BOXSCORE: 1956 New York-AL Yankees At 1956 Kansas City Athletics 4/16/1956
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
R.Ashburn CF 4 0 0 0 .185 W.Moon RF 3 2 1 0 .167
B.Goodman 2B 2 1 0 0 .237 E-J.Piersall PH 1 0 0 0 .600
G.Woodling LF 4 1 1 0 .200 L.Jackson P 0 0 0 01.000
H.Aaron RF 4 1 2 1 .309 D.Blasingame 2B 5 4 4 0 .571
S.Burgess C 4 0 1 0 .250 M.Mantle CF,RF 4 2 2 5 .429
V.Power 1B 3 0 1 1 .333 F-D.Williams PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .000
R.Jackson 3B 4 0 0 0 .294 C.Maxwell LF 3 0 2 1 .667
L.Aparicio SS 3 0 1 0 .163 B-F.Robinson PH,LF 1 1 1 3 .200
B.Lawrence P 2 0 1 0 .200 G.Hodges 1B 4 1 0 1 .111
A-E.Torgeson PH 1 0 0 0 .100 E.Bailey C 3 0 0 0 .000
S.Koufax P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-G.Triandos PH,C 1 1 1 2 .667
K.Boyer 3B 4 0 2 0 .444
J.Logan SS 4 0 2 0 .500
F.Lary P 3 1 1 0 .333
D-B.Cerv PH,CF 1 0 1 01.000
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Totals 31 3 7 2 Totals 38 12 17 12
A-Pinch Hit For Lawrence In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Maxwell In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Bailey In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Lary In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Moon In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Mantle In 8th Inning
Yankees......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 2
Athletics....... 1 0 4 0 2 0 5 0 - 12 17 0
Yankees (1-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Lawrence LOSS(0-3) 6 12 7 7 1 1 1 95 12.33 A1 D1
S.Koufax 2 5 5 4 2 0 2 52 6.67 D2
Totals 8 17 12 11 3 1 3
Athletics (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
F.Lary WIN(1-0) 7 5 2 2 3 2 0 90 2.57 A1 C9
L.Jackson 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 28 2.25 D1
Totals 9 7 3 3 3 2 0
ATTENDANCE- 28,155 DATE- Friday, April 16th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:15
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 4 Athletics: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 5 Athletics: 3
ERRORS- B.Goodman, L.Aparicio
HOME RUNS- M.Mantle(1st), F.Robinson(1st), G.Triandos(1st)
RBIs- H.Aaron(4th), V.Power(5th), M.Mantle-5(6th), C.Maxwell(1st),
F.Robinson-3(3rd), G.Hodges(1st), G.Triandos-2(4th)
WALKS- B.Goodman-2, V.Power, W.Moon, F.Robinson, G.Hodges
STRIKE OUTS- H.Aaron, L.Aparicio, K.Boyer
GIDP- S.Burgess, V.Power, G.Hodges-3, J.Logan
2-out RBI- V.Power
RLISP 2-out- D.Blasingame
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 2 for 4 Athletics: 5 for 11
Center fielder Mickey Mantle cleared the bases with his grand slam as the
Kansas City Athletics defeated the New York-AL Yankees by a score of 12 to 3
at Municipal Stadium.
Mantle enjoyed a fine day at the plate. He brought the hometown folks to
their feet with a Grand Slammer in the 3rd inning and delivered a single
plating a run in the 5th inning. Kansas City out-hit New York-AL for the
game, 17 hits to 7.
Frank Lary(1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 7 innings and allowing 2
runs. Brooks Lawrence(0-3) was given the loss. He was not very effective,
surrendering 7 runs in 6 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 New York-AL Yankees at 1956 Kansas City Athletics
R.Ashbur-A1 A1:G/3 B1:L-DP/4 C1:G/31 *8*:F/9
3>1o
B.Goodma-A1 A2:G/63 *4*:W>b1 *6*:W>b1 D2:G/63
G.Woodli-A1 A3:G/31 B3:Si>13 C3:Force/ D3:G/31
36>1o b1
H.Aaron-A1 *2*:G/63 B4:Si>3# C4:K *9*:Si
12
S.Burges-A1 A5:G/43 B5:G-DP/3 C5:G/63 D5:Si>13
63>23 1o
V.Power-A1 A6:W>b1 B6:Si>3# *7*:F/7 D6:G-DP/6
43>3# 1o
R.Jackso-A1 A7:F/8 B7:G/53 C7:F/8 D7:F/8
L.Aparic-A1 *3*:G/63 *5*:K C8:Si
B.Lawren-A1 A9:Si B9:G/31 C9:F/7
E.Torges-C9
S.Koufax-D1
W.Moon-A1 A1:G/43 B1:Si>12 *5*:W>b1 D1:G/43 E1:P/6
J.Piersa-E1
L.Jackso-E3
D.Blasin-A1 A2:Si B2:Si>23 C2:Si>13 *7*:Si E2:F/7
12
M.Mantle-A1 A3:E/4>12 B3:HR>3# C3:Si>3# D3:E/6>13 *8*:FO/5
D.Willia-E3 2# 1# b# 13 b2
C.Maxwel-A1 A4:Si>2# B4:Si C4:P/3 D4:HR>3# E4:W>b1
F.Robins-D4 12 2# b#
G.Hodges-A1 A5:G-DP/6 B5:G-DP/6 C5:Force/ D5:W>b1 E5:G-DP/6
43>1o 43>1o 54>3# 1o 43>1o
b1
E.Bailey-A1 *2*:G/43 B6:G/3 C6:G/43 D6:HR>1#
G.Triand-D6 b#
K.Boyer-A1 A7:K *4*:Si *6*:Si D7:G/53
J.Logan-A1 A8:G/31 B8:G-DP/6 C8:Si>12 D8:Si
43>1o
F.Lary-A1 *3*:Si B9:G/63 C9:P-DP/5 D9:Si>12
B.Cerv-D9 6>2o