BOXSCORE: 1955 Cleveland Indians At 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers 5/23/1955
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG
D.Groat SS 5 4 4 1 .211 B.Tuttle CF 4 0 0 0 .225
G.Baker 2B 4 1 1 3 .250 J.Gilliam 2B 2 0 0 0 .210
G.Kell 1B 5 1 3 3 .308 J.Jensen RF 4 0 0 0 .235
A.Kaline CF 5 0 2 1 .310 S.Lopata C 3 0 0 0 .464
D.Ennis LF 4 1 1 0 .242 S.Musial LF 3 0 0 0 .314
R.Clemente RF 4 1 2 0 .212 A.Carey 3B 4 1 2 0 .407
W.Jones 3B 5 1 1 1 .286 N.Zauchin 1B 3 0 1 1 .265
C.Courtney C 3 2 1 1 .227 R.McMillan SS 3 0 0 0 .262
A-R.Jackson PH 1 0 0 0 .313 B.Shantz P 2 0 0 0 .000
B-F.House C 0 0 0 0 .243 H.Haddix P 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Hoeft P 2 0 0 0 .000
H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 01.000
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Totals 38 11 15 10 Totals 29 1 3 1
A-Pinch Hit For Courtney In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Jackson In 9th Inning
Indians......... 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 2 0 - 11 15 1
Dodgers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 3 1
Indians (11-11) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Hoeft WIN(1-2) 8 2/3 3 1 1 5 3 0 136 4.55 A1 D7
H.Wilhelm 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.05 D8
Totals 9 3 1 1 5 3 0
Dodgers (12-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Shantz LOSS(0-1) 5 2/3 12 9 8 2 2 0 118 12.71 A1 D4
H.Haddix 3 1/3 3 2 2 0 4 1 41 5.29 D5
Totals 9 15 11 10 2 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 22,573 DATE- Sunday, May 23rd 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 6 Dodgers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Dodgers: 1
ERRORS- R.Clemente, A.Carey
DOUBLES- D.Groat-3(4th), G.Kell(1st), A.Kaline(4th), R.Clemente(4th),
A.Carey(1st)
TRIPLES- W.Jones(1st)
HOME RUNS- G.Baker(2nd)
RBIs- D.Groat(7th), G.Baker-3(8th), G.Kell-3(5th), A.Kaline(11th), W.Jones(7th),
C.Courtney(1st), N.Zauchin(9th)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Baker, R.Clemente, B.Hoeft-2
WALKS- D.Ennis, C.Courtney, J.Gilliam-2, S.Lopata, S.Musial, N.Zauchin
HIT BY PITCH- R.McMillan
STRIKE OUTS- G.Kell, R.Clemente, W.Jones-2, C.Courtney, B.Hoeft, B.Tuttle,
S.Lopata, N.Zauchin
GIDP- S.Musial
WILD PITCHES- B.Shantz
2-out RBI- G.Kell-2, A.Kaline, N.Zauchin
RLISP 2-out- B.Hoeft-2, B.Shantz-2, D.Ennis-2, A.Kaline, R.McMillan
TEAM RISP- Indians: 9 for 19 Dodgers: 1 for 3
Billy Hoeft didn't allow a hit until the 7th inning and Dick Groat had 4 hits
and scored 4 times at Ebbets Field as the Cleveland Indians belted the
Brooklyn Dodgers by the count of 11 to 1.
Hoeft(1-2) was very good in the win. He allowed only 3 hits and 5 walks in 8
and 2/3 innings lowering his ERA from 6.00 to 4.55. The left-handed Hoeft
had his no-hit bid broken up by Andy Carey who singled with one out in the
7th inning. Overall Cleveland out-hit Brooklyn 15 to 3.
Bobby Shantz(0-1) ended up with the loss. He got hammered, allowing 12 hits
and 2 walks in 5 and 2/3 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1955 Cleveland Indians at 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers
D.Groat-A1 A1:F/9 *3*:Do C1:Si>23 D1:Do>2# E1:Do
G.Baker-A1 A2:G/63 B2:Sac/54 C2:G/43>3 D2:L/3 E2:HR>2#
>23 # 12 b#
G.Kell-A1 A3:F/9 B3:Do>3# C3:Si>2# D3:Si>2# E3:K
A.Kaline-A1 *2*:F/8 B4:G/53 C4:F/7 D4:Do>2# E4:Si
D.Ennis-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:G/63 *5*:Si D5:F/8 E5:G/63
R.Clemen-A1 A6:Si>12 *4*:Do C6:Sac/54 *7*:K *9*:F/9
>12
W.Jones-A1 A7:K B7:Tr>2# C7:L-DP/6 D7:F/9 E7:K
4>2o
C.Courtn-A1 A8:E/5>23 B8:Si>3# *6*:W>b1 D8:K E8:FO/2
R.Jackso-E8 12
F.House-E9
B.Hoeft-A1 A9:WP>3# B9:Sac/54 C9:Sac/24 *8*:L/4
H.Wilhel-E9 23 12 K >12 >12
B.Tuttle-A1 A1:F/9 *3*:FO/2 *6*:K D1:G/53
J.Gillia-A1 A2:G/53 B2:G/63 C2:W>b1 D2:W>b1
J.Jensen-A1 A3:G/53 B3:G/63 C3:F/9 D3:F/8
S.Lopata-A1 *2*:K *4*:P/6 C4:F/9 *9*:W>b1
S.Musial-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:F/8 *7*:F/8 D5:G-DP/4
63>1o
A.Carey-A1 A6:F/9 B6:G/31 C6:Si D6:Do
N.Zauchi-A1 A7:W>12 b *5*:G/63 C7:K D7:Si+E/9
1 >2#
R.McMill-A1 A8:HBP>23 B8:F/8 C8:F/8 D8:L/4
12
B.Shantz-A1 A9:F/8 B9:F/8 *8*:F/8
H.Haddix-C1