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Giants
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
October 2, 1954
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Giants, played on October 2, 1954 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | October 2, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | October 2, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Liddle |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Lemon |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 78,102 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 52 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Johnny Stevens 1B: Al Barlick 2B: Charlie Berry 3B: Jocko Conlan |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Davey Williams | Second Baseman |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Don Liddle | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Smith | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Avila | Second Baseman |
| Larry Doby | Center Fielder |
| Al Rosen | Third Baseman |
| Vic Wertz | First Baseman |
| Wally Westlake | Right Fielder |
| Sam Dente | Shortstop |
| Jim Hegan | Catcher |
| Bob Lemon | Pitcher |
| Al Lopez | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
October 2, 1954
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lemon
Lockman strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Lemon
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Lemon
Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Lemon
Mays hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Liddle
Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Liddle
Avila hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Williams reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Liddle
Doby strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Lemon
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Lemon
Irvin hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Doby. Irvin reaches second base with a double. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Williams vs. Lemon
Williams hits a line drive towards first. Wertz catches it for the out, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Thompson scores. Irvin moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Westrum vs. Lemon
Westrum hits a fly ball towards right. Westlake settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Westlake. Irvin tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Liddle vs. Lemon
Liddle strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Lemon
There goes Westrum. The throw from Hegan and he is out, Dente applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Liddle
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Liddle
Wertz hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Wertz reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Westlake vs. Liddle
Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dente vs. Liddle
There's a wild pitch. Wertz moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dente vs. Liddle
Dente hits a line drive into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lemon
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Lemon covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Lemon
Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Lemon
Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mays vs. Lemon
Mays hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Smith. Mays reaches second base with a double. Dark scores. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Thompson vs. Lemon
Thompson is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Irvin vs. Lemon
Irvin strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Williams vs. Lemon
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Liddle
Hegan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Liddle
Lemon hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Liddle
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Lemon
Westrum strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Liddle vs. Lemon
Liddle strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lemon
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Liddle
Avila hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Liddle
Doby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Liddle
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Lemon
Dark hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Lemon
Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mays vs. Lemon
Mays takes first base on ball four. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thompson vs. Newhouser
Hal Newhouser now pitching.
Thompson takes first base on ball four. Dark scores. Mueller moves to third. Mays moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Irvin vs. Newhouser
Irvin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mueller scores. Mays scores. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Narleski
Ray Narleski now pitching.
Williams bunts towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Avila covering, for the out. Thompson moves to third. Irvin moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Westrum vs. Narleski
Westrum hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thompson tags and scores. Irvin tags and moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Liddle vs. Narleski
Liddle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Liddle
Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Liddle
Westlake hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dente vs. Liddle
Dente hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Liddle drops the ball. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hegan vs. Liddle
Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams misplays the ball. That's an error on Williams. Dente moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Majeski vs. Liddle
Hank Majeski pinch hits for Ray Narleski.
Majeski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Liddle
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Mossi
Don Mossi now pitching.
Lockman bunts towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Mossi
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dark for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Mossi
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mossi fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Liddle
Avila hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Liddle
Doby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Liddle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Liddle
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Mossi
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mays for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Mossi
Thompson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Mossi
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dente fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Liddle
Wertz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westlake vs. Liddle
Westlake strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dente vs. Liddle
Dente hits a line drive into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hegan vs. Liddle
Hegan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wertz moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Regalado vs. Liddle
Rudy Regalado pinch hits for Don Mossi.
Regalado hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wertz scores. Hegan moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pope vs. Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Dave Pope pinch hits for Al Smith.
Pope hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Garcia
Dave Pope now playing left field. Mike Garcia now pitching.
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Garcia
Westrum bunts towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Avila covering, for the out. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wilhelm vs. Garcia
Wilhelm strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. Garcia
Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Wilhelm
Avila strikes out on a pitch way out of the strike zone. And the ball gets by Westrum, who chases it to the backstop. Avila reaches first on the wild pitch. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doby vs. Wilhelm
Doby hits a line drive into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Wilhelm
Rosen hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Avila moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wertz vs. Antonelli
Johnny Antonelli now pitching.
Wertz strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Westlake vs. Antonelli
Westlake is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Garcia
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Garcia
Mueller bunts towards the mound. Garcia fields it and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Garcia
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thompson vs. Garcia
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dente vs. Antonelli
Dente takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hegan vs. Antonelli
Hegan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Philley vs. Antonelli
Dave Philley pinch hits for Mike Garcia.
Philley strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mitchell vs. Antonelli
Dale Mitchell pinch hits for Dave Pope.
Mitchell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 10/2/1954 -- New York at Cleveland (D)
New York AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Lockman W, 1b 5 0 0 0 Smith A, lf 3 0 0 0
Dark A, ss 5 2 3 0 Pope D, ph-lf 1 0 0 0
Mueller D, rf 4 1 3 0 Mitchell D, ph 1 0 0 0
Mays W, cf 4 1 1 1 Avila B, 2b 4 0 0 0
Thompson H, 3b 2 2 1 1 Doby L, cf 4 0 0 0
Irvin M, lf 4 1 2 2 Rosen A, 3b 4 0 1 0
Williams D, 2b 2 0 0 0 Wertz V, 1b 4 1 2 0
Westrum W, c 1 0 0 2 Westlake W, rf 4 0 0 0
Liddle D, p 3 0 0 0 Dente S, ss 3 1 0 0
Wilhelm H, p 1 0 0 0 Hegan J, c 3 1 1 0
Antonelli J, p 0 0 0 0 Lemon B, p 1 0 0 0
Newhouser H, p 0 0 0 0
Narleski R, p 0 0 0 0
Majeski H, ph 1 1 1 3
Mossi D, p 0 0 0 0
Regalado R, ph 1 0 1 1
Garcia M, p 0 0 0 0
Philley D, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 7 10 6 35 4 6 4
New York 021 040 000 -- 7
Cleveland 000 030 100 -- 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Liddle D (W) 6.2 5 4 1 1 2
Wilhelm H 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Antonelli J (S) 1.2 0 0 0 1 3
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon B (L)* 4.0 7 6 5 3 5
Newhouser H+ 0.0 1 1 1 1 0
Narleski R 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mossi D 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Garcia M 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 5th
+ Pitched to 2 batters in 5th
E -- Wertz V, Westlake W, Liddle D, Williams D, Wilhelm H
DP -- New York 1, Cleveland 1
LOB -- New York 7, Cleveland 6
2B -- Irvin M, Wertz V, Mays W
HR -- Majeski H
CS -- Westrum W
SH -- Williams D, Westrum W, Mueller D
SF -- Westrum W 2
WP -- Liddle D
T -- 2:52
A -- 78102
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