Boston Red Sox (5) Kansas City Athletics (4)
| 1956
Date of Game: Friday, May 18, 1956
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
| Boston Red Sox (AL) | Kansas City Athletics (AL) |
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Attendance: 16,997
Time of Game: 2:05
Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats
Mickey Vernon ? in 7th inning (14.35)
Hector Lopez HR in 3rd inning (13.97)
Sammy White 1B in 1st inning (13.16)
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Game Notes:
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Best at-bats
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GAME INFORMATION
| Team Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||||
| Boston Red Sox | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Kansas City Athletics | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Boston Red Sox Batting Stats |
| Boston Red Sox | Pos | Age | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg | S-G# | C-G# | S-HR | S-RBI | S-SB |
| Billy Goodman | 2b | 30.057 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .350 | 24 | 797 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Consolo | 2b | 21.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 13 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Malzone | 3b | 26.079 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .194 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Mickey Vernon | 1b | 38.026 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .344 | 20 | 869 | 4 | 18 | 0 |
| Dick Gernert | lf | 27.232 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | 23 | 283 | 8 | 21 | 0 |
| Gene Stephens | lf | 23.118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 16 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Jensen | rf | 29.070 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 22 | 714 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Jim Piersall | cf | 26.185 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .322 | 25 | 517 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Buddin | ss | 22.013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .224 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Sammy White | c | 27.315 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .238 | 25 | 556 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Frank Sullivan | p | 26.115 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .187 | 7 | 87 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Hurd | p | 31.356 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals: | 30 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .200 | 221 | 4317 | |||||
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 |
| Spook Jacobs | 2b | 30.195 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .241 | 26 | 169 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Rance Pless | ph | 30.163 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hector Lopez | cf | 26.313 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .322 | 24 | 151 | 5 | 19 | 0 |
| Enos Slaughter | rf | 40.021 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .323 | 21 | 586 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Harry Simpson | 1b | 30.166 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .270 | 26 | 489 | 4 | 18 | 1 |
| Jim Finigan | 3b | 27.272 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .232 | 20 | 303 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Joe Ginsberg | c | 29.219 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .236 | 21 | 291 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Renna | lf | 31.216 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .227 | 14 | 290 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe DeMaestri | ss | 27.160 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | 24 | 504 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Tim Thompson | ph | 32.078 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .345 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Baxes | pr | 25.151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Ditmar | p | 27.045 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .150 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gus Zernial | ph | 32.326 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | 24 | 731 | 5 | 17 | 1 |
| Totals: | 32 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | .250 | 249 | 3620 | |||||
Game Stats |
3B: Billy Goodman (3), Jackie Jensen (3), Enos Slaughter (1), Mickey Vernon (1)
HR: Hector Lopez (5)
RBIs: Jackie Jensen 2 (10), Hector Lopez 2 (19), Harry Simpson (18), Mickey Vernon 2 (18), Sammy White (6), Gus Zernial (17)
SH: Jim Piersall (2)
SF: Harry Simpson (2), Mickey Vernon (2), Gus Zernial (1)
GDP: Harry Simpson (4)
HR: Hector Lopez (5)
RBIs: Jackie Jensen 2 (10), Hector Lopez 2 (19), Harry Simpson (18), Mickey Vernon 2 (18), Sammy White (6), Gus Zernial (17)
SH: Jim Piersall (2)
SF: Harry Simpson (2), Mickey Vernon (2), Gus Zernial (1)
GDP: Harry Simpson (4)
Boston Red Sox Pitching Stats |
| Boston Red Sox | Age | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | WHIP | Pit | Str | Bal | S-G# | C-G# |
| Frank Sullivan (W 3-0) | 26.115 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2.25 | 1.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 92 |
| Tom Hurd (Sv 1) | 31.356 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 65 |
| Pitching Totals: | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 157 | |||
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# |
| Art Ditmar (L 3-3) | 27.045 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2.57 | 1.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 55 |
| Pitching Totals: | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 55 | |||
Other Game Information |
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Frank Sullivan 0-0-0; Tom Hurd 0-0-0; Art Ditmar 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Frank Sullivan 34; Tom Hurd 5; Art Ditmar 38;
Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 16,997
Umpires: Home: John Rice 1B Bill Summers 2B Bill McKinley 3B Red Flaherty
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