Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 25, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1956 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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 3, Detroit Tigers 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 3 1 1 0
Minoso lf 4 0 1 0
Doby cf 4 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 3 0 0 1
Lollar c 3 1 1 0
Phillips rf 3 0 1 0
Fox 2b 4 1 2 1
Esposito 3b 2 0 1 1
Donovan p 3 0 1 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 1 1 0
Torgeson 1b 4 2 2 1
  Phillips 1b 0 0 0 0
Maxwell lf 4 1 2 2
Kaline rf 4 1 1 1
Boone 3b 3 0 2 0
Tuttle cf 4 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 1 1
Wilson c 3 0 0 0
Hoeft p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Chicago 001 110 000380
Detroit 010 002 02x590
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan  L(11-10) 7.1 9 5 5 1 2
  Wilson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
1
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  W(19-13) 9.0 8 3 3 3 7
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
7

  E–None.  2B–Chicago Aparicio (18,off Hoeft); Esposito (6,off Hoeft).  HR–Chicago Fox (4,3rd inning off Hoeft 0 on 0 out), Detroit Torgeson (12,8th inning off Donovan 0 on 0 out); Maxwell (28,8th inning off Donovan 0 on 0 out).  SH–Aparicio (14,off Hoeft); Phillips (1,off Hoeft).  SF–Esposito (2,off Hoeft); Dropo (6,off Hoeft).  HBP–Esposito (2,by Hoeft).  IBB–Minoso (4,by Hoeft).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  U-HP–Frank Tabacchi, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:18.  A–3,420.
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