Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
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 Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox 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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Chicago White Sox 1, Cleveland Indians 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Fox 2b 2 0 0 0
Doby cf 2 0 1 0
Minoso lf 4 0 0 0
Lollar c 4 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 4 1 2 1
Phillips rf 4 0 0 0
Hatfield 3b 2 0 1 0
Donovan p 3 0 0 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
  Moss ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Pope cf 4 0 1 0
  Busby cf 0 0 0 0
Avila 2b 3 1 1 1
Woodling lf 4 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 4 0 1 1
Colavito rf 3 1 1 1
Rosen 3b 4 0 0 0
Carrasquel ss 3 1 0 0
Hegan c 3 1 1 0
Score p 2 0 1 1
Totals 30 4 6 4
Chicago 000 100 000152
Cleveland 001 000 21x462
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan  L(10-8) 7.1 6 4 2 3 4
  Kinder   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
2
4
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Score  W(16-9) 9.0 5 1 1 5 9
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
5
9

  E–Aparicio (31), Hatfield (11), Hegan (8), Score (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Fox-Aparicio-Dropo, Cleveland 1. Carrasquel-Avila-Wertz.  HR–Chicago Dropo (5,4th inning off Score 0 on 1 out), Cleveland Colavito (18,7th inning off Donovan 0 on 1 out).  SH–Fox (11,off Score); Doby (3,off Score); Score (3,off Donovan).  Team LOB–9.  IBB–Hegan (5,by Donovan).  Team–7.  SB–Avila 2 (17,2nd base off Donovan/Lollar 2); Avila 2 (17,2nd base off Donovan/Lollar 2).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:38.
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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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