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Indians 1 @ Yankees 2
Yankee Stadium
August 2, 1955

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 2, 1955 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Indians with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateAugust 2, 1955 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 1 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 1
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 2 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 2
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherTommy Byrne  
Losing PitcherEarly Wynn  
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Game Winning RBIJoe Collins 

Game Info

DateAugust 2, 1955 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherEarly Wynn  
Home Starting PitcherTommy Byrne  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance43,124 
Time of Game2 hours 54 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Grieve
1B: Johnny Stevens
2B: John Rice
3B: Larry Napp

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Al Smith  Right Fielder 
Bobby Avila  Second Baseman 
Vic Wertz  First Baseman 
Al Rosen  Third Baseman 
Larry Doby  Center Fielder 
Hoot Evers  Left Fielder 
George Strickland  Shortstop 
Jim Hegan  Catcher 
Early Wynn  Pitcher 
Al Lopez  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jerry Coleman  Second Baseman 
Joe Collins  First Baseman 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Irv Noren  Left Fielder 
Hank Bauer  Right Fielder 
Tommy Byrne  Pitcher 
Andy Carey  Third Baseman 
Billy Hunter  Shortstop 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

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Indians 1 @ Yankees 2
Yankee Stadium
August 2, 1955

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/2/1955 -- Cleveland at New York (N)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Smith A, rf           4  1  2  0   Coleman J, 2b         5  0  0  0   
Avila B, 2b           2  0  0  1   Collins J, 1b         4  2  3  2   
Wertz V, 1b           4  0  0  0   Mantle M, cf          4  0  1  0   
Fain F, 1b            0  0  0  0   Berra Y, c            4  0  2  0   
Rosen A, 3b           3  0  0  0   Noren I, lf           4  0  0  0   
Doby L, cf            4  0  1  0   Bauer H, rf           4  0  2  0   
Evers H, lf           4  0  0  0   Byrne T, p            4  0  1  0   
Strickland G, ss      4  0  1  0   Carey A, 3b           4  0  0  0   
Hegan J, c            3  0  3  0   Hunter B, ss          4  0  0  0   
Wynn E, p             3  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  1  7  1                        37  2  9  2

Cleveland        100 000 000 0 --  1
New York         100 000 000 1 --  2
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wynn E (L)            9.1  9  2  2  1  5

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Byrne T (W)          10.0  7  1  1  4  5

DP -- New York 2
LOB -- Cleveland 8, New York 8
2B -- Bauer H 2, Mantle M, Smith A
3B -- Smith A
HR -- Collins J 2
SH -- Wynn E, Avila B 2
SF -- Avila B
T -- 2:54
A -- 43124

    

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