BOXSCORE: 1956 Cleveland Indians At 1956 Kansas City Athletics 9/3/1956
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
F.Thomas 3B 5 0 0 0 .282 W.Moon RF 5 1 1 0 .310
F.Hatfield 2B 4 1 1 0 .303 D.Blasingame 2B 3 2 1 0 .315
E-G.Kell PH 1 0 0 0 .241 F.Robinson CF 5 3 3 4 .298
T.Williams LF 3 0 2 0 .320 C.Maxwell LF 3 3 1 0 .324
A.Kaline CF 1 0 0 0 .249 M.Vernon 1B 2 0 0 0 .366
F-D.Ennis PH 1 0 0 0 .253 B-G.Hodges PH,1B 3 1 1 1 .276
D.Long 1B 4 0 1 1 .251 K.Boyer 3B 5 2 2 2 .332
R.Clemente RF 4 0 2 0 .319 G.Triandos C 4 2 2 3 .323
E.Fitz Gerald C 4 1 1 0 .260 J.Logan SS 2 0 1 1 .314
D.Groat SS 4 0 1 0 .267 B.Lemon P 4 0 1 3 .279
F.Sullivan P 1 0 1 0 .075
A-G.Crowe PH 1 0 0 1 .227
H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-W.Covington PH 1 0 0 0 .198
W.McCall P 0 0 0 01.000
D-B.Boyd PH 0 0 0 0 .333
D.Mossi P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 34 2 9 2 Totals 36 14 13 14
A-Pinch Hit For Sullivan In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Vernon In 4th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For McCall In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Hatfield In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Kaline In 9th Inning
Indians......... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0
Athletics....... 6 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 14 13 1
Indians (61-87) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
F.Sullivan LOSS(4-16) 3 9 10 10 4 1 2 90 5.12 A1 C4
H.Wilhelm 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 21 6.26 C5 D1
W.McCall 2 4 4 4 2 0 0 39 4.89 D2 E3
D.Mossi 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 3.53 E4
Totals 8 13 14 14 6 7 2
Athletics (106-39) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Lemon WIN(21-3) 9 9 2 2 5 2 0 152 3.06 A1
Totals 9 9 2 2 5 2 0
ATTENDANCE- 29,424 DATE- Friday, September 3rd 1956 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:44
LEFT ON BASE- Indians:11 Athletics: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Athletics: 3
ERRORS- G.Hodges
DOUBLES- R.Clemente(23rd), E.Fitz Gerald(8th), F.Robinson(17th), C.Maxwell(9th),
G.Hodges(23rd)
TRIPLES- D.Blasingame(4th)
HOME RUNS- F.Robinson(25th), G.Triandos(14th)
RBIs- D.Long(61st), G.Crowe(15th), F.Robinson-4(74th), G.Hodges(88th),
K.Boyer-2(116st), G.Triandos-3(57th), J.Logan(60th), B.Lemon-3
WALKS- T.Williams-2, A.Kaline-3, D.Blasingame-2, C.Maxwell-2, J.Logan-2
HIT BY PITCH- B.Boyd
STRIKE OUTS- F.Thomas, F.Hatfield, W.Moon, C.Maxwell-2, G.Hodges, K.Boyer,
G.Triandos, B.Lemon
GIDP- F.Thomas-2, D.Long
2-out RBI- K.Boyer, G.Triandos-3, D.Long, B.Lemon-2
RLISP 2-out- D.Groat, R.Clemente-3, F.Hatfield, D.Long
TEAM RISP- Indians: 2 for 12 Athletics: 8 for 13
Bob Lemon completed the game without help from the bullpen as the strong
Kansas City Athletics crushed the dreadful Cleveland Indians 14 to 2.
Frank Robinson had a good day at the plate. He smacked a three-run homer in
the 1st inning, doubled in the 2nd inning and delivered a single scoring a
run in the 6th inning. Kansas City rapped out 13 hits for the afternoon.
Lemon(21-3) was the winner allowing 2 runs for the game. The losing pitcher
was Frank Sullivan(4-16). He was hit hard and gave up 9 hits and 4 walks in
3 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1956 Cleveland Indians at 1956 Kansas City Athletics
F.Thomas-A1 A1:K B1:G-DP/5 C1:F/9>23 *7*:F/7 E1:G-DP/6
43>1o 43>1o
F.Hatfie-A1 A2:K B2:Si C2:G/31 D2:G/43 *9*:G/63
G.Kell-E2
T.Willia-A1 A3:Si B3:W>12 b *5*:W>b1 D3:Si E3:P/5
1
A.Kaline-A1 A4:L/5 B4:W>23 1 C4:W>12 b D4:W>12 b E4:G/53
D.Ennis-E4 2 b1 1 1
D.Long-A1 *2*:F/8 B5:Si>3# C5:G-DP/3 D5:G/31
23 12 63>23 1o
R.Clemen-A1 A6:Do B6:F/8 C6:G/63 *8*:Si
E.Fitz G-A1 A7:G/63 *4*:Do *6*:G/63 D7:Force/
54>1o b1
D.Groat-A1 A8:L/6 B8:Si>23 C8:L/4 D8:E/3>12
F.Sulliv-A1 *3*:Si B9:G/43>3 C9:F/8 D9:HBP>23
G.Crowe-B9 # 12 12
H.Wilhel-C3+
W.Moon-A1 A1:Si B1:P/4 *3*:G/3 D1:K *7*:G/43
D.Blasin-A1 A2:W>12 b *2*:G/31 C2:W>b1 *6*:Tr E2:G/63
1
F.Robins-A1 A3:HR>2# B3:Do C3:FO/2 D3:Si>3# E3:F/9
1# b#
C.Maxwel-A1 A4:Do B4:W>b1 C4:K D4:W>12 b *8*:K
1
M.Vernon-A1 A5:G/63 B5:F/7 *4*:G/13 D5:Do>2# E5:K
G.Hodges-C5 13
K.Boyer-A1 A6:Si>2# B6:Si>2# C6:K D6:G/63 E6:F/7
12
G.Triand-A1 A7:Si>13 B7:HR>2# C7:K D7:G/43
1# b#
J.Logan-A1 A8:Si>3# B8:W>b1 *5*:G/43 D8:IW>b1
13
B.Lemon-A1 A9:Force/ B9:L/4 C9:K D9:Si>3#
64>3# 1o 2# 13
b1