDougald (7,off Stobbs); Carey (5,off Chakales).  IBB–Howard (6,by Stobbs); Berra (9,by Chakales).  Team–6.  SB–Roig (2,3rd base off Ford/Berra).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:15.  A–17,711.
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