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White Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 2, 1954
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox, played on July 2, 1954 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 2, 1954 |
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Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 2, 1954 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Virgil Trucks |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Feller |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 8 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Larry Napp 1B: Red Flaherty 2B: Johnny Stevens 3B: Eddie Rommel |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Chico Carrasquel | Shortstop |
Nellie Fox | Second Baseman |
Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
Phil Cavarretta | First Baseman |
George Kell | Third Baseman |
Carl Sawatski | Catcher |
Jim Rivera | Right Fielder |
Johnny Groth | Center Fielder |
Virgil Trucks | Pitcher |
Paul Richards | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Al Smith | Left Fielder |
Bobby Avila | Second Baseman |
Larry Doby | Center Fielder |
Al Rosen | Third Baseman |
Bill Glynn | First Baseman |
Dave Philley | Right Fielder |
George Strickland | Shortstop |
Jim Hegan | Catcher |
Bob Feller | Pitcher |
Al Lopez | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
White Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 2, 1954
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Feller
Carrasquel hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Feller
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Glynn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fox for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Feller
Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cavarretta vs. Feller
Cavarretta takes first base on ball four. Minoso moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kell vs. Feller
Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Trucks
Smith strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Trucks
Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Trucks
Doby hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Feller
Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Feller
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Glynn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivera for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Feller
Groth takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trucks vs. Feller
Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Trucks
Rosen hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glynn vs. Trucks
Glynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Philley vs. Trucks
Philley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strickland vs. Trucks
Strickland is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Feller
Carrasquel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Feller
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Feller
Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Trucks
Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Feller vs. Trucks
Feller is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Trucks
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Avila vs. Trucks
Avila hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Feller
Cavarretta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kell vs. Feller
Kell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first, with Feller covering, for the out. Cavarretta moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sawatski vs. Feller
Sawatski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rivera vs. Feller
Rivera hits a line drive towards short. Strickland catches it and steps on second to double up Cavarretta. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Trucks
Cass Michaels now playing third base.
Doby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Trucks
Rosen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Glynn vs. Trucks
Glynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Feller
Groth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trucks vs. Feller
Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards first. Glynn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Trucks for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Feller
Carrasquel hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. Trucks
Philley hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Trucks
Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops it up and throws to first, with Trucks covering, for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Trucks
Hegan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Hegan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Feller vs. Trucks
Feller strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Feller
Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Feller
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Feller fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Feller
Cavarretta hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Trucks
Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Trucks
Avila hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Trucks
Doby hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Trucks
Rosen hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michaels vs. Feller
Michaels takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sawatski vs. Feller
There goes Michaels. The throw from Hegan and he is safe. Michaels steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sawatski vs. Feller
Sawatski hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rivera vs. Feller
Rivera hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Groth vs. Feller
Groth hits a line drive into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glynn vs. Trucks
Glynn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. Trucks
Philley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Trucks
Strickland takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hegan vs. Trucks
Hegan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trucks vs. Feller
Trucks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Feller
Carrasquel hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Feller
Fox hits a popup, foul, towards first. Glynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Feller vs. Trucks
Feller strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Trucks
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Avila vs. Trucks
Avila hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Doby vs. Trucks
Doby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith scores. Avila moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rosen vs. Trucks
Rosen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Avila scores. Doby moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Glynn vs. Trucks
Glynn hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Philley vs. Trucks
Philley hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 1 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Feller
Minoso hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Feller
Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michaels vs. Feller
Michaels hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Feller
Sawatski strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/2/1954, game 1 -- Chicago at Cleveland (N) Chicago AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Carrasquel C, ss 4 1 1 1 Smith A, lf 3 1 1 0 Fox N, 2b 4 0 0 0 Avila B, 2b 4 1 1 0 Minoso M, lf 4 1 2 1 Doby L, cf 4 1 2 2 Cavarretta P, 1b 3 0 1 0 Rosen A, 3b 4 0 2 1 Kell G, 3b 2 0 0 0 Glynn B, 1b 4 0 1 0 Michaels C, 3b 1 0 0 0 Philley D, rf 4 0 0 0 Sawatski C, c 3 0 0 0 Strickland G, ss 2 0 0 0 Rivera J, rf 3 0 0 0 Hegan J, c 3 0 1 0 Groth J, cf 2 0 0 0 Feller B, p 3 0 0 0 Trucks V, p 3 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29 2 4 2 31 3 8 3 Chicago 100 000 001 -- 2 Cleveland 000 001 02x -- 3 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Trucks V (L) 8.0 8 3 3 2 5 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Feller B (W) 9.0 4 2 2 4 1 DP -- Chicago 1, Cleveland 2 LOB -- Chicago 4, Cleveland 6 2B -- Hegan J HR -- Carrasquel C, Doby L, Minoso M SB -- Michaels C T -- 2:08 A -- 0
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