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Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
April 19, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Cleveland Indians, played on April 19, 1955 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 19, 1955 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
Kansas City Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 19, 1955 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Herb Score |
Home Starting Pitcher | Cloyd Boyer |
Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
City | Kansas City |
State | MO |
Attendance | 11,558 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 4 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jim Honochick 1B: Frank Umont 2B: Eddie Rommel 3B: Joe Paparella |
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 |
Hank Foiles | Catcher |
Herb Score | Pitcher |
Al Lopez | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Vic Power | First Baseman |
Pete Suder | Second Baseman |
Jim Finigan | Third Baseman |
Gus Zernial | Left Fielder |
Bill Renna | Right Fielder |
Bill Wilson | Center Fielder |
Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
Billy Shantz | Catcher |
Cloyd Boyer | Pitcher |
Lou Boudreau | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
April 19, 1955
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Boyer
Smith hits a popup towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Boyer
Avila takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doby vs. Boyer
Doby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Suder fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Boyer
Rosen hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Boyer
Kiner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Boyer
Wertz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Suder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Score
Power hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Doby. Power reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Suder vs. Score
Suder hits a popup towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Finigan vs. Score
Finigan hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zernial vs. Score
Zernial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Renna vs. Score
Renna hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Boyer
Strickland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foiles vs. Boyer
Foiles hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Score vs. Boyer
Score hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Shantz fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Boyer
Smith strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Score
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Score
DeMaestri strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Score
Shantz strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Boyer
Avila hits a popup towards the mound. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Boyer
Doby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Boyer
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Score
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Score
Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Suder vs. Score
Suder strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finigan vs. Score
Finigan strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Boyer
Kiner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Boyer
Wertz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kiner moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Strickland vs. Boyer
Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Kiner moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Foiles vs. Boyer
Foiles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Score vs. Boyer
Score hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kiner scores. Foiles moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Boyer
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Score
Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renna vs. Score
Renna hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Score
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Score
DeMaestri hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shantz vs. Score
Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Boyer
Avila strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Boyer
Doby hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Boyer
Rosen hits a popup towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Score
Boyer strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Score
Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Suder vs. Score
Suder strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finigan vs. Score
Finigan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Score
Zernial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Renna vs. Score
Renna hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Boyer
Kiner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wilson. Kiner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wertz vs. Boyer
Wertz hits a popup towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Strickland vs. Boyer
Strickland hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foiles vs. Boyer
Foiles is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Score vs. Boyer
Score strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Score
Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Score
DeMaestri hits a popup towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shantz vs. Score
Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Boyer
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Boyer
Avila hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doby vs. Boyer
Doby strikes out. There goes Avila. The throw from Shantz to DeMaestri, and Avila is out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Score
Boyer hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Score
Power hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suder vs. Score
Suder hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Boyer
Rosen hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Boyer
Kiner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Boyer
Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strickland vs. Boyer
Strickland takes first base on ball four. Kiner moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mitchell vs. Boyer
Dale Mitchell pinch hits for Hank Foiles.
There's a wild pitch. Kiner moves to third. Strickland moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mitchell vs. Boyer
Mitchell is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Score vs. Boyer
Score hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Suder fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Mitchell trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Smith vs. Boyer
Smith takes first base on ball four. Kiner scores. Strickland moves to third. Score moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Avila vs. Boyer
Avila hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finigan vs. Score
Jim Hegan now catching.
Finigan strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Score
Zernial hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renna vs. Score
Renna hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Boyer
Doby hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Boyer
Rosen hits a popup towards the mound. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiner vs. Boyer
Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Boyer
Wertz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strickland vs. Bishop
Charlie Bishop now pitching.
Strickland hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hegan vs. Bishop
Hegan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wertz moves to third. Hegan moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Score vs. Bishop
Score strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Score
Joe Altobelli now playing first base.
Wilson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Score
DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wilson moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shantz vs. Score
Shantz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Doby. Shantz reaches second base with a double. Wilson scores. DeMaestri moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Stewart vs. Garcia
Bill Stewart pinch hits for Charlie Bishop. Mike Garcia now pitching.
Stewart strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Power vs. Garcia
Power hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Smith who is chasing the ball. Power reaches third base with a triple. DeMaestri scores. Shantz scores. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Valo vs. Garcia
Elmer Valo pinch hits for Pete Suder.
Valo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Doby. Valo reaches second base with a double. Power scores. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Finigan vs. Garcia
Spook Jacobs pinch runs for Elmer Valo.
Finigan is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Zernial vs. Garcia
Zernial strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Renna vs. Garcia
Renna hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jacobs moves to third. Finigan moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wilson vs. Garcia
Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jacobs scores. Finigan moves to third. Renna moves to second. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/19/1955 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (D) Cleveland AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI Smith A, rf 4 0 0 1 Power V, 1b 5 2 4 2 Avila B, 2b 4 0 1 0 Suder P, 2b 4 0 0 0 Doby L, cf 5 2 2 0 Valo E, ph 1 0 1 1 Rosen A, 3b 5 2 2 3 Jacobs S, pr 0 1 0 0 Kiner R, lf 3 3 3 2 Finigan J, 3b 4 1 1 2 Wertz V, 1b 4 0 1 0 Zernial G, lf 3 1 1 1 Altobelli J, 1b 0 0 0 0 Renna B, rf 5 0 2 0 Strickland G, ss 4 0 1 0 Wilson B, cf 4 1 2 1 Foiles H, c 1 0 0 0 DeMaestri J, ss 4 1 1 0 Mitchell D, ph 0 0 0 0 Shantz B, c 4 1 1 1 Hegan J, c 1 0 1 0 Boyer C, p 3 0 0 0 Score H, p 5 0 2 1 Bishop C, p 0 0 0 0 Garcia M, p 0 0 0 0 Stewart B, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 7 13 7 38 8 13 8 Cleveland 200 100 022 -- 7 Kansas City 000 120 005 -- 8 2 outs when winning run was scored. Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Score H* 8.0 9 6 6 3 9 Garcia M (L) 0.2 4 2 2 1 2 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Boyer C 8.1 12 7 7 9 4 Bishop C (W) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 3 batters in 9th DP -- Cleveland 1, Kansas City 3 LOB -- Cleveland 11, Kansas City 8 2B -- Power V, Kiner R, Shantz B, Valo E 3B -- Power V HR -- Rosen A 2, Zernial G, Finigan J, Kiner R CS -- Avila B WP -- Boyer C T -- 3:04 A -- 11558
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