Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
September 19, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1956 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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

Baltimore Orioles 1, Detroit Tigers 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf,2b 4 0 1 0
Boyd 1b 3 0 0 0
Francona rf,cf 4 1 2 0
Nieman lf 2 0 0 0
  Sundin p 0 0 0 0
  O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
Triandos c 3 0 2 1
  Gastall c 1 0 1 0
Kell 3b 3 0 0 0
  Nelson rf 1 0 1 0
Gardner 2b,ss 4 0 1 0
Miranda ss 2 0 0 0
  Ginsberg ph 1 0 0 0
  Palica p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Pyburn lf 1 0 0 0
Brown p 2 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 1 1 0
Phillips 1b 5 1 1 0
Maxwell lf 4 1 2 1
Kaline rf 4 3 4 4
Boone 3b 5 1 1 2
Tuttle cf 3 1 2 0
Bolling 2b 3 0 0 1
Wilson c 4 0 0 0
Lary p 3 1 2 1
Totals 35 9 13 9
Baltimore 000 001 000181
Detroit 010 221 21x9130
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  L(9-6) 4.2 9 5 5 0 2
  Zuverink   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Palica   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Martin   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Sundin   0.0 0 1 1 2 0
  O'Dell   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
4
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary  W(19-13) 9.0 8 1 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
3
4

  E–Gardner (14).  DP–Detroit 2. Kuenn-Bolling-Phillips, Boone-Bolling-Phillips.  2B–Detroit Tuttle 2 (21,off Brown 2); Lary (2,off Brown).  HR–Detroit Boone (23,4th inning off Brown 1 on 1 out); Kaline (26,7th inning off Palica 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Kaline (4,off O'Dell).  HBP–Bolling (2,by Martin).  Team–8.  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:16.  A–1,435.
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