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Tigers 9 @ Athletics 6
Municipal Stadium
May 24, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 24, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 9 to 6.

Game Summary

DateMay 24, 1955 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 9 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 9
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 6 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Winning Pitcher—Al Aber  
Losing Pitcher—Johnny Sain  
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Game Winning RBI—Ray Boone 

Game Info

DateMay 24, 1955 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherSteve Gromek  
Home Starting PitcherArt Ditmar  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance18,217 
Time of Game2 hours 54 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Johnny Stevens
1B: Larry Napp
2B: Bill Grieve
3B: John Rice

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Harvey Kuenn  Shortstop 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Ferris Fain  First Baseman 
Jim Delsing  Left Fielder 
Fred Hatfield  Third Baseman 
Red Wilson  Catcher 
Harry Malmberg  Second Baseman 
Steve Gromek  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Enos Slaughter  Right Fielder 
Elmer Valo  Left Fielder 
Bill Wilson  Center Fielder 
Jim Finigan  Third Baseman 
Hector Lopez  Second Baseman 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Billy Shantz  Catcher 
Art Ditmar  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

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Tigers 9 @ Athletics 6
Municipal Stadium
May 24, 1955

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         Game of 5/24/1955 -- Detroit at Kansas City (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Kuenn H, ss           1  0  1  0   Power V, 1b           5  0  0  0   
Bertoia R, pr-ss      3  1  1  0   Slaughter E, rf       5  0  1  0   
Tuttle B, cf          3  2  0  0   Valo E, lf            2  1  0  0   
Kaline A, rf          5  1  2  4   Wilson B, cf          4  1  0  0   
Fain F, 1b            3  0  1  0   Finigan J, 3b         4  3  2  1   
Phillips B, pr        0  0  0  0   Lopez H, 2b           2  0  1  0   
Phillips J, 1b        0  0  0  0   Zernial G, ph         1  1  1  3   
Delsing J, lf         4  1  1  0   Suder P, 2b           0  0  0  0   
Hatfield F, 3b        5  1  0  0   Simpson H, ph         0  0  0  0   
Wilson R, c           5  2  2  1   Astroth J, c          1  0  0  0   
Malmberg H, 2b        3  0  1  1   DeMaestri J, ss       4  0  1  2   
Gromek S, p           0  0  0  0   Shantz B, c           3  0  1  0   
Porter J, ph          1  1  1  0   Kryhoski D, ph        0  0  0  0   
Zuverink G, p         0  0  0  0   Renna B, ph           1  0  1  0   
Flowers B, p          0  0  0  0   Sleater L, p          0  0  0  0   
Boone R, ph           1  0  1  1   Ditmar A, p           1  0  0  0   
Miller B, pr          0  0  0  0   Sain J, p             0  0  0  0   
Cristante L, p        0  0  0  0   Gorman T, p           1  0  0  0   
Foytack P, p          1  0  1  1   Littrell J, ph-2b     1  0  0  0   
Fletcher V, p         0  0  0  0                                      
Aber A, p             0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  9 12  8                        35  6  8  6

Detroit          200 003 130 --  9
Kansas City      000 014 010 --  6

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gromek S              5.0  3  1  1  1  3
Zuverink G            0.2  2  4  4  2  0
Flowers B             0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Cristante L           0.2  1  0  0  0  1
Foytack P*            0.1  0  1  1  3  1
Fletcher V+           0.0  1  0  0  0  0
Aber A (W)            2.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ditmar A              5.1  4  5  5  4  1
Sain J (L)#           0.2  2  1  1  0  0
Gorman T              2.0  5  3  3  1  1
Sleater L             1.0  1  0  0  1  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
  # Pitched to 2 batters in 7th

E -- Fain F, Hatfield F
DP -- Detroit 1, Kansas City 2
LOB -- Detroit 7, Kansas City 9
2B -- Wilson R, Slaughter E, Fain F
HR -- Kaline A, Zernial G
SH -- Ditmar A, Bertoia R
SF -- Malmberg H
T -- 2:54
A -- 18217

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