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Orioles
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
April 29, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Baltimore Orioles, played on April 29, 1955 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 29, 1955 |
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Visiting Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 29, 1955 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Baltimore Orioles |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Harry Byrd |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Garcia |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 9,014 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 34 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Red Flaherty 1B: Nestor Chylak 2B: Charlie Berry 3B: Bill McKinley |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
Name | Position |
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Billy Cox | Third Baseman |
Eddie Waitkus | First Baseman |
Chuck Diering | Center Fielder |
Gene Woodling | Right Fielder |
Gil Coan | Left Fielder |
Hal Smith | Catcher |
Bobby Young | Second Baseman |
Willie Miranda | Shortstop |
Harry Byrd | Pitcher |
Paul Richards | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Al Smith | Right Fielder |
Bobby Avila | Second Baseman |
Larry Doby | Center Fielder |
Al Rosen | Third Baseman |
Ralph Kiner | Left Fielder |
Vic Wertz | First Baseman |
George Strickland | Shortstop |
Hal Naragon | Catcher |
Mike Garcia | Pitcher |
Al Lopez | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Orioles
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
April 29, 1955
Top 1
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Garcia
Cox strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Garcia
Waitkus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Diering vs. Garcia
Diering strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodling vs. Garcia
Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Byrd
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Byrd
Avila hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doby vs. Byrd
Doby strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Byrd
Rosen hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coan vs. Garcia
Coan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Garcia
Smith hits a line drive towards short. Strickland catches it and throws to first to double up Coan. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Garcia
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Byrd
Kiner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Byrd
Wertz takes first base on ball four. Kiner moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Strickland vs. Byrd
Strickland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kiner scores. Wertz moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Naragon vs. Byrd
Naragon hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Smith fields it and throws to third for the out. Strickland moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garcia vs. Byrd
Garcia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Coan throws the ball in to Cox who relays the ball to Young who tags Garcia trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Strickland scores. Naragon moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Byrd
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Garcia
Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Garcia
Byrd strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Garcia
Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Byrd
Avila hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doby vs. Byrd
Doby hits a fly ball into left field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Byrd
Rosen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiner vs. Byrd
Kiner strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Garcia
Waitkus hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Garcia
Diering hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Garcia
Woodling 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
Bottom 4
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Byrd
Wertz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Coan. Wertz reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Strickland vs. Byrd
Strickland bunts towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. Wertz moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Naragon vs. Byrd
Naragon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Naragon for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Garcia vs. Byrd
Garcia hits a line drive into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coan vs. Garcia
Coan strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Garcia
Smith hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Garcia
Young hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Byrd
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Avila vs. Byrd
Avila hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doby vs. Byrd
Doby hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Byrd
Rosen hits a popup towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Garcia
Miranda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Byrd vs. Garcia
Byrd hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Naragon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Garcia
Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waitkus vs. Garcia
Waitkus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miranda moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Diering vs. Garcia
Diering hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miranda scores. Waitkus moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Woodling vs. Garcia
Woodling hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Byrd
Kiner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Byrd
Wertz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strickland vs. Byrd
Strickland strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Naragon vs. Byrd
Naragon hits a fly ball into left field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coan vs. Garcia
Coan hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Garcia
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Garcia
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Byrd
Garcia hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Byrd
Smith hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Byrd
Avila hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doby vs. Byrd
Doby hits a fly ball into right field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Garcia
Miranda takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Triandos vs. Garcia
Gus Triandos pinch hits for Harry Byrd.
Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garcia fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Garcia
Cal Abrams pinch runs for Gus Triandos.
Cox hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waitkus vs. Garcia
Waitkus hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Smith. Waitkus reaches second base with a double. Abrams moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Diering vs. Garcia
Diering hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Moore
Ray Moore now pitching.
Rosen hits a popup towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Moore
Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Moore
Wertz hits a popup towards the mound. Moore settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Garcia
Dave Pope now playing left field. Joe Altobelli now playing first base. Jim Hegan now catching.
Woodling hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Pope. Woodling reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Coan vs. Garcia
Coan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Woodling moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Narleski
Ray Narleski now pitching.
Smith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kennedy vs. Mossi
Bob Kennedy pinch hits for Bobby Young. Don Mossi now pitching.
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland misplays the ball. That's an error on Strickland. Woodling scores. Coan moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miranda vs. Mossi
Miranda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Coan scores. Kennedy moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moore vs. Mossi
Moore strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cox vs. Mossi
Cox takes first base on ball four. Kennedy moves to third. Miranda moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Waitkus vs. Mossi
Waitkus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kennedy scores. Miranda scores. Cox moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Orioles, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Diering vs. Houtteman
Art Houtteman now pitching.
Diering hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Orioles, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Moore
Bob Kennedy now playing third base. Billy Cox now playing second base. Dale Mitchell pinch hits for George Strickland.
Mitchell strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pope vs. Moore
Pope hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. Moore
Dave Philley pinch hits for Art Houtteman.
Philley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Moore
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/29/1955 -- Baltimore at Cleveland (D) Baltimore AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Cox B, 3b-2b 4 0 0 0 Smith A, rf 4 0 0 0 Waitkus E, 1b 4 0 3 2 Avila B, 2b 4 0 3 0 Diering C, cf 5 0 1 1 Doby L, cf 4 0 0 0 Woodling G, rf 4 1 1 0 Rosen A, 3b 4 0 0 0 Coan G, lf 3 1 1 0 Kiner R, lf 4 1 1 0 Smith H, c 4 0 0 0 Hegan J, c 0 0 0 0 Young B, 2b 3 0 0 0 Wertz V, 1b 2 0 1 0 Kennedy B, ph-3b 1 1 0 1 Altobelli J, 1b 0 0 0 0 Miranda W, ss 3 2 2 1 Strickland G, ss 2 1 1 1 Byrd H, p 2 0 0 0 Mitchell D, ph 1 0 0 0 Triandos G, ph 1 0 0 0 Naragon H, c 3 0 0 0 Abrams C, pr 0 0 0 0 Pope D, lf 1 0 0 0 Moore R, p 1 0 0 0 Garcia M, p 3 0 1 1 Narleski R, p 0 0 0 0 Mossi D, p 0 0 0 0 Houtteman A, p 0 0 0 0 Philley D, ph 1 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 5 8 5 33 2 8 2 Baltimore 000 001 004 -- 5 Cleveland 020 000 000 -- 2 Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO Byrd H 7.0 7 2 2 3 3 Moore R (W) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Garcia M (L)* 8.0 6 3 3 3 5 Narleski R 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Mossi D 0.1 2 2 0 1 1 Houtteman A 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th E -- Strickland G DP -- Cleveland 1 LOB -- Baltimore 7, Cleveland 8 2B -- Wertz V, Waitkus E, Woodling G SH -- Strickland G T -- 2:34 A -- 9014
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