BOXSCORE: 1956 Cleveland Indians At 1956 Kansas City Athletics 5/4/1956
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
F.Hatfield 2B 3 0 1 0 .320 J.Piersall CF,RF,CF 5 1 1 3 .289
C-B.Mazeroski 2B 1 0 1 0 .185 J.Logan SS 5 2 2 1 .323
W.Jones 3B 5 1 1 0 .268 F.Robinson LF 3 1 1 0 .255
R.Clemente RF 0 0 0 0 .283 T.Phillips P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-F.Thomas PR,RF 3 0 0 0 .148 L-E.Bailey PH 1 0 1 1 .296
D-B.Boyd RF 1 0 0 0 .289 M.Grissom P 0 0 0 0 ----
T.Williams LF 2 2 1 1 .304 K.Boyer 3B 5 1 3 2 .315
A.Kaline CF 4 1 3 0 .279 D.Gernert 1B 2 0 1 0 .273
G.Crowe 1B 5 1 3 2 .310 F-M.Mantle RF 1 0 0 0 .393
C.Courtney C 2 0 0 0 .183 G.Triandos C 4 0 1 0 .317
H-R.Wilson PH,C 1 0 0 0 .239 D.Williams RF 1 0 0 0 .333
D.Groat SS 4 0 3 2 .267 B-B.Cerv CF 1 1 0 0 .200
B.Hoeft P 2 0 0 0 .111 G-W.Moon LF 0 0 0 0 .286
I-D.Ennis PH 1 0 0 0 .273 F.Bolling 2B 3 1 2 0 .256
B.Byerly P 0 0 0 0 ---- J-C.Maxwell PH 1 0 0 0 .319
D.Mossi P 0 0 0 0 .000 K-D.Blasingame 2B 0 0 0 0 .330
L.Burdette P 1 0 1 0 .348
E-G.Hodges PH,1B 2 0 0 0 .278
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Totals 34 5 13 5 Totals 35 7 13 7
A-Pinch Ran For Clemente In 1st Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Williams In 3rd Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Hatfield In 6th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Thomas In 6th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Burdette In 6th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Gernert In 7th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Cerv In 7th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Courtney In 7th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Hoeft In 7th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Bolling In 7th Inning
K-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Maxwell In 8th Inning
L-Pinch Hit For Phillips In 8th Inning
INJURY: Roberto Clemente INJURED (for 0 more games) in 1st inning
INJURY: Dick Williams INJURED (for 0 more games) in 2nd inning
Indians......... 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 - 5 13 2
Athletics....... 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 - 7 13 0
Indians (17-24) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Hoeft LOSS(1-4) 6 9 6 6 2 4 3 118 8.76 A1 D3
B.Byerly 0 1/3 2 0 0 1 1 0 12 1.76 D4 D7
D.Mossi 1 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 18 1.56 D8
Totals 8 13 7 7 3 6 3
Athletics (33-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
L.Burdette WIN(7-1) 6 8 3 3 3 3 1 108 2.95 A1 D3
T.Phillips HOLD(4th) 2 4 2 2 0 0 1 38 3.00 D4 E3
M.Grissom SAVE(11th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 1.86 E4
Totals 9 13 5 5 3 3 2
ATTENDANCE- 24,108 DATE- Tuesday, May 4th 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:44
LEFT ON BASE- Indians:10 Athletics: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 2 Athletics: 4
ERRORS- C.Courtney, D.Groat
DOUBLES- W.Jones(3rd), D.Groat-2(8th), J.Logan(10th), G.Triandos(5th),
F.Bolling(7th)
TRIPLES- E.Bailey(1st)
HOME RUNS- T.Williams(10th), G.Crowe(3rd), J.Piersall(3rd), J.Logan(7th),
K.Boyer(11th)
RBIs- T.Williams(28th), G.Crowe-2(7th), D.Groat-2(14th), J.Piersall-3(11th),
J.Logan(16th), E.Bailey(15th), K.Boyer-2(37th)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Kaline, B.Hoeft, L.Burdette
WALKS- T.Williams-3, F.Robinson, B.Cerv, W.Moon
HIT BY PITCH- F.Hatfield, R.Clemente, C.Courtney
STRIKE OUTS- F.Hatfield, F.Thomas, B.Hoeft, J.Piersall, F.Robinson-2, M.Mantle,
B.Cerv, G.Hodges
GIDP- W.Jones, G.Crowe, C.Courtney, D.Gernert, C.Maxwell
CATCHERS INTERFERENCE- D.Gernert
2-out RBI- K.Boyer-2, J.Piersall-3, J.Logan, D.Groat, E.Bailey
RLISP 2-out- A.Kaline, J.Piersall, G.Triandos, F.Hatfield-2, F.Thomas, D.Ennis,
K.Boyer
TEAM RISP- Indians: 5 for 14 Athletics: 2 for 8
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Bill Mazeroski robbed Charlie Maxwell of a base hit.
