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Yankees
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
June 16, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees, played on June 16, 1956 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | June 16, 1956 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | June 16, 1956 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Sturdivant |
Home Starting Pitcher | Herb Score |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 40,964 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
Umpires | HP: John Rice 1B: Bill Summers 2B: Bill McKinley 3B: Red Flaherty |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Gil McDougald | Shortstop |
Norm Siebern | Left Fielder |
Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
Yogi Berra | Catcher |
Bill Skowron | First Baseman |
Hank Bauer | Right Fielder |
Andy Carey | Third Baseman |
Jerry Coleman | Second Baseman |
Tom Sturdivant | Pitcher |
Casey Stengel | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Chico Carrasquel | Shortstop |
Gene Woodling | Left Fielder |
Al Rosen | Third Baseman |
Vic Wertz | First Baseman |
Al Smith | Right Fielder |
Bobby Avila | Second Baseman |
Jim Busby | Center Fielder |
Jim Hegan | Catcher |
Herb Score | Pitcher |
Al Lopez | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Yankees
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
June 16, 1956
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Score
McDougald takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebern vs. Score
Siebern is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Score
Mantle hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Score
Berra hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Sturdivant
Carrasquel is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Sturdivant
Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Sturdivant
Rosen strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Score
Skowron takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bauer vs. Score
Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Score fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carey vs. Score
Carey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bauer moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Coleman vs. Score
Coleman hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sturdivant vs. Score
Sturdivant bunts towards the mound. Score fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Sturdivant
Wertz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Sturdivant
Smith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Sturdivant
Avila hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Sturdivant
Busby hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Score
McDougald hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Siebern vs. Score
Siebern strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mantle vs. Score
Mantle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Score
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Score fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Score
Skowron takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bauer vs. Score
Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Sturdivant
Hegan strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Score vs. Sturdivant
Score strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Sturdivant
Carrasquel hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Score
Carey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coleman vs. Score
Coleman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Busby. Coleman reaches second base with a double. Carey goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sturdivant vs. Score
Sturdivant bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McDougald vs. Score
McDougald hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Siebern vs. Score
Siebern strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Sturdivant
Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Sturdivant
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Sturdivant
Wertz strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Score
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Score
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Score
Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Sturdivant
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Sturdivant
Avila strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Sturdivant
Busby hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Score
Bauer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Score
Carey bunts in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Score
Coleman hits a line drive into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Sturdivant
Hegan strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Sturdivant
Dale Mitchell pinch hits for Herb Score.
Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Sturdivant
Carrasquel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sturdivant vs. Narleski
Ray Narleski now pitching.
Sturdivant hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Narleski
McDougald hits a line drive into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebern vs. Narleski
Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Narleski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Narleski
Mantle hits a popup towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Sturdivant
Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman misplays the ball. That's an error on Coleman. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Sturdivant
Rosen takes first base on ball four. Woodling moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wertz vs. Sturdivant
Wertz strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Sturdivant
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Avila vs. Sturdivant
Avila hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Narleski
Berra is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Narleski
Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Narleski
Bauer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Busby. Bauer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carey vs. Narleski
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Sturdivant
Joe Collins now playing first base.
Busby hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Naragon vs. Sturdivant
Hal Naragon pinch hits for Jim Hegan.
Naragon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Sturdivant
Preston Ward pinch hits for Ray Narleski.
Ward strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mele vs. Sturdivant
Sam Mele pinch hits for Chico Carrasquel.
Mele strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. McLish
George Strickland now playing shortstop. Hal Naragon now catching. Cal McLish now pitching.
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sturdivant vs. McLish
Sturdivant hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDougald vs. McLish
McDougald hits a line drive into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebern vs. McLish
Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Siebern for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Sturdivant
Woodling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Sturdivant
Rosen hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Sturdivant
Wertz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Sturdivant
Smith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/16/1956 -- New York at Cleveland (N) New York AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI McDougald G, ss 4 1 1 0 Carrasquel C, ss 3 0 0 0 Siebern N, lf 5 0 1 0 Mele S, ph 1 0 0 0 Mantle M, cf 4 1 1 2 Strickland G, ss 0 0 0 0 Berra Y, c 4 0 0 0 Woodling G, lf 4 0 1 0 Skowron B, 1b 2 0 0 0 Rosen A, 3b 3 0 0 0 Collins J, 1b 0 0 0 0 Wertz V, 1b 3 1 1 1 Bauer H, rf 4 0 1 0 Smith A, rf 4 0 0 0 Carey A, 3b 4 1 2 0 Avila B, 2b 3 0 0 0 Coleman J, 2b 4 0 1 1 Busby J, cf 3 0 0 0 Sturdivant T, p 4 0 1 0 Hegan J, c 2 0 0 0 Naragon H, ph-c 0 0 0 0 Score H, p 1 0 0 0 Mitchell D, ph 1 0 0 0 Narleski R, p 0 0 0 0 Ward P, ph 1 0 0 0 McLish C, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 3 8 3 29 1 2 1 New York 002 100 000 -- 3 Cleveland 010 000 000 -- 1 New York IP H R ER BB SO Sturdivant T (W) 9.0 2 1 1 3 11 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Score H (L) 6.0 5 3 3 3 4 Narleski R 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 McLish C 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 E -- Coleman J DP -- New York 1 LOB -- New York 8, Cleveland 4 2B -- McDougald G, Coleman J, Bauer H HR -- Wertz V, Mantle M T -- 2:35 A -- 40964
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