Chicago White Sox (5) Kansas City Athletics (4)

| 1956

Date of Game: Tuesday, August 07, 1956
Stadium: Comiskey Park I

Kansas City Athletics (AL)	Chicago White Sox (AL)
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Attendance: 0 Time of Game: 2:43

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Nellie Fox 1B in 9th inning (49.36)

Larry Doby 3B in 3rd inning (25.24)

Les Moss 1B in 6th inning (12.22)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Kansas City Athletics	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	8	1
Chicago White Sox	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	5	10	0

Kansas City Athletics Batting Stats

Kansas City Athletics	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Vic Power	2b-1b	28.280	5	0	0	0	0	0	.306	75	345	7	42	1
Al Pilarcik	cf	26.035	5	1	2	0	0	0	.255	24	24	3	11	3
Lou Skizas	lf	24.066	3	1	1	1	0	0	.381	40	40	4	19	0
Johnny Groth	lf	30.015	2	0	0	0	0	0	.228	65	740	4	26	0
Harry Simpson	rf	30.247	4	2	3	1	0	0	.303	100	563	17	80	1
Eddie Robinson	1b	35.235	3	0	1	0	0	0	.222	62	786	5	15	0
Clete Boyer	2b	19.179	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	46	92	0	1	0
Hector Lopez	3b	27.029	3	0	1	1	0	0	.276	100	227	14	56	2
Tim Thompson	c	32.159	3	0	0	0	0	0	.286	68	78	1	24	0
Joe DeMaestri	ss	27.241	4	0	0	0	0	0	.241	88	568	5	25	1
Alex Kellner	p	31.346	1	0	0	0	0	0	.179	16	177	0	2	0
Enos Slaughter	ph	40.102	1	0	0	0	0	0	.282	75	640	2	21	1
Bobby Shantz	p	30.315	2	0	0	0	0	0	.071	36	173	0	1	0
Totals:			36	4	8	3	1	0	.222	795	4453

Chicago White Sox Batting Stats

Chicago White Sox	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Luis Aparicio	ss	22.100	4	1	2	0	0	0	.255	99	99	1	35	9
Ron Northey	ph	36.103	0	0	0	0	1	0	.321	29	112	2	14	0
Bubba Phillips	pr	28.165	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	39	134	1	4	0
Ellis Kinder	p	42.012	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	35	318	0	0	0
Nellie Fox	2b	28.226	3	1	1	1	1	0	.298	100	937	2	33	2
Larry Doby	cf	32.238	5	0	1	2	0	1	.267	87	935	14	68	0
Minnie Minoso	lf-3b	33.251	5	0	0	0	0	0	.289	97	821	9	50	3
Walt Dropo	1b	33.189	4	1	1	0	0	1	.247	73	817	3	26	1
Jim Rivera	rf	34.016	5	1	3	1	0	0	.276	93	673	7	51	13
Les Moss	c	31.085	4	0	2	0	0	1	.259	35	386	9	18	0
Fred Hatfield	3b	31.142	2	0	0	0	0	1	.278	67	576	4	23	1
Sammy Esposito	ph-3b-ss	24.236	2	0	0	0	0	0	.211	62	66	1	18	0
Bob Keegan	p	36.003	1	0	0	0	0	0	.059	12	81	0	0	0
Gerry Staley	p	35.351	1	0	0	0	0	0	.176	17	186	0	1	0
Dave Philley	ph	36.083	1	0	0	0	0	1	.260	99	871	4	59	4
Paul LaPalme	p	32.237	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	30	158	0	1	0
Sherm Lollar	ph	31.349	0	0	0	0	1	0	.285	89	724	7	51	1
Jim Delsing	pr-lf	30.267	0	1	0	0	0	0	.071	50	659	0	1	1
Totals:			37	5	10	4	3	5	.270	1113	8553

Game Stats

2B: Luis Aparicio (11), Al Pilarcik (3), Jim Rivera (18)
3B: Larry Doby (2), Jim Rivera (4), Harry Simpson (9)
HR: Lou Skizas (4)
RBIs: Larry Doby 2 (68), Nellie Fox (33), Hector Lopez (56), Jim Rivera (51), Harry Simpson (80), Lou Skizas (19)
SB: Al Pilarcik (3)
CS: Jim Rivera (7)
SH: Hector Lopez (4)
GDP: Enos Slaughter (6)

Kansas City Athletics Pitching Stats

Kansas City Athletics	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Alex Kellner	31.346	3	3	2	2	1	2	0	3.80	1.43	0	0	0	16	184
Bobby Shantz (L 1-5)	30.315	6.1	7	3	2	2	3	0	4.96	1.35	0	0	0	32	155
Pitching Totals:		9.3	10	5	4	3	5	0			0	0	0	48	339

Chicago White Sox Pitching Stats

Chicago White Sox	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Bob Keegan	36.003	3	6	3	3	0	0	1	3.74	1.46	0	0	0	13	84
Gerry Staley	35.351	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.59	1.45	0	0	0	17	192
Paul LaPalme	32.237	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.93	1.24	0	0	0	30	163
Ellis Kinder (W 4-1)	42.012	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	1.26	0	0	0	35	320
Pitching Totals:		10	8	4	4	1	0	1			0	0	0	95	759

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Gerry Staley;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Alex Kellner 0-0-0; Bobby Shantz 0-0-0; Bob Keegan 0-0-0; Gerry Staley 0-0-0; Paul LaPalme 0-0-0; Ellis Kinder 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Alex Kellner 13; Bobby Shantz 29; Bob Keegan 16; Gerry Staley 12; Paul LaPalme 7; Ellis Kinder 4;
Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 0
Umpires: Home: Red Flaherty 1B Bill Summers 2B Bill McKinley 3B John Rice

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