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Athletics 1 @ White Sox 5
Comiskey Park
September 23, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Athletics, played on September 23, 1956 at Comiskey Park. The home team White Sox beat the visiting Athletics with a score of 5 to 1.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 23, 1956 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 1 H: 5 E: 2 LOB: 5
Runs: 1
Hits: 5
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 5 H: 8 E: 2 LOB: 6
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherGerry Staley  
Losing PitcherWalt Craddock  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateSeptember 23, 1956 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Athletics 
Home TeamChicago White Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherWalt Craddock  
Home Starting PitcherGerry Staley  
BallparkComiskey Park 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance9,819 
Time of Game2 hours 10 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jim Honochick
1B: Larry Napp
2B: Frank Umont
3B: Charlie Berry

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vic Power  Second Baseman 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Lou Skizas  Left Fielder 
Eddie Robinson  First Baseman 
Tim Thompson  Catcher 
Al Pilarcik  Center Fielder 
Johnny Groth  Right Fielder 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Walt Craddock  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Luis Aparicio  Shortstop 
Minnie Minoso  Left Fielder 
Larry Doby  Center Fielder 
Walt Dropo  First Baseman 
Sherm Lollar  Catcher 
Bubba Phillips  Right Fielder 
Sammy Esposito  Third Baseman 
Nellie Fox  Second Baseman 
Gerry Staley  Pitcher 
Marty Marion  Manager 

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Athletics 1 @ White Sox 5
Comiskey Park
September 23, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/23/1956, game 2 -- Kansas City at Chicago (D)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Power V, 2b           4  0  0  0   Aparicio L, ss        3  0  2  2   
Lopez H, 3b           4  0  0  0   Minoso M, lf          3  1  1  0   
Skizas L, lf          4  0  0  0   Doby L, cf            4  0  1  0   
Robinson E, 1b        3  0  1  0   Dropo W, 1b           4  0  1  0   
Thompson T, c         4  1  1  0   Lollar S, c           3  2  2  0   
Pilarcik A, cf        4  0  0  0   Phillips B, rf        3  1  1  0   
Groth J, rf           3  0  1  0   Northey R, ph         0  0  0  0   
DeMaestri J, ss       3  0  1  1   Delsing J, pr         0  0  0  0   
Craddock W, p         0  0  0  0   Hatfield F, 3b        0  0  0  0   
Crimian J, p          1  0  0  0   Esposito S, 3b        1  1  0  0   
Zernial G, ph         1  0  0  0   Rivera J, ph-rf       1  0  0  0   
Kretlow L, p          0  0  0  0   Fox N, 2b             4  0  0  0   
Pless R, ph           1  0  1  0   Staley G, p           2  0  0  0   
Shantz B, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Harrington B, p       0  0  0  0                                      
McMahan J, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  1  5  1                        28  5  8  2

Kansas City      000 010 000 --  1
Chicago          030 010 01x --  5

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Craddock W (L)        1.2  2  3  3  4  1
Crimian J             2.1  0  0  0  2  2
Kretlow L             3.0  5  1  1  0  1
Shantz B*             0.0  1  1  1  0  0
Harrington B+         0.0  0  0  0  1  0
McMahan J             1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Staley G (W)          9.0  5  1  0  1  2
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- Aparicio L 2, DeMaestri J, Power V
DP -- Kansas City 4, Chicago 2
LOB -- Kansas City 5, Chicago 6
2B -- Aparicio L, Dropo W
3B -- Minoso M
CS -- Minoso M
WP -- Craddock W, Harrington B, McMahan J
T -- 2:10
A -- 9819

    

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