BOXSCORE: 1955 Cleveland Indians At 1955 Washington Nationals       5/20/1955

  Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Stephens LF       2  2  1  0 .304     J.Temple 2B         4  0  1  0 .289  
A-D.Ennis LF          2  0  0  0 .239     H.Kuenn SS          3  0  1  0 .287  
  G.Baker 2B          3  1  1  0 .241     H.Simpson 1B        3  0  1  0 .189  
  T.Williams RF       2  2  1  0 .381     R.Campanella C      4  0  0  0 .308  
B-R.Clemente RF       2  0  0  0 .217     R.Sievers LF        4  0  0  0 .179  
  A.Kaline CF         5  1  2  3 .343     G.Bell CF           3  0  0  0 .283  
  D.Long 1B           2  1  1  1 .344     A.Smith RF          1  0  0  0 .275  
C-G.Kell PH,1B        2  1  1  0 .348     J.Finigan 3B        3  0  0  0 .186  
  W.Jones 3B          4  1  1  1 .271     M.Dickson P         2  0  0  0 .269  
  C.Courtney C        5  0  2  4 .284     R.Face P            1  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Groat SS          3  0  0  0 .224                                          
D-R.Jackson PH        1  0  0  0 .284                                          
  D.Mossi P           0  0  0  0 .000                                          
  P.Lapalme P         0  0  0  0 .000                                          
  J.Klippstein P      3  0  0  0 .000                                          
E-R.Bridges SS        1  0  0  0 .370                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  9 10  9                 Totals      28  0  3  0

A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Stephens In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Williams In 5th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Long In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Groat In 7th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Klippstein In 7th Inning

Indians......... 0 0 0  4 3 0  2 0 0  -  9 10  0
Nationals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  1

Indians (24-20)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Klippstein WIN(4-2)     6       2   0   0   4   4   0  93   2.77  A1 C4
D.Mossi                   2       1   0   0   1   1   0  35   3.24  C5 D3
P.Lapalme                 1       0   0   0   0   0   0  13   2.08  D4
Totals                    9       3   0   0   5   5   0

Nationals (17-23)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Dickson LOSS(3-3)       6 2/3   7   9   7   4   5   0 122   4.87  A1 D6
R.Face                    2 1/3   3   0   0   0   1   0  33   3.47  D7
Totals                    9      10   9   7   4   6   0

ATTENDANCE- 7,086 DATE- Thursday, May 20th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:02
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 7  Nationals: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 2  Nationals: 0
ERRORS- H.Kuenn
DOUBLES- C.Courtney(5th), H.Simpson(2nd)
RBIs- A.Kaline-3(27th), D.Long(23rd), W.Jones(11th), C.Courtney-4(9th)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Baker-2
WALKS- G.Stephens, T.Williams, D.Long, W.Jones, H.Kuenn, H.Simpson, G.Bell,
       A.Smith-2
STRIKE OUTS- D.Ennis, T.Williams, R.Clemente, D.Groat, J.Klippstein-2, H.Kuenn,
             R.Campanella, R.Sievers, G.Bell, M.Dickson
GIDP- J.Finigan-2
2-out RBI- C.Courtney-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Klippstein, D.Groat-2, R.Campanella, R.Jackson, H.Simpson
TEAM RISP- Indians: 6 for 12  Nationals: 0 for 3
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Harvey Kuenn robbed Al Kaline of a base hit.

Clint Courtney had 2 base hits and 4 RBI at Griffith Stadium where the
Cleveland Indians beat the Washington Nationals 9 to 0.

Cleveland scored 4 runs in the 4th inning when they had 4 base hits.  The
crucial at-bat was provided by Courtney who silenced Griffith Stadium as he
smacked a single bringing in two baserunners.  Cleveland had 10 hits overall,
while Washington had 3.  

Johnny Klippstein(4-2) allowed no runs in 6 innings, and picked up the
victory. Murry Dickson(3-3) was the loser.  He allowed Cleveland 9 runs in 6
and 2/3 innings of work.  


SCORESHEET: 1955 Cleveland Indians at 1955 Washington Nationals
G.Stephe-A1  A1:G/43    *4*:W>b1   *5*:Si     D1:F/7     E1:K
D.Ennis-C9                                               
                                                         
G.Baker-A1   A2:F/8     B2:Sac/34  C2:Sac+FC  D2:G/53    E2:Si
                        >12        >12 b1                
                                                         
T.Willia-A1  A3:K       B3:Si>23   C3:W>23 1  *7*:K      E3:F/9
R.Clemen-C9                        2 b1                  
                                                         
A.Kaline-A1  *2*:G/63   B4:Si>3#   C4:Si>3#   D4:G/13    *9*:F/7
                        12         2# 13                 
                                                         
D.Long-A1    A5:G/13    B5:Si>2#   C5:W>12 b  D5:E/6     E5:Si
G.Kell-D5               13         1                     
                                                         
W.Jones-A1   A6:F/8     B6:W>12 b  C6:G/43>3  D6:Si>12   E6:F/7
                        1          # 23 12               
                                                         
C.Courtn-A1  *3*:G/43   B7:Si>3#   C7:FO/4    D7:Do>2#   E7:G/43
                        2# 13                 1#         
                                                         
D.Groat-A1   A8:K       B8:FC/32>  C8:F/7     D8:F/7
R.Jackso-D8             3o 12                 
D.Mossi-D9+                                   
J.Klipps-A1  A9:G/63    B9:K       *6*:K      *8*:L/5
R.Bridge-D9                                   
                                              

J.Temple-A1  A1:G/63    B1:G/43    *6*:F/7    D1:Si
                                              
                                              
H.Kuenn-A1   A2:G/43    B2:Si      C2:K       D2:W>12 b
                                              1
                                              
H.Simpso-A1  A3:W>b1    B3:F/9     C3:Do      D3:F/9
                                              
                                              
R.Campan-A1  A4:G/31    *4*:G/63   C4:K       *9*:F/7
                                              
                                              
R.Siever-A1  *2*:FO/2   B5:K       *7*:F/9    D5:G/53
                                              
                                              
G.Bell-A1    A6:W>b1    B6:G/13    C6:K       D6:F/7
                                              
                                              
A.Smith-A1   A7:W>12 b  *5*:W>b1   C7:G/63
             1                     
                                   
J.Finiga-A1  A8:G-DP/5  B8:G-DP/6  *8*:G/63
             43>1o      43>1o      
                                   
M.Dickso-A1  *3*:K      B9:F/8     C9:G/31
R.Face-C5