New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
September 15, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1956 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 2, Detroit Tigers 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Noren lf 4 1 1 0
  Siebern lf 0 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 3 0 0 0
Mantle cf 4 0 0 0
Berra c 4 0 1 2
Collins 1b 2 0 1 0
McDougald 2b 4 0 1 0
Lumpe ss 4 0 0 0
Carey 3b 3 1 1 0
  Skowron ph 1 0 0 0
Coleman p 3 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Grim p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 1 1 0
Phillips 1b 4 1 1 2
Maxwell lf 3 1 2 1
Kaline rf 4 1 3 1
Boone 3b 4 0 2 1
Tuttle cf 4 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 1 2 0
Wilson c 4 1 2 1
Lary p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 13 6
New York 002 000 000250
Detroit 000 001 50x6131
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L(3-5) 6.0 10 3 3 0 5
  Morgan   1.0 3 3 3 0 1
  Grim   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
0
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary  W(18-13) 9.0 5 2 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
7

  E–Wilson (2).  DP–New York 2. McDougald-Lumpe-Collins, McDougald-Lumpe-Collins, Detroit 1. Bolling-Phillips-Kuenn-Phillips.  2B–New York Carey (17,off Lary), Detroit Bolling (20,off R. Coleman); Kaline 2 (30,off R. Coleman,off Morgan); Wilson (12,off R. Coleman); Phillips (12,off Morgan).  HBP–Collins (1,by Lary).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Maxwell (6,off Morgan).  Team–6.  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Frank Tabacchi, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:40.  A–25,154.
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