Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
August 29, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1957 at Cleveland 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 4, Cleveland Indians 13

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Gardner 2b 5 1 1 0
Boyd 1b 4 1 1 0
Goodman 3b 2 0 1 0
  Robinson 3b 2 1 1 0
Nieman lf 2 0 0 0
  Green cf 2 1 1 3
Pilarcik cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Francona rf,lf 3 0 0 1
Triandos c 4 0 2 0
  Ceccarelli p 0 0 0 0
Miranda ss 3 0 0 0
O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
  Durham ph 1 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 2 0 1 0
  Zupo ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Raines 3b 4 1 1 1
Avila 2b 4 0 2 0
Wertz 1b 5 3 2 2
  Altobelli 1b 0 0 0 0
Colavito rf 4 3 3 2
Smith cf 4 1 1 1
Williams lf 2 2 1 1
Carrasquel ss 3 1 1 2
  Strickland ss 1 0 1 1
Hegan c 3 2 1 2
Garcia p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 13 13 12
Baltimore 000 040 000492
Cleveland 630 001 21x13131
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
O'Dell  L (2-8) 1.0 3 6 6 3 0
  Zuverink   6.0 8 6 6 2 1
  Ceccarelli   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
13
13
5
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia  W (8-8) 9.0 9 4 4 3 9
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
9

  E–B. Robinson (2), Nieman (5), Avila (11).  DP–Baltimore 1. B. Robinson-Gardner-Boyd, Cleveland 1. Carrasquel-Wertz.  3B–Baltimore Green (1,off Garcia).  HR–Cleveland Hegan (4,1st inning off O'Dell 1 on 2 out); Colavito (23,2nd inning off Zuverink 1 on 2 out); Smith (11,2nd inning off Zuverink 0 on 2 out); Wertz (21,8th inning off Ceccarelli 0 on 2 out)..  SF–Francona (5,off Garcia).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Garcia (3,off Zuverink); Avila (12,off Zuverink); Smith (7,off Zuverink)..  Team–4.  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:18.  A–2,672.
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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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