Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Athletics
August 17, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1957 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 3, Kansas City Athletics 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith 3b 4 1 1 1
Woodling lf 2 0 0 1
Williams cf 4 0 0 1
  Maris cf 0 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 4 0 0 0
Avila 2b 4 0 2 0
Colavito rf 3 0 0 0
Carrasquel ss 4 1 2 0
Hegan c 3 0 2 0
Wynn p 4 1 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 4 0 1 0
Hunter ss 4 3 3 3
Zernial lf 4 0 2 0
Cerv rf 3 0 1 1
Martin 2b 4 0 1 0
Held cf 4 0 0 0
Smith c 4 0 2 0
  Urban pr 0 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 4 1 0 0
Garver p 2 0 1 0
  McDermott ph 1 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Noren ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 12 4
Cleveland 100 000 200370
Kansas City 100 010 1014122
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  L (13-14) 8.1 12 4 4 3 3
Totals
8.1
12
4
4
3
3
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Garver   7.0 5 3 2 4 0
  Morgan  W (9-6) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
4
0

  E–Hunter (12), Garver (1).  DP–Kansas City 1. Morgan-Martin-Power.  2B–Cleveland Carrasquel (10,off Garver); Smith (19,off Garver)., Kansas City Smith (22,off Wynn); Noren (8,off Wynn).  HR–Kansas City Hunter 2 (7,5th inning off Wynn 0 on 1 out,7th inning off Wynn 0 on 2 out).  SF–Woodling (2,off Garver).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Power (3,by Wynn).  Team–9.  SB–Martin (7,2nd base off Wynn/Hegan).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:35.  A–13,957.
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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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