BOXSCORE: 1955 New York-AL Yankees At 1955 Kansas City Athletics 8/18/1955
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
R.Ashburn CF 3 0 1 0 .321 J.Piersall CF 4 0 1 0 .281
B-R.Kiner PR,LF 0 0 0 0 .250 P.Runnels 2B 4 1 1 1 .297
G.Woodling RF,CF 4 0 0 0 .244 W.Moon LF 4 0 1 1 .288
S.Burgess C 4 0 0 0 .282 G.Hodges 1B 4 1 1 0 .297
H.Aaron 2B 4 2 3 0 .294 J.Delsing RF 2 0 0 1 .194
B.Nieman LF,RF 4 0 1 1 .261 G.Triandos C 3 1 2 1 .283
V.Power 1B 4 1 1 2 .297 B.Gardner 3B 3 0 0 0 .167
E.Yost 3B 2 0 0 0 .192 J.Logan SS 3 1 1 0 .281
H.Thompson SS 3 0 0 0 .204 G.Staley P 3 0 0 0 .143
J.Wilson P 2 0 0 0 .066 M.Grissom P 0 0 0 01.000
A-S.White PH 1 0 0 0 .371
J.Schmitz P 0 0 0 0 .111
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Totals 31 3 6 3 Totals 30 4 7 4
A-Pinch Hit For Wilson In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Ashburn In 8th Inning
INJURY: Richie Ashburn INJURED (for 0 more games) in 8th inning
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3 6 0
Athletics....... 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 - 4 7 1
Yankees (46-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Wilson LOSS(5-11) 7 7 4 4 1 0 1 94 4.23 A1 D1
J.Schmitz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5.40 D2
Totals 8 7 4 4 1 0 1
Athletics (49-65) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
G.Staley WIN(5-3) 8 2/3 6 3 3 2 4 1 120 6.87 A1 D6
M.Grissom SAVE(15th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.59 D7
Totals 9 6 3 3 2 4 1
ATTENDANCE- 18,899 DATE- Wednesday, August 18th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 1:44
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 4 Athletics: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1 Athletics: 3
ERRORS- G.Staley
DOUBLES- H.Aaron-3(27th), W.Moon(23rd), G.Hodges(23rd), J.Logan(25th)
HOME RUNS- V.Power(14th), G.Triandos(15th)
RBIs- B.Nieman(12th), V.Power-2(71st), P.Runnels(32nd), W.Moon(68th),
J.Delsing(13th), G.Triandos(46th)
WALKS- E.Yost-2, J.Delsing
HIT BY PITCH- R.Ashburn
STRIKE OUTS- R.Ashburn, B.Nieman, J.Wilson, S.White
GIDP- G.Woodling-2, H.Thompson, B.Gardner
WILD PITCHES- J.Wilson
2-out RBI- G.Triandos, P.Runnels, W.Moon, V.Power-2
RLISP 2-out- B.Nieman, G.Hodges
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 2 for 5 Athletics: 2 for 6
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Wally Moon robbed Smoky Burgess of an extra base hit.
Top 6th: Johnny Logan robbed Gene Woodling of a base hit.
The Kansas City Athletics and the New York-AL Yankees locked up in an exciting
one-run game at Municipal Stadium. The final score was the Kansas City
Athletics 4, the New York-AL Yankees 3.
Gerry Staley(5-3) pitched a solid game. He was reached for 6 hits and 2 walks
in 8 and 2/3 innings. New York-AL had a chance to come back in the 9th but
they came up short.
Staley was helped out by Marv Grissom who recorded his 15th save. Jim
Wilson(5-11) was the losing pitcher. He allowed 7 hits and 1 walk in 7
innings.
SCORESHEET: 1955 New York-AL Yankees at 1955 Kansas City Athletics
R.Ashbur-A1 A1:Si B1:G/3 *6*:K D1:HBP
R.Kiner-D2
G.Woodli-A1 A2:G-DP/3 *4*:F/9 C2:G/63 D2:G-DP/4
63>1o 63>1o
S.Burges-A1 A3:F/7 B3:P/4 C3:G/43 *9*:F/8
H.Aaron-A1 *2*:G/63 B4:Do *7*:Do D4:Do
B.Nieman-A1 A5:G/43 B5:K C5:Si>2# D5:G/63
V.Power-A1 A6:L/5 *5*:G/63 C6:Force/ D6:HR>2#
14>1o b1 b#
E.Yost-A1 *3*:W>b1 B7:W>b1 C7:E/1>12 D7:G/63
H.Thomps-A1 A8:F/9 B8:Force/ C8:G-DP/4
36>1o b1 63>1o
J.Wilson-A1 A9:K B9:Force/ *8*:K
S.White-C9 64>1o b1
J.Schmit-D3
J.Piersa-A1 A1:P/4 B1:Si C1:FO/5 D1:L/5
P.Runnel-A1 A2:G/43 B2:F/7 C2:Si>2# *8*:G/43
W.Moon-A1 A3:F/7 *4*:G/31 C3:Do>2# D3:G/3
G.Hodges-A1 *2*:G/63 B4:Do C4:G/53 D4:P/3
J.Delsin-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:WP>23 *6*:G/23
G/63>3#
G.Triand-A1 A6:FO/6 B6:HR>b# C6:Si
B.Gardne-A1 A7:Force/ B7:G/43 C7:G-DP/6
54>1o b1 43>1o
J.Logan-A1 *3*:F/8 *5*:Do *7*:G/53
G.Staley-A1 A9:G/53 B9:L/5 C9:P/3
M.Grisso-D5