Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
September 13, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1956 at Cleveland Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Baltimore Orioles 4, Cleveland Indians 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf 2 0 0 0
Boyd 1b 4 0 1 1
Kell 3b 4 0 0 0
Nieman lf 4 0 0 0
Triandos c 4 2 2 2
Francona rf 4 0 1 0
Gardner 2b 4 1 1 0
Miranda ss 1 0 0 0
Johnson p 3 1 1 0
Totals 30 4 6 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Caffie lf 4 0 1 0
Smith 3b 4 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 4 0 0 0
Colavito rf 4 0 0 0
Pope cf 4 0 1 0
Carrasquel ss 1 0 0 0
  Avila 2b 2 1 1 1
Naragon c 3 0 0 0
Strickland 2b,ss 2 0 1 0
  Kuhn ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Aguirre p 2 0 0 0
  Narleski p 0 0 0 0
  Woodling ph 1 0 1 0
  Houtteman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Baltimore 011 001 100460
Cleveland 000 010 000151
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W(8-10) 9.0 5 1 1 0 9
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Aguirre  L(2-5) 6.2 6 4 3 3 2
  Narleski   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Houtteman   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
4
3

  E–Carrasquel (20), Carrasquel (20).  DP–Baltimore 1. Avila-Strickland-Wertz, Cleveland 1. Avila-Strickland-Wertz.  2B–Baltimore Francona (13,off Aguirre).  HR–Baltimore Triandos 2 (18,2nd inning off Aguirre 0 on 1 out,6th inning off Aguirre 0 on 2 out), Cleveland Avila (9,5th inning off Johnson 0 on 1 out).  SH–Williams (7,off Aguirre); Miranda (5,off Aguirre); Johnson (6,off Houtteman).  Team LOB–6.  Team–4.  U-HP–Frank Tabacchi, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:03.  A–1,663.
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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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