New York Yankees vs Kansas City Athletics
September 11, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1956 at Municipal Stadium. The New York Yankees 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 9, Kansas City Athletics 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 5 3 3 2
Slaughter lf 5 0 2 1
Mantle cf 2 2 0 0
Berra c 5 2 3 2
Collins 1b 4 0 0 0
McDougald 2b,ss 4 1 1 2
Carey 3b 3 0 0 0
  Skowron ph 0 1 0 0
  Coleman 2b 0 0 0 0
Hunter ss 3 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Martin pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Kucks p 2 0 0 0
  Noren ph 1 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Siebern ph 1 0 0 0
  Byrne p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 9 7
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 2b 4 1 2 0
Pilarcik cf 2 0 0 0
  Groth ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Skizas lf 4 1 1 0
Simpson rf 3 1 1 2
Smith c 4 0 1 0
Robinson 1b 3 0 0 0
  Pless ph 1 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 4 1 1 1
DeMaestri ss 4 0 0 0
Ditmar p 3 1 1 1
  Crimian p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 4
New York 100 210 041991
Kansas City 000 013 100571
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kucks   6.0 6 4 3 2 1
  Morgan  W(6-6) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Byrne   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
3
2
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ditmar  L(10-21) 7.2 6 8 6 6 3
  Crimian   1.1 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
9
7
6
5

  E–Berra (10), Ditmar (1).  DP–New York 1. Hunter-McDougald-Collins, Kansas City 1. DeMaestri-Power-Robinson.  2B–New York McDougald (11,off Ditmar), Kansas City Power (20,off Kucks).  3B–New York Slaughter (5,off Ditmar).  HR–New York Bauer 2 (25,1st inning off Ditmar 0 on 0 out,9th inning off Crimian 0 on 0 out); Berra (28,4th inning off Ditmar 1 on 1 out), Kansas City Lopez (17,5th inning off Kucks 0 on 1 out); Simpson (20,6th inning off Kucks 1 on 1 out); Ditmar (1,7th inning off Morgan 0 on 2 out).  IBB–Skowron (3,by Ditmar).  Team LOB–6.  Team–3.  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:27.  A–18,892.
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