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Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
May 29, 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 May 29, 1955 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 29, 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 | May 29, 1955 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Herb Score |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bobby Shantz |
Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
City | Kansas City |
State | MO |
Attendance | 26,418 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 32 minutes |
Umpires | HP: John Rice 1B: Johnny Stevens 2B: Larry Napp 3B: Bill Grieve |
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 |
Wally Westlake | Left Fielder |
Dale Mitchell | First Baseman |
Sam Dente | Shortstop |
Hank Foiles | Catcher |
Herb Score | Pitcher |
Al Lopez | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Vic Power | First Baseman |
Hector Lopez | Second Baseman |
Jim Finigan | Third Baseman |
Gus Zernial | Left Fielder |
Bill Renna | Right Fielder |
Bill Wilson | Center Fielder |
Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
Billy Shantz | Catcher |
Bobby Shantz | Pitcher |
Lou Boudreau | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
May 29, 1955
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Shantz
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Shantz
Avila hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Shantz
Doby hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Score
Jim Hegan now catching.
Power hits a popup towards the mound. Score settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Score
Lopez hits a popup towards short. Dente settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finigan vs. Score
Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Shantz
Rosen hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Shantz
Westlake strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Shantz
Mitchell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Score
Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Renna vs. Score
Renna strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Score
Wilson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Westlake. Wilson reaches second base with a double. There goes Zernial trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DeMaestri vs. Score
DeMaestri takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shantz vs. Score
There goes Wilson. The throw from Hegan and he is out, Rosen applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dente vs. Shantz
Dente takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hegan vs. Shantz
Hegan strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Score vs. Shantz
Score strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Shantz
Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Renna. Smith reaches second base with a double. Dente moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Avila vs. Shantz
Avila hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wilson who is chasing the ball. Avila reaches third base with a triple. Dente scores. Smith scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Doby vs. Shantz
Doby hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Score
Shantz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shantz vs. Score
Shantz strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Score
Power strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Score
Lopez takes first base on ball four. Shantz moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Finigan vs. Score
Finigan hits a popup towards short. Dente settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Shantz
Rosen strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Shantz
Westlake hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mitchell vs. Shantz
Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shantz fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dente vs. Shantz
Dente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Mitchell trying to get to third. Wilson throws the ball in to Finigan, who tags Mitchell for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Score
Zernial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, 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 -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Score
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Score
DeMaestri hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Shantz
Jack Littrell now playing shortstop.
Hegan hits a popup towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Score vs. Shantz
Score hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Shantz
Smith hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wilson. Smith reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Avila vs. Shantz
Avila hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lopez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Score
Shantz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shantz vs. Score
Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Score juggles the ball. That's an error on Score. Shantz moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Score
Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mitchell fields it and throws to second for the out. Shantz moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lopez vs. Score
Lopez hits a popup in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Finigan vs. Score
Finigan takes first base on ball four. Power moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Zernial vs. Score
Zernial 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, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Shantz
Doby hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Shantz
Rosen hits a popup towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Shantz
Westlake hits a popup towards short. Littrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Shantz
Mitchell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dente vs. Shantz
Dente hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Dente reaches second base with a double. Mitchell goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hegan vs. Shantz
Hegan is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Score vs. Shantz
Score strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renna vs. Score
Renna hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mitchell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Score
Wilson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Littrell vs. Score
Littrell strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shantz vs. Score
Shantz hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Shantz
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Shantz
Avila hits a popup towards the mound. Shantz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Shantz
Doby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Shantz
Rosen takes first base on ball four. Doby moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Westlake vs. Shantz
Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Littrell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Score
Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Score fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Score
Power hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Score
Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finigan vs. Score
Finigan hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Shantz
Mitchell hits a popup towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dente vs. Shantz
Dente hits a popup towards short. Littrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Shantz
Hegan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shantz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 4 - 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, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, 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 -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Score
Wilson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Littrell vs. Score
Littrell hits a popup towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Score vs. Shantz
Score strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Shantz
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Shantz
Avila takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doby vs. Shantz
Doby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Avila moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rosen vs. Shantz
Rosen hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Score
Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dente fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Score
Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Bobby Shantz.
Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Shantz moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Power vs. Narleski
Ray Narleski now pitching.
Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Shantz scores. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Narleski
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Narleski fields it and throws to third for the out. Power moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Finigan vs. Narleski
Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Narleski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Power moves to third. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Zernial vs. Narleski
Zernial strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Valo vs. Mossi
Don Mossi now pitching. Elmer Valo pinch hits for Bill Renna.
Valo strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/29/1955 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (D) Cleveland AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI Smith A, rf 5 1 2 0 Power V, 1b 5 0 1 1 Avila B, 2b 4 0 1 2 Lopez H, 2b 4 0 0 0 Doby L, cf 5 1 3 1 Finigan J, 3b 4 0 1 0 Rosen A, 3b 4 0 0 0 Zernial G, lf 4 1 2 1 Westlake W, lf 4 0 1 0 Renna B, rf 4 0 0 0 Mitchell D, 1b 4 1 1 0 Valo E, ph 1 0 0 0 Dente S, ss 3 1 2 1 Wilson B, cf 3 0 1 0 Foiles H, c 0 0 0 0 DeMaestri J, ss 1 0 0 0 Hegan J, c 3 0 0 0 Littrell J, ss 2 0 0 0 Score H, p 4 0 0 0 Shantz B, c 4 1 3 0 Narleski R, p 0 0 0 0 Shantz B, p 3 0 1 0 Mossi D, p 0 0 0 0 Slaughter E, ph 1 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 4 10 4 36 2 10 2 Cleveland 002 002 000 -- 4 Kansas City 000 000 011 -- 2 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Score H (W)* 8.0 8 2 2 5 5 Narleski R 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 Mossi D (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Shantz B (L) 9.0 10 4 4 4 6 * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th E -- Score H LOB -- Cleveland 9, Kansas City 12 2B -- Wilson B, Smith A 2, Dente S 3B -- Avila B HR -- Doby L, Zernial G T -- 2:32 A -- 26418
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