BOXSCORE: 1956 New York-AL Yankees At 1956 Kansas City Athletics 4/17/1956
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
R.Ashburn CF 4 1 0 0 .172 W.Moon RF 5 2 3 4 .364
B.Goodman 2B 4 1 0 0 .214 L.Jackson P 0 0 0 01.000
B.Nieman LF 5 2 3 1 .213 D.Blasingame 2B 3 0 1 0 .500
H.Aaron RF 5 0 3 2 .333 C-F.Robinson PH,LF 2 1 1 1 .286
S.Burgess C 5 0 2 0 .270 G-D.Williams LF 0 0 0 0 .000
V.Power 1B 4 0 3 0 .372 M.Mantle CF,RF 2 1 1 0 .444
R.Jackson 3B 4 0 1 0 .289 C.Maxwell LF 4 0 1 1 .429
L.Aparicio SS 4 0 0 0 .149 B.Grim P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Kucks P 2 0 0 0 .000 F-J.Piersall PH,CF 1 0 0 0 .500
A-E.Torgeson PH 1 0 0 0 .091 G.Hodges 1B 5 2 3 3 .286
D.Hall P 1 0 0 0 .000 E.Bailey C 3 1 1 1 .167
E-G.Triandos PH,C 2 0 0 0 .500
K.Boyer 3B 4 1 1 0 .385
J.Logan SS 3 2 2 0 .556
C.Johnson P 1 0 0 0 .000
B-B.Cerv PH 1 0 0 0 .667
D-F.Bolling 2B 1 0 0 0 .400
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Totals 39 4 12 3 Totals 37 10 14 10
A-Pinch Hit For Kucks In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Blasingame In 6th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Cerv In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Bailey In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Grim In 8th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Robinson In 9th Inning
Yankees......... 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 4 12 0
Athletics....... 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 3 - 10 14 1
Yankees (1-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Kucks LOSS(1-3) 5 9 6 6 2 0 3 94 5.47 A1 C8
D.Hall 3 5 4 4 2 3 2 60 12.00 C9
Totals 8 14 10 10 4 3 5
Athletics (3-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
C.Johnson WIN(1-0) 6 8 3 2 2 3 1 106 3.00 A1 D1
B.Grim 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 33 0.00 D2 D9
L.Jackson 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 21 3.60 E1
Totals 9 12 4 3 2 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 26,260 DATE- Saturday, April 17th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees:10 Athletics: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Athletics: 0
ERRORS- D.Blasingame
DOUBLES- H.Aaron-2(2nd), V.Power(1st), R.Jackson(5th), G.Hodges(1st)
TRIPLES- W.Moon(1st)
HOME RUNS- B.Nieman(2nd), W.Moon(1st), F.Robinson(2nd), G.Hodges-2(2nd),
E.Bailey(1st)
RBIs- B.Nieman(4th), H.Aaron-2(6th), W.Moon-4(5th), F.Robinson(4th),
C.Maxwell(2nd), G.Hodges-3(4th), E.Bailey(1st)
STOLEN BASES- B.Nieman(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Johnson
WALKS- R.Ashburn, B.Goodman, M.Mantle-3, J.Logan
STRIKE OUTS- R.Ashburn, S.Burgess, J.Kucks, E.Torgeson, D.Hall, J.Piersall,
K.Boyer, B.Cerv
BALKS- C.Johnson
2-out RBI- B.Nieman, W.Moon, H.Aaron-2, C.Maxwell, G.Hodges-2
RLISP 2-out- D.Blasingame, H.Aaron, J.Kucks-2, S.Burgess-2, J.Logan,
R.Ashburn-2, G.Hodges, V.Power
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 2 for 12 Athletics: 3 for 9
Wally Moon lofted one into the 'cheap seats' and had 4 RBI as the Kansas City
Athletics beat the New York-AL Yankees by a score of 10 to 4.
Moon enjoyed a fine day at the plate. He tripled which brought home a run in
the 2nd inning, smacked a three-run homer in the 4th inning and banged out a
single in the 6th inning. Kansas City had a total of 14 hits for the game.
The winning pitcher was Connie Johnson(1-0) who allowed 3 runs in 6 innings.
Johnny Kucks(1-3) took the loss. He served up 3 homeruns in his 5 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 New York-AL Yankees at 1956 Kansas City Athletics
R.Ashbur-A1 A1:G/23 B1:G/13 *5*:W>b1 D1:K *9*:G/53
B.Goodma-A1 A2:G/63 B2:W>b1 C2:L/4 *7*:L/4 E2:G/13
B.Nieman-A1 A3:HR>b# B3:Si+E/4 C3:G/43>1 D3:F/9 E3:Si
>1# 2
H.Aaron-A1 A4:G/43 B4:L/6 C4:Bk>23 D4:Si E4:SB>12
Do>3# Do>2#
S.Burges-A1 *2*:L/4 *4*:Si C5:G/53 D5:Si>13 E5:K
V.Power-A1 A6:Si B6:Do>13 *6*:Si D6:G/43
R.Jackso-A1 A7:P/6 B7:G/31 C7:Do>13 *8*:P/6
L.Aparic-A1 A8:L/6 B8:L/5 C8:F/7 D8:F/7
J.Kucks-A1 *3*:K B9:F/7 C9:K D9:K
E.Torges-C9
D.Hall-D2
W.Moon-A1 A1:G/3 B1:Tr>2# C1:HR>2# D1:Si *8*:G/3
L.Jackso-E7 1# b#
D.Blasin-A1 A2:Si B2:F/9 C2:G/63 D2:F/8 E2:HR>b#
F.Robins-D2
D.Willia-E7
M.Mantle-A1 A3:F/7 *3*:W>b1 C3:W>b1 D3:W>12 b E3:Si
1
C.Maxwel-A1 A4:G/43 B4:P/3 C4:F/8 D4:Si>2# E4:K
B.Grim-D6 12
J.Piersa-E4
G.Hodges-A1 *2*:HR>b# B5:Force/ *5*:Do D5:P/5 E5:HR>1#
64>1o b1 b#
E.Bailey-A1 A6:HR>b# B6:F/9 C6:L/4 *7*:F/9 E6:F/7
G.Triand-D6
K.Boyer-A1 A7:G/63 *4*:Si C7:G/3>23 D7:K
J.Logan-A1 A8:Si B8:Si>12 C8:G/43 D8:W>b1
C.Johnso-A1 A9:Sac/54 B9:P/1 *6*:K D9:FO/6
B.Cerv-C9 >12
F.Bollin-D6