Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Athletics
September 28, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1956 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics 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 5, Kansas City Athletics 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 1 2 1
Fox 2b 4 1 2 1
Minoso lf 4 2 2 3
Doby cf 4 0 2 0
Lollar c 4 0 2 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 1 0
  Jackson pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Phillips rf 3 0 0 0
  Northey ph 1 0 0 0
  Delsing rf 0 0 0 0
Esposito 3b 4 1 1 0
Pierce p 3 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 2b 4 1 1 1
Lopez 3b 4 0 0 0
Skizas lf 4 1 2 0
Smith c 4 2 2 1
Pless 1b 4 0 2 0
Groth rf 4 0 2 1
Pisoni cf 4 0 1 1
DeMaestri ss 4 1 1 0
Kellner p 0 0 0 0
  Crimian p 1 0 0 0
  Zernial ph 1 1 1 2
  Burnette p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 6
Chicago 301 000 1005120
Kansas City 100 101 21x6121
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce   6.0 10 5 5 1 3
  Staley  L(8-3) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
1
4
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kellner   2.2 6 4 4 0 2
  Crimian   4.1 3 1 1 0 3
  Burnette  W(6-8) 2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
0
6

  E–DeMaestri (23).  DP–Chicago 2. Phillips-Fox-Dropo, Esposito-Fox-Dropo, Kansas City 1. Power-DeMaestri-Pless.  PB–Smith (6).  2B–Chicago Aparicio (19,off Kellner); Esposito (7,off Crimian), Kansas City Skizas (11,off Pierce); DeMaestri (16,off Pierce).  HR–Chicago Minoso 2 (21,1st inning off Kellner 1 on 0 out,3rd inning off Kellner 0 on 2 out), Kansas City Power (13,1st inning off Pierce 0 on 0 out); Zernial (16,7th inning off Pierce 1 on 0 out); Smith (5,8th inning off Staley 0 on 0 out).  SH–Fox (13,off Burnette).  HBP–Minoso (23,by Crimian).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  CS–Phillips (2,2nd base by Crimian/Smith).  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Frank Tabacchi, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:14.  A–8,027.
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