BOXSCORE: 1956 Kansas City Athletics At 1956 Washington Nationals 6/5/1956
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
W.Moon RF 4 0 0 0 .280 J.Temple 2B 4 0 1 0 .312
A-J.Piersall CF 0 0 0 0 .265 H.Kuenn SS 4 0 1 0 .256
D.Blasingame 2B 4 0 0 0 .327 J.Adcock 1B 4 0 0 0 .331
M.Mantle CF,RF 4 0 0 0 .381 G.Bell CF 3 0 1 0 .319
C.Maxwell LF 4 2 3 1 .308 H.Simpson RF 3 0 0 0 .288
B-D.Williams LF 0 0 0 0 .357 R.Boone 3B 2 0 1 0 .248
G.Hodges 1B 4 0 0 0 .270 R.Sievers LF 3 0 0 0 .251
E.Bailey C 4 1 2 1 .279 S.White C 3 0 1 0 .277
K.Boyer 3B 4 0 1 1 .326 M.Dickson P 3 0 1 0 .348
J.Logan SS 3 1 1 1 .329
L.Burdette P 3 0 1 0 .324
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Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 29 0 6 0
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Moon In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Maxwell In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 - 4 8 0
Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
Athletics (45-17) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
L.Burdette WIN(11-2) 9 6 0 0 1 4 0 103 2.61 A1
Totals 9 6 0 0 1 4 0
Nationals (39-27) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Dickson LOSS(10-3) 9 8 4 4 0 7 3 115 3.82 A1
Totals 9 8 4 4 0 7 3
ATTENDANCE- 14,967 DATE- Saturday, June 5th 1956 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:02
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 3 Nationals: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 4 Nationals: 1
DOUBLES- C.Maxwell(4th), G.Bell(19th)
HOME RUNS- C.Maxwell(10th), E.Bailey(10th), J.Logan(9th)
RBIs- C.Maxwell(27th), E.Bailey(23rd), K.Boyer(46th), J.Logan(22nd)
WALKS- R.Boone
STRIKE OUTS- W.Moon, M.Mantle-2, C.Maxwell, G.Hodges, J.Logan, L.Burdette,
J.Adcock, R.Sievers-2, M.Dickson
GIDP- G.Hodges, J.Adcock-2, M.Dickson
2-out RBI- K.Boyer, C.Maxwell, J.Logan
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 1 for 3 Nationals: 0 for 2
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Gus Bell robbed Ed Bailey of an extra base hit.
Lew Burdette tossed a complete game shutout at Griffith Stadium as the very
strong Kansas City Athletics beat the Washington Nationals by the count of 4
to 0.
Burdette(11-2) gave Kansas City a solid outing. He allowed just 6 hits and 1
walk in 9 innings improving his ERA from 2.84 to 2.61. Kansas City had a
total of 8 hits for the game.
Murry Dickson(10-3) was hit with the loss. He served up 3 gopher balls in 9
innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Kansas City Athletics at 1956 Washington Nationals
W.Moon-A1 A1:F/9 B1:G/53 C1:G/63 *8*:K
J.Piersa-D8
D.Blasin-A1 A2:G/3 B2:F/8 *6*:G/43 D2:G/3
M.Mantle-A1 A3:K *4*:K C3:G/13 D3:G/43
C.Maxwel-A1 *2*:Do B4:Si C4:HR>b# *9*:K
D.Willia-D8
G.Hodges-A1 A5:K B5:G-DP/5 C5:G/53 D5:G/43
43>1o
E.Bailey-A1 A6:FO/2 *5*:HR>b# *7*:F/8 D6:Si
K.Boyer-A1 A7:Si>2# B7:G/63 C7:F/8 D7:F/7
J.Logan-A1 A8:P/6 B8:K C8:HR>b#
L.Burdet-A1 *3*:G/63 B9:Si C9:K
J.Temple-A1 A1:Si B1:F/8 *6*:F/9 *9*:L/5
H.Kuenn-A1 A2:Force/ B2:G/63 C2:Si D2:P/6
54>1o b1
J.Adcock-A1 A3:G-DP/6 *4*:K C3:G-DP/6 D3:G/43
43>1o 43>1o
G.Bell-A1 *2*:Do B4:G/31 *7*:G/31
H.Simpso-A1 A5:G/3>23 B5:F/8 C5:L/4
R.Boone-A1 A6:W>b1 *5*:Si C6:G/63
R.Siever-A1 A7:L-DP/5 B7:K *8*:K
>3o
S.White-A1 *3*:G/63 B8:P/2 C8:Si
M.Dickso-A1 A9:Si B9:K C9:G-DP/6
43>1o