Ken Boyer went yard and had 2 RBI as the Kansas City Athletics beat the
Cleveland Indians by a score of 7 to 5.
Kansas City came up with 4 runs in the 6th inning when they came up with 3
base hits. The critical plate appearance was by Jim Piersall who excited the
crowd when he belted a three-run homer. Both teams finished the game with 13
hits.
The victory went to Lew Burdette(7-1) who went 6 innings, allowing 3 runs.
Burdette got relief help from Marv Grissom who gained credit for his 11th
save. Billy Hoeft(1-4) took the loss. He surrended 3 homeruns in his 6
innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Cleveland Indians at 1956 Kansas City Athletics
F.Hatfie-A1 A1:G/43 *3*:Si C1:K D1:HBP *8*:Si
B.Mazero-D4
W.Jones-A1 A2:G/63 B2:G-DP/6 *5*:Do D2:FO/5 E2:P-DP/5
43>1o 4>1o
R.Clemen-A1 A3:HBP B3:K C3:G/63 D3:G/43 E3:G/63
F.Thomas-A4
B.Boyd-D4
T.Willia-A1 A4:W>12 b *4*:W>b1 C4:W>b1 *7*:HR>b# *9*:F/8
1
A.Kaline-A1 A5:F/8 B5:Sac/54 C5:Si>23 D5:Si E5:Si
>12 12
G.Crowe-A1 *2*:HR>b# B6:Si>23 C6:Si>3# D6:G/43>1 E6:G-DP/4
23 12 2 63>1o
C.Courtn-A1 A7:F/9 B7:HBP>12 C7:G-DP/4 D7:F/7
R.Wilson-D7 63>1o
D.Groat-A1 A8:F/8 B8:Si>3# *6*:Do D8:Do>2#
23 12
B.Hoeft-A1 A9:G/43 B9:K C9:Sac/54 D9:G/13
D.Ennis-D9 >23
B.Byerly-E1+
J.Piersa-A1 A1:G/53 B1:F/8 C1:F/8 D1:HR>3# E1:K
2# b#
J.Logan-A1 A2:F/9 *3*:E/6 *5*:G/53 D2:HR>b# E2:Do
F.Robins-A1 A3:Si B3:K C3:W>b1 D3:K E3:Tr>2#
T.Philli-D4
E.Bailey-E3+
K.Boyer-A1 A4:HR>1# B4:F/9 C4:Si>12 *7*:Si E4:G/63
b#
D.Gerner-A1 A5:CatInt B5:Si>12 C5:G-DP/5 D5:K
M.Mantle-D4 /2>b1 43>1o
G.Triand-A1 A6:G/3 B6:F/8 *6*:G/53 D6:Do>13
D.Willia-A1 *2*:F/8 *4*:K C7:W>b1 D7:IW>b1
B.Cerv-B2
W.Moon-D4
F.Bollin-A1 A8:Si B8:G/63 C8:Do>13 D8:G-DP/4
C.Maxwel-D8 23>3o
D.Blasin-D9
L.Burdet-A1 A9:Sac/54 B9:Si C9:K *8*:F/7
G.Hodges-C9 >12