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Tigers
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 30, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, played on September 30, 1956 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 30, 1956 |
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Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 30, 1956 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ned Garver |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Feller |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 5,910 |
Time of Game | 2 hours |
Umpires | HP: Frank Umont 1B: Charlie Berry 2B: Jim Honochick 3B: Larry Napp |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Harvey Kuenn | Shortstop |
Wayne Belardi | First Baseman |
Charlie Maxwell | Left Fielder |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Reno Bertoia | Third Baseman |
Bill Tuttle | Center Fielder |
Frank Bolling | Second Baseman |
Frank House | Catcher |
Ned Garver | Pitcher |
Bucky Harris | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Joe Caffie | Left Fielder |
Dave Pope | Center Fielder |
Preston Ward | First Baseman |
Al Rosen | Third Baseman |
Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
Kenny Kuhn | Shortstop |
Earl Averill | Catcher |
George Strickland | Second Baseman |
Bob Feller | Pitcher |
Al Lopez | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 30, 1956
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Feller
Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Caffie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belardi vs. Feller
Belardi hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Feller
Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Feller
Kaline takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bertoia vs. Feller
There goes Kaline. The throw from Averill and he is safe. Kaline steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bertoia vs. Feller
Bertoia hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caffie vs. Garver
Caffie hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pope vs. Garver
Pope hits a ball on the ground towards first. Belardi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pope for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Garver
Ward strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Feller
Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Feller
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
House vs. Feller
House hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bolling moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garver vs. Feller
Garver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuhn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Garver
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn misplays the ball. That's an error on Kuenn. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Garver
Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rosen moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kuhn vs. Garver
Kuhn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it and throws to third for the out. Colavito moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Averill vs. Garver
Averill strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Strickland vs. Garver
Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Feller
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belardi vs. Feller
Belardi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxwell vs. Feller
Maxwell hits a popup towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Feller
Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Feller vs. Garver
Feller strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caffie vs. Garver
Caffie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pope vs. Garver
There goes Caffie. The throw from House and he is out, Kuenn applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pope vs. Garver
Pope hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bertoia vs. Feller
Bertoia hits a popup into left field. Caffie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Feller
Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Feller
Bolling hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
House vs. Feller
House takes first base on ball four. Tuttle moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Torgeson vs. Feller
Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Ned Garver.
Torgeson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colavito. Torgeson reaches second base with a double. Tuttle scores. House goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuenn vs. Feller
Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torgeson scores. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Belardi vs. Feller
Belardi hits a fly ball into center field. Pope settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Hoeft
Billy Hoeft now pitching.
Ward strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Hoeft
Rosen hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Hoeft
Colavito hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Feller
Maxwell hits a popup towards short. Kuhn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Feller
Kaline takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bertoia vs. Feller
Bertoia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kaline moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Tuttle vs. Feller
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuhn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhn vs. Hoeft
Kuhn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling misplays the ball. That's an error on Bolling. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Hoeft
Averill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuhn moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Strickland vs. Hoeft
Strickland hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Feller vs. Hoeft
Feller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hoeft fields it and throws to first for the out. Kuhn moves to third. Averill moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Caffie vs. Hoeft
There's a wild pitch. Kuhn scores. Averill moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Caffie vs. Hoeft
Caffie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Averill scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pope vs. Hoeft
Pope strikes out. The ball gets by House. He chases the ball to the backstop. There goes Caffie. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ward vs. Hoeft
Ward strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Feller
Al Smith now playing third base.
Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
House vs. Feller
House hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bolling moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hoeft vs. Feller
Hoeft bunts towards the mound. Feller fields it and throws to first for the out. Bolling moves to third. House moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kuenn vs. Feller
Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bolling scores. House scores. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Belardi vs. Feller
Belardi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maxwell vs. Feller
Maxwell hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kaline vs. Feller
Kaline hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colavito who is chasing the ball. Kaline reaches third base with a triple. Kuenn scores. Belardi goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bertoia vs. Feller
Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Hoeft
Smith hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Hoeft
Colavito strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhn vs. Hoeft
Kuhn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Hoeft
Averill hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Averill reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Strickland vs. Hoeft
Strickland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Averill scores. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Feller vs. Hoeft
Feller hits a popup, foul, towards first. Belardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Feller
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuhn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Feller
Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Caffie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Feller
House hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caffie vs. Hoeft
Caffie hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pope vs. Hoeft
Pope hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hoeft fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Hoeft
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hoeft fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Small vs. Feller
Jim Small pinch hits for Billy Hoeft.
Small hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuhn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Feller
Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Belardi vs. Feller
Belardi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strickland fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Foytack
Paul Foytack now pitching.
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Foytack
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhn vs. Foytack
Kuhn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Foytack
Averill hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Averill reaches second base with a double. Kuhn moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Strickland vs. Foytack
Strickland is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Feller
Maxwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Feller
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bertoia vs. Feller
Bertoia hits a popup towards short. Kuhn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. Feller
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuhn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Foytack
Gene Woodling pinch hits for Bob Feller.
Woodling hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caffie vs. Foytack
Caffie strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pope vs. Foytack
Pope strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/30/1956 -- Detroit at Cleveland (D) Detroit AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Kuenn H, ss 5 1 3 3 Caffie J, lf 5 0 2 1 Belardi W, 1b 5 2 3 1 Pope D, cf 5 0 0 0 Maxwell C, lf 5 0 1 0 Ward P, 1b 4 0 0 0 Kaline A, rf 3 0 1 2 Rosen A, 3b 2 0 0 0 Bertoia R, 3b 5 0 1 0 Smith A, 3b 2 1 2 1 Tuttle B, cf 5 1 2 0 Colavito R, rf 4 0 1 0 Bolling F, 2b 4 1 1 0 Kuhn K, ss 4 1 1 0 House F, c 3 2 1 0 Averill E, c 4 2 3 0 Garver N, p 1 0 0 0 Strickland G, 2b 4 0 1 1 Torgeson E, ph 1 1 1 2 Feller B, p 3 0 0 0 Hoeft B, p 0 0 0 0 Woodling G, ph 1 0 0 0 Small J, ph 1 0 0 0 Foytack P, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 8 14 8 38 4 10 3 Detroit 100 304 000 -- 8 Cleveland 000 022 000 -- 4 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Garver N 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 Hoeft B (W) 4.0 5 4 2 0 4 Foytack P (S) 2.0 3 0 0 0 3 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Feller B (L) 9.0 14 8 8 3 0 E -- Kuenn H, Bolling F, House F DP -- Detroit 1, Cleveland 2 LOB -- Detroit 7, Cleveland 7 2B -- Torgeson E, Averill E 2 3B -- Kaline A HR -- Belardi W, Smith A SB -- Kaline A CS -- Caffie J SH -- Hoeft B WP -- Hoeft B T -- 2:00 A -- 5910
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