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Yankees
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
July 29, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the New York Yankees, played on July 29, 1956 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 29, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Home Team |
Kansas City Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 29, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Turley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Art Ditmar |
| Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 30,357 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Umont 1B: Charlie Berry 2B: Jim Honochick 3B: Larry Napp |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Martin | Second Baseman |
| Joe Collins | Left Fielder |
| Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
| Yogi Berra | Catcher |
| Bill Skowron | First Baseman |
| Hank Bauer | Right Fielder |
| Andy Carey | Third Baseman |
| Jerry Coleman | Shortstop |
| Bob Turley | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hector Lopez | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Groth | Center Fielder |
| Lou Skizas | Left Fielder |
| Harry Simpson | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Robinson | First Baseman |
| Vic Power | Second Baseman |
| Joe Ginsberg | Catcher |
| Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
| Art Ditmar | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
July 29, 1956
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Ditmar
Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Ditmar
Collins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Ditmar
Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Ditmar
Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Turley
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groth vs. Turley
Groth hits a popup towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skizas vs. Turley
Skizas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Turley
Simpson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Turley
Robinson strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Turley
Power strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Ditmar
Skowron hits a line drive into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Ditmar
Bauer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carey vs. Ditmar
Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coleman vs. Ditmar
Coleman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ginsberg vs. Turley
Ginsberg hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Turley
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ditmar vs. Turley
Ditmar is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Turley vs. Ditmar
Turley strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Ditmar
Martin hits a line drive into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Ditmar
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson juggles the ball. That's an error on Robinson. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Ditmar
Mantle takes first base on ball four. Collins moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berra vs. Ditmar
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Turley
Lopez hits a line drive into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Turley
Groth takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skizas vs. Turley
Skizas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Groth moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simpson vs. Turley
Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Ditmar
Skowron hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Ditmar
Bauer strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Ditmar
Carey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coleman vs. Ditmar
Coleman strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Turley vs. Ditmar
Turley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Turley
Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Turley
Power hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ginsberg vs. Turley
Ginsberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Power moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DeMaestri vs. Turley
DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Power scores. Ginsberg moves to third. DeMaestri moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ditmar vs. Turley
Ditmar strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lopez vs. Turley
Lopez hits a popup towards short. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Ditmar
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Lopez. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Collins vs. Ditmar
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Martin moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mantle vs. Ditmar
Mantle bunts towards the right side of the infield. Power fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Martin scores. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Ditmar
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Mantle trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skowron vs. Ditmar
Skowron hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Ditmar
Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Turley
Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Turley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skizas vs. Turley
Skizas hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Turley
Simpson strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Ditmar
Carey strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Ditmar
Coleman strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Turley vs. Ditmar
Turley strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Turley
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robinson for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Turley
Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ginsberg vs. Turley
There's a wild pitch. Power moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ginsberg vs. Turley
Ginsberg takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DeMaestri vs. Turley
DeMaestri strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ditmar vs. Turley
Ditmar is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Ditmar
Martin hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Ditmar
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Ditmar
Mantle hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Turley
Lopez hits a popup towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Turley
Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Turley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skizas vs. Turley
Skizas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simpson vs. Turley
Simpson takes first base on ball four. Skizas moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Turley
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Ditmar
Berra takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skowron vs. Ditmar
Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Ditmar
Bauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Ditmar
Carey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coleman vs. Ditmar
There goes Carey. The throw from Ginsberg and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Coleman vs. Ditmar
Coleman is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Turley
Power hits a line drive into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ginsberg vs. Turley
Ginsberg hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pilarcik vs. Turley
Al Pilarcik pinch hits for Joe DeMaestri.
Pilarcik is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Turley vs. Ditmar
Mike Baxes now playing shortstop.
Turley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Ditmar
Martin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Ditmar
Collins hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Ditmar
Mantle hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Martin moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Berra vs. Ditmar
Berra hits a line drive towards short. Baxes reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Turley
Tim Thompson pinch hits for Art Ditmar.
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Turley
Clete Boyer pinch runs for Tim Thompson.
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Turley
Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Johnny Groth.
Slaughter is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skizas vs. Turley
Skizas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simpson vs. Coleman
Rip Coleman now pitching.
Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/29/1956 -- New York at Kansas City (D)
New York AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Martin B, 2b 4 1 1 0 Lopez H, 3b 4 1 0 0
Collins J, lf 5 0 1 0 Groth J, cf 3 0 0 0
Mantle M, cf 4 0 2 1 Slaughter E, ph 1 0 0 0
Berra Y, c 4 1 1 0 Skizas L, lf 4 1 3 2
Skowron B, 1b 4 2 2 3 Simpson H, rf 3 0 0 0
Bauer H, rf 3 1 1 1 Robinson E, 1b 4 0 0 0
Carey A, 3b 2 0 0 0 Power V, 2b 4 1 2 0
Coleman J, ss 4 0 0 0 Ginsberg J, c 3 0 1 0
Turley B, p 4 0 0 0 DeMaestri J, ss 3 0 1 1
Coleman R, p 0 0 0 0 Pilarcik A, ph 1 0 0 0
Baxes M, ss 0 0 0 0
Ditmar A, p 3 0 0 0
Thompson T, ph 1 0 1 0
Boyer C, pr 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 5 8 5 34 3 8 3
New York 000 130 010 -- 5
Kansas City 200 100 000 -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Turley B (W) 8.2 8 3 3 6 9
Coleman R (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Ditmar A (L) 9.0 8 5 5 6 8
E -- Robinson E, Lopez H, Ginsberg J
DP -- New York 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- New York 8, Kansas City 10
HR -- Skizas L, Skowron B 2, Bauer H
SB -- Carey A
WP -- Turley B
T -- 2:44
A -- 30357
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