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Yankees
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
September 15, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, played on September 15, 1956 at Briggs Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 15, 1956 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 15, 1956 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rip Coleman |
Home Starting Pitcher | Frank Lary |
Ballpark | Briggs Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 25,154 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Eddie Rommel 1B: Johnny Stevens 2B: Frank Tabacchi 3B: Ed Runge |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Irv Noren | Left Fielder |
Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
Yogi Berra | Catcher |
Joe Collins | First Baseman |
Gil McDougald | Second Baseman |
Jerry Lumpe | Shortstop |
Andy Carey | Third Baseman |
Rip Coleman | Pitcher |
Casey Stengel | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Harvey Kuenn | Shortstop |
Jack Phillips | First Baseman |
Charlie Maxwell | Left Fielder |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Ray Boone | Third Baseman |
Bill Tuttle | Center Fielder |
Frank Bolling | Second Baseman |
Red Wilson | Catcher |
Frank Lary | Pitcher |
Bucky Harris | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Yankees
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
September 15, 1956
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Noren vs. Lary
Noren strikes out. The ball gets by Wilson. He chases the ball to the backstop. Noren moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Slaughter vs. Lary
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Noren moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mantle vs. Lary
Mantle strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Berra vs. Lary
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Coleman
Kuenn strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Coleman
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Coleman
Maxwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Coleman
Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maxwell moves to third. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boone vs. Coleman
Boone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Lary
Collins is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDougald vs. Lary
McDougald hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. Lary
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards second. Bolling fields it and throws to first for the out. Phillips throws to Kuenn, who throws back to Phillips who tags Collins for the double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Coleman
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Coleman
Bolling hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Noren. Bolling reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wilson vs. Coleman
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lary vs. Coleman
Lary strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Lary
Carey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Carey reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Coleman vs. Lary
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Noren vs. Lary
Noren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carey moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Slaughter vs. Lary
Slaughter takes first base on ball four. Noren moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mantle vs. Lary
Mantle hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Berra vs. Lary
Berra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carey scores. Noren scores. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Collins vs. Lary
Collins 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
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Coleman
Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Coleman
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Coleman
Maxwell strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Lary
McDougald hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Lary
Lumpe hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Lary
Carey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Coleman
Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Coleman
Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Coleman
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Lary
Coleman strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Noren vs. Lary
Noren hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Lary
Slaughter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Coleman
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Coleman
Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lary vs. Coleman
Lary strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Coleman
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Lary
Mantle is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Lary
Berra hits a popup towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Lary
Collins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDougald vs. Lary
McDougald strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Coleman
Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Coleman
Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Coleman
Kaline hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Noren. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Maxwell goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boone vs. Coleman
Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaline moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Tuttle vs. Coleman
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Lary
Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Lary
Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Lary
Coleman is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Coleman
Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Coleman
Wilson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Wilson reaches second base with a double. Bolling goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lary vs. Morgan
Tom Morgan now pitching.
Lary strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuenn vs. Morgan
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Phillips vs. Morgan
Phillips hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Phillips reaches second base with a double. Wilson scores. Kuenn goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maxwell vs. Morgan
Maxwell hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Phillips scores. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Morgan
Kaline hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Noren. Kaline reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boone vs. Morgan
Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaline scores. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. Morgan
Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Noren vs. Lary
Noren hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bolling reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Lary
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Lary
Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Grim
Norm Siebern now playing left field. Bob Grim now pitching.
Bolling is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Grim
Wilson hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Grim
Lary strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Lary
Berra 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 -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Lary
Collins takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDougald vs. Lary
McDougald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Collins moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lumpe vs. Lary
Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Skowron vs. Lary
Bill Skowron pinch hits for Andy Carey.
Skowron 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
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/15/1956 -- New York at Detroit (D) New York AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Noren I, lf 4 1 1 0 Kuenn H, ss 4 1 1 0 Siebern N, lf 0 0 0 0 Phillips J, 1b 4 1 1 2 Slaughter E, rf 3 0 0 0 Maxwell C, lf 3 1 2 1 Mantle M, cf 4 0 0 0 Kaline A, rf 4 1 3 1 Berra Y, c 4 0 1 2 Boone R, 3b 4 0 2 1 Collins J, 1b 2 0 1 0 Tuttle B, cf 4 0 0 0 McDougald G, 2b 4 0 1 0 Bolling F, 2b 4 1 2 0 Lumpe J, ss 4 0 0 0 Wilson R, c 4 1 2 1 Carey A, 3b 3 1 1 0 Lary F, p 4 0 0 0 Skowron B, ph 1 0 0 0 Coleman R, p 3 0 0 0 Morgan T, p 0 0 0 0 Grim B, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 2 5 2 35 6 13 6 New York 002 000 000 -- 2 Detroit 000 001 50x -- 6 New York IP H R ER BB SO Coleman R (L)* 6.0 10 3 3 0 5 Morgan T 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 Grim B 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Lary F (W) 9.0 5 2 2 2 7 * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th E -- Wilson R DP -- New York 2, Detroit 1 LOB -- New York 6, Detroit 6 2B -- Bolling F, Carey A, Kaline A 2, Wilson R, Phillips J SF -- Maxwell C HBP -- by Lary F (Collins J) T -- 2:40 A -- 25154
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