BOXSCORE: 1956 Cleveland Indians At 1956 Kansas City Athletics 7/3/1956
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
W.Jones 3B 3 0 0 1 .301 F.Robinson LF 4 1 2 3 .288
C-T.Williams RF 1 0 0 0 .317 J.Logan SS 5 1 3 0 .320
G.Kell 2B,3B 4 0 0 0 .240 M.Mantle RF 5 0 2 0 .375
D.Long 1B 4 0 0 0 .235 K.Boyer 3B 5 1 2 1 .328
F.Thomas LF 4 1 1 1 .302 D.Gernert 1B 1 0 0 0 .224
A.Kaline CF 4 1 2 0 .249 A-G.Hodges PR,1B 1 1 1 0 .276
W.Covington RF 2 0 1 0 .304 J.Piersall CF 4 1 1 0 .240
B-F.Hatfield PR,2B 0 0 0 0 .288 G.Triandos C 4 0 1 2 .325
E-R.Clemente PH 0 0 0 0 .290 F.Bolling 2B 4 2 2 1 .288
C.Courtney C 3 0 1 0 .251 L.Burdette P 0 0 0 0 .268
F-R.Wilson PH 1 0 0 0 .252 D-C.Maxwell PH 1 1 1 1 .327
D.Groat SS 4 1 1 1 .267 T.Phillips P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Hoeft P 2 1 2 1 .286 M.Grissom P 0 0 0 0 ----
H.Wilhelm P 1 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 33 4 8 4 Totals 34 8 15 8
A-Pinch Ran For Gernert In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Covington In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Jones In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Burdette In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Hatfield In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Courtney In 9th Inning
INJURY: Dick Gernert INJURED (for 0 more games) in 3rd inning
INJURY: Wes Covington INJURED (for 0 more games) in 6th inning
Indians......... 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 4 8 2
Athletics....... 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 - 8 15 0
Indians (38-54) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Hoeft LOSS(5-9) 4 1/3 13 7 6 0 2 1 86 7.10 A1 C7
H.Wilhelm 3 2/3 2 1 1 3 4 1 46 5.20 C8
Totals 8 15 8 7 3 6 2
Athletics (64-24) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
L.Burdette WIN(16-2) 8 8 4 4 0 1 1 116 2.68 A1 D5
T.Phillips 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3.62 D6 D6
M.Grissom 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.85 D7
Totals 9 8 4 4 1 1 1
ATTENDANCE- 27,822 DATE- Saturday, July 3rd 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:15
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 4 Athletics: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 3 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- G.Kell, D.Long
DOUBLES- A.Kaline-2(15th), F.Robinson(11th)
TRIPLES- B.Hoeft, J.Piersall(4th)
HOME RUNS- F.Thomas(5th), F.Robinson(13th), C.Maxwell(15th)
RBIs- W.Jones(31st), F.Thomas(16th), D.Groat(32nd), B.Hoeft, F.Robinson-3(46th),
K.Boyer(61st), G.Triandos-2(32nd), F.Bolling(22nd), C.Maxwell(43rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Burdette-2
WALKS- R.Clemente, F.Robinson, G.Hodges, L.Burdette
HIT BY PITCH- W.Covington, D.Gernert
STRIKE OUTS- G.Kell, F.Robinson-2, M.Mantle, K.Boyer, F.Bolling-2
GIDP- D.Groat, D.Gernert, J.Piersall-2
2-out RBI- D.Groat, F.Robinson-2, F.Thomas
RLISP 2-out- B.Hoeft, K.Boyer-3, M.Mantle, F.Robinson, C.Courtney
TEAM RISP- Indians: 3 for 6 Athletics: 5 for 14
The mighty Kansas City Athletics bested the Cleveland Indians by a 8 to 4
score at Municipal Stadium.
Kansas City had 3 runs cross the plate in the 2nd inning with the help of 5
hits. The key offensive moment was provided by Frank Robinson who made the
home-town crowd a happy bunch when he smashed a two-run homer. Cleveland was
out-hit by Kansas City, 15 hits to 8.
Lew Burdette(16-2) went 8 innings allowing 4 runs for the victory. Billy
Hoeft(5-9) was the losing pitcher. He gave up 7 runs in 4 and 1/3 innings of
work.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Cleveland Indians at 1956 Kansas City Athletics
W.Jones-A1 A1:G/3 *3*:P/3 C1:G/13>3 D1:F/8
T.Willia-C8 #
G.Kell-A1 A2:P/3 B2:G/53 C2:K *8*:P/4
D.Long-A1 A3:G/43 B3:G/43 *6*:G/3 D3:G/63
F.Thomas-A1 *2*:G/53 *4*:G/53 C4:P/6 D4:HR>b#
A.Kaline-A1 A5:Do B5:G/53 C5:Do D5:G/63
W.Coving-A1 A6:Si>23 B6:G/53 C6:HBP *9*:W>b1
F.Hatfie-C7
R.Clemen-D6
C.Courtn-A1 A7:L/4 *5*:Si C7:L/4 D7:Force/
R.Wilson-D7 64>1o b1
D.Groat-A1 A8:Si>3# B8:Force/ *7*:P/3 D8:G-DP/6
12 46>1o b1 43>1o
B.Hoeft-A1 A9:Si>2o B9:Tr>1# C9:G/63
H.Wilhel-C3 12
F.Robins-A1 A1:K B1:HR>2# C1:Do>2# D1:K E1:W>b1
b#
J.Logan-A1 A2:Si B2:Si C2:F/8 *6*:G/43 E2:Si>12
M.Mantle-A1 A3:Si>13 B3:Si+E/4 C3:G/53 D3:K E3:F/8
>13
K.Boyer-A1 A4:Si>3# B4:K *5*:Si D4:G/63 E4:L/5
13
D.Gerner-A1 A5:G-DP/6 *3*:HBP C5:Si+E/3 *7*:W>b1
G.Hodges-B6 43>1o >13
J.Piersa-A1 *2*:Tr B6:G-DP/6 C6:L/5 D6:G-DP/5
43>1o 43>1o
G.Triand-A1 A7:L/6 B7:F/8 C7:Si>3# D7:G/53
2#
F.Bollin-A1 A8:Si>3# *4*:Si C8:K *8*:K
L.Burdet-A1 A9:Sac/34 B9:Sac/14 C9:W>12 b D9:HR>b#
C.Maxwel-D9 >12 >12 1
T.Philli-E5+