BOXSCORE: 1955 Chicago-NL Cubs At 1955 New York-AL Yankees 4/9/1955
Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
B.Avila 2B 5 2 2 0 .400 R.Ashburn CF 4 1 2 1 .500
C.Furillo RF 4 2 3 2 .750 M.Minoso 3B 4 0 2 0 .500
F.Fain 1B 2 0 0 1 .000 H.Aaron RF 4 0 0 0 .000
A-E.Robinson 1B 2 0 0 0 .000 A.Rosen 1B 3 0 0 0 .000
D.Snider CF 4 1 2 1 .500 B.Nieman LF 3 0 1 0 .333
E.Banks SS 4 0 0 0 .000 J.O'Brien 2B 4 0 0 0 .000
E.Mathews 3B 3 1 1 0 .333 S.Burgess C 4 0 2 0 .500
B.Sarni C 4 0 2 2 .500 W.Miranda SS 3 0 0 0 .000
C.Abrams LF 3 0 0 0 .000 A.Fowler P 3 0 0 0 .000
B-F.Thomas PH,LF 1 1 1 01.000
W.Ford P 3 0 1 0 .333
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Totals 35 7 12 6 Totals 32 1 7 1
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Fain In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Abrams In 9th Inning
INJURY: Ferris Fain INJURED (for 0 more games) in 6th inning
Cubs............ 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 - 7 12 0
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 1
Cubs (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
W.Ford WIN(1-0) 9 7 1 1 2 5 1 131 1.00 A1
Totals 9 7 1 1 2 5 1
Yankees (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
A.Fowler LOSS(0-1) 9 12 7 7 1 4 0 145 7.00 A1
Totals 9 12 7 7 1 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 44,422 DATE- Friday, April 9th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:11
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 5 Yankees: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 2 Yankees: 0
ERRORS- M.Minoso
DOUBLES- C.Furillo(1st), D.Snider-2(2nd), R.Ashburn(1st)
TRIPLES- B.Avila(1st), C.Furillo-2(2nd)
HOME RUNS- R.Ashburn(1st)
RBIs- C.Furillo-2(2nd), F.Fain(1st), D.Snider(1st), B.Sarni-2(2nd),
R.Ashburn(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- W.Ford
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Furillo, F.Fain
WALKS- E.Mathews, A.Rosen, B.Nieman
STRIKE OUTS- D.Snider, E.Banks-2, E.Mathews, H.Aaron, A.Rosen, W.Miranda-2,
A.Fowler
WILD PITCHES- A.Fowler-2
2-out RBI- B.Sarni-2
RLISP 2-out- B.Nieman, C.Abrams, B.Sarni
TEAM RISP- Cubs: 4 for 11 Yankees: 1 for 6
Whitey Ford had a complete game as the Chicago-NL Cubs beat the New York-AL
Yankees by a score of 7 to 1.
Chicago-NL jumped on top of New York-AL in the top of the 3rd inning when they
scored 2 runs on 2 hits. That scoring would be all that was needed.
Chicago-NL managed 12 hits in their victory.
The victory was credited to Ford(1-0) who went the distance, allowing 1 run.
Art Fowler(0-1) absorbed the loss. He surrendered 12 hits and 1 walk in 9
innings.
SCORESHEET: 1955 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1955 New York-AL Yankees
B.Avila-A1 A1:G/63 B1:Force/ C1:FO/2 D1:Tr E1:Si>23
36>1o b1
C.Furill-A1 A2:Tr B2:Do>13 *6*:Tr D2:G/13>3 E2:SF/8>3
# #
F.Fain-A1 A3:G/43 B3:WP>3# C3:G/31 D3:G/63 E3:F/9
E.Robins-C9 23 SF/9>3
#
D.Snider-A1 *2*:Do B4:K C4:Do>3# *8*:G/3
E.Banks-A1 A5:K *4*:K C5:L/5 D5:P/6
E.Mathew-A1 A6:K B6:F/8 C6:W>b1 D6:Si+E/5
B.Sarni-A1 A7:Si>23 B7:G/31 C7:WP>23 D7:F/7
12 Si>3#
2#
C.Abrams-A1 A8:P/6 *5*:G/63 C8:L/3 *9*:Si
F.Thomas-D8
W.Ford-A1 *3*:Si B9:G/31 *7*:F/8 D9:Sac/54
>12
R.Ashbur-A1 A1:Do B1:F/8 C1:FO/4 D1:HR>b#
M.Minoso-A1 A2:Si>23 B2:G/53 *6*:G/13 D2:Si
H.Aaron-A1 A3:F/7 *4*:F/9 C3:K D3:L-DP/5
3>1o
A.Rosen-A1 A4:K B4:F/9 C4:P/6 *9*:W>b1
B.Nieman-A1 A5:F/8 B5:Si *7*:G/63 D5:W>12 b
1
J.O'Brie-A1 *2*:F/8 B6:P/6 C6:G/53 D6:P/6
S.Burges-A1 A7:G/63 *5*:Si C7:Si D7:L-DP/3
4>2o
W.Mirand-A1 A8:K B8:K C8:P/6
A.Fowler-A1 *3*:G/53 B9:Force/ *8*:K
54>1o b1