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Senators 10 @ Athletics 16
Municipal Stadium
May 1, 1955

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Washington Senators, played on May 1, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics beat the visiting Senators with a score of 16 to 10.

Game Summary

DateMay 1, 1955 
Visiting Team
Washington Senators
R: 10 H: 10 E: 4 LOB: 8
Runs: 10
Hits: 10
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 16 H: 16 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 16
Hits: 16
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherMoe Burtschy  
Losing PitcherDean Stone  
SaveTom Gorman  
Game Winning RBIGus Zernial 

Game Info

DateMay 1, 1955 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamWashington Senators 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherMickey McDermott  
Home Starting PitcherArt Ditmar  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance22,906 
Time of Game3 hours 2 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Umont
1B: Eddie Rommel
2B: Joe Paparella
3B: Jim Honochick

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Yost  Third Baseman 
Juan Delis  Right Fielder 
Pete Runnels  Second Baseman 
Mickey Vernon  First Baseman 
Roy Sievers  Left Fielder 
Jim Busby  Center Fielder 
Ed Fitz Gerald  Catcher 
Tony Roig  Shortstop 
Mickey McDermott  Pitcher 
Chuck Dressen  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Bill Renna  Right Fielder 
Jim Finigan  Third Baseman 
Gus Zernial  Left Fielder 
Bill Wilson  Center Fielder 
Pete Suder  Second Baseman 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Billy Shantz  Catcher 
Art Ditmar  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

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Senators 10 @ Athletics 16
Municipal Stadium
May 1, 1955

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         Game of 5/1/1955 -- Washington at Kansas City (D)

  Washington         AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Yost E, 3b            2  2  2  2   Power V, 1b           4  2  2  2   
Delis J, rf           4  0  0  0   Renna B, rf           5  3  2  2   
Runnels P, 2b         5  2  2  1   Finigan J, 3b         4  4  2  3   
Vernon M, 1b          4  0  1  1   Zernial G, lf         3  1  1  2   
Umphlett T, lf        0  0  0  0   Wilson B, cf          6  1  2  2   
Sievers R, lf-1b      3  1  0  0   Suder P, 2b           5  0  0  0   
Busby J, cf           5  2  3  2   DeMaestri J, ss       3  0  1  1   
Fitz Gerald E, c      2  2  2  4   Littrell J, pr-ss     1  1  0  0   
Roig T, ss            2  1  0  0   Shantz B, c           5  2  3  1   
Oravetz E, ph         0  0  0  0   Ditmar A, p           2  0  1  0   
Snyder J, ss          1  0  0  0   Portocarrero A, p     1  1  1  1   
McDermott M, p        0  0  0  0   Burtschy M, p         2  1  1  1   
Abernathy T, p        1  0  0  0   Gorman T, p           0  0  0  0   
Stone D, p            1  0  0  0                                      
Pascual C, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Hyde D, p             0  0  0  0                                      
Levan J, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
Ramos P, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Paula C, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32 10 10 10                        41 16 16 15

Washington       500 410 000 -- 10
Kansas City      320 221 60x -- 16

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
McDermott M           0.2  1  3  3  3  0
Abernathy T*          2.1  6  4  2  0  2
Stone D (L)+          3.0  3  4  2  3  0
Pascual C             0.1  3  4  4  0  0
Hyde D                0.2  2  1  1  0  0
Ramos P               1.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ditmar A              3.1  6  8  8  3  1
Portocarrero A#       1.2  3  2  2  2  1
Burtschy M (W)        3.1  1  0  0  5  1
Gorman T (S)          0.2  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 4th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
  # Pitched to 1 batter in 6th

E -- DeMaestri J, Delis J, Abernathy T, Roig T 2
DP -- Kansas City 3
LOB -- Washington 8, Kansas City 12
2B -- Runnels P, Power V, Finigan J, Zernial G, Wilson B
3B -- Finigan J, Renna B, Vernon M
HR -- Fitz Gerald E 2, Yost E, Busby J, Portocarrero A
SH -- Delis J, Abernathy T
SF -- Zernial G, Power V
HBP -- by Ditmar A (Yost E), by McDermott M (Renna B), by Abernathy T (Zernial G), by Pascual C (DeMaestri J)
WP -- Ramos P
T -- 3:02
A -- 22906

    

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