Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
May 16, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1957 at Memorial Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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)
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Cleveland Indians 4, Baltimore Orioles 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Busby cf 5 1 1 0
Woodling lf 3 0 1 0
Smith 3b 4 1 1 1
Wertz 1b 3 1 1 1
  Raines pr 0 1 0 0
  Altobelli 1b 1 0 0 0
Colavito rf 3 0 2 1
Carrasquel ss 2 0 0 0
Strickland 2b 3 0 0 1
Hegan c 4 0 0 0
Wynn p 3 0 0 0
  Avila ph 1 0 0 0
  Mossi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Gardner ss 5 0 0 0
Boyd 1b 4 0 0 0
Pilarcik cf 4 1 2 0
Nieman lf 4 0 1 0
  Kell 3b 1 0 0 0
Triandos c 5 0 1 1
Francona rf 4 1 3 1
Williams 3b,lf 5 0 0 0
Causey 2b 2 0 0 0
Moore p 4 1 2 1
  Loes p 0 0 0 0
  Pyburn ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 9 3
Cleveland 000 002 001 1461
Baltimore 100 001 100 0390
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  W (4-3) 9.0 9 3 3 2 7
  Mossi  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
9
3
3
3
9
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Moore   8.0 4 3 3 6 6
  Loes  L (2-3) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
6
4
4
6
7

  E–Carrasquel (3).  DP–Baltimore 2. Gardner-Causey-Boyd, Gardner-Boyd.  3B–Cleveland Busby (1,off Loes).  HR–Baltimore Francona (2,6th inning off Wynn 0 on 1 out); Moore (2,7th inning off Wynn 0 on 0 out)..  SH–Carrasquel (3,off Loes); Boyd (1,off Wynn).  SF–Strickland (1,off Loes).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Causey (1,by Wynn); Pilarcik (2,by Wynn).  IBB–Causey (2,by Wynn).  Team–12.  SB–Francona (1,2nd base off Wynn/Hegan).  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:42.  A–5,876.
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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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