BOXSCORE: 1955 New York-AL Yankees At 1955 Washington Nationals 8/12/1955
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
R.Ashburn CF 5 0 2 0 .331 A.Smith RF 3 1 2 2 .261
G.Woodling RF 4 0 0 0 .263 H.Kuenn SS 5 0 1 2 .301
S.Burgess C 4 0 1 0 .292 R.Boone 3B 4 1 2 0 .300
H.Aaron 2B 4 2 2 0 .314 G.Bell CF 5 0 2 0 .287
B.Nieman LF 3 2 2 1 .278 J.Adcock 1B 4 1 0 0 .283
V.Power 1B 4 0 0 0 .300 R.Repulski LF 4 2 1 1 .250
E.Yost 3B 2 0 0 2 .200 W.Terwilliger 2B 4 1 3 2 .233
H.Thompson SS 1 0 0 0 .216 A.Seminick C 4 0 1 0 .364
A-W.Miranda SS 3 0 0 0 .233 W.Spahn P 3 1 1 0 .208
T.Byrne P 3 0 0 0 .171
B-H.Chiti PH 1 0 0 0 .234
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Totals 34 4 7 3 Totals 36 7 13 7
A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Thompson In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Byrne In 9th Inning
Yankees......... 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 7 4
Nationals....... 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 - 7 13 2
Yankees (54-70) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
T.Byrne LOSS(3-10) 8 13 7 5 5 3 1 151 6.80 A1
Totals 8 13 7 5 5 3 1
Nationals (57-55) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
W.Spahn WIN(14-8) 9 7 4 3 1 3 0 137 3.79 A1
Totals 9 7 4 3 1 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 9,639 DATE- Thursday, August 12th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:54
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6 Nationals:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1 Nationals: 0
ERRORS- H.Aaron-2, E.Yost, H.Thompson, H.Kuenn, R.Boone
DOUBLES- H.Aaron(35th), B.Nieman-2(6th), H.Kuenn(25th), W.Terwilliger(6th)
TRIPLES- H.Aaron(10th)
HOME RUNS- A.Smith(9th)
RBIs- B.Nieman(20th), E.Yost-2(11th), A.Smith-2(38th), H.Kuenn-2(52nd),
R.Repulski(4th), W.Terwilliger-2(9th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Yost-2, A.Smith
WALKS- B.Nieman, A.Smith, R.Boone, J.Adcock, R.Repulski, W.Spahn
STRIKE OUTS- S.Burgess, H.Aaron, W.Miranda, A.Smith, H.Kuenn, A.Seminick
GIDP- J.Adcock
2-out RBI- H.Kuenn-2
RLISP 2-out- H.Aaron, R.Repulski-2, H.Kuenn-5, W.Miranda, R.Boone
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 1 for 9 Nationals: 4 for 15
Al Smith went deep and had 2 RBI and Warren Spahn pitched a complete game at
Griffith Stadium as the Washington Nationals beat the New York-AL Yankees by
the count of 7 to 4.
Washington came up with 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning. The key
offensive moment was provided by Harvey Kuenn who excited the crowd when he
doubled bringing home two baserunners. Washington banged out 13 hits on the
afternoon.
Spahn(14-8) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 4 runs. Tommy
Byrne(3-10) was tagged with the loss. He got hit pretty hard, allowing 13
hits and 5 walks in 8 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1955 New York-AL Yankees at 1955 Washington Nationals
R.Ashbur-A1 A1:Si *3*:F/8 C1:G/43 D1:Si E1:G/43
G.Woodli-A1 A2:G/3>12 B2:G/3 C2:G/43 D2:L/3
S.Burges-A1 A3:L/3 B3:G/3 *6*:Si D3:K
H.Aaron-A1 A4:K *4*:Tr C4:Do>13 *8*:FO/2
B.Nieman-A1 *2*:Do B5:Do>3# C5:W>b1 D5:F/8
V.Power-A1 A6:F/7 B6:G/3>23 C6:Force/ D6:F/7
42>3o 23
12 b1
E.Yost-A1 A7:G/43>2 B7:SF/8>3 C7:SF/8>3 *9*:G/63
3 # #
H.Thomps-A1 A8:E/6>3# B8:G/63 C8:K D8:P/6
W.Mirand-B4
T.Byrne-A1 A9:G/53 *5*:L/4 *7*:G/63 D9:E/5
H.Chiti-D9
A.Smith-A1 A1:HR>b# B1:Si>13 C1:W>12 b D1:K E1:SF/9>3
1 # 23
H.Kuenn-A1 A2:F/9 B2:K C2:F/9 D2:G/43 E2:Do>3#
1#
R.Boone-A1 A3:Si *3*:Si *4*:W>b1 *6*:G/63 E3:F/7
G.Bell-A1 A4:L/4 B4:E/4>12 C4:Si>1o D4:F/9 *8*:Si
J.Adcock-A1 A5:W>12 b B5:Force/ C5:F/8 D5:G/63 E5:G-DP/5
1 16>23 1o 43>1o
b1
R.Repuls-A1 A6:P/6 B6:Si+E/5 C6:F/7 *7*:W>b1 E6:G/53
>3# 13
W.Terwil-A1 *2*:L/4 B7:Si>3# *5*:Do D7:Si+E/4
2# >13
A.Semini-A1 A8:G/63 B8:K C8:Si>23 D8:P/6
W.Spahn-A1 A9:E/6 B9:Si>13 C9:G/63>1 D9:W>b1
2