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Athletics
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
July 15, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Kansas City Athletics, played on July 15, 1956 at Griffith Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 15, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
|
| Home Team |
Washington Senators
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 15, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Home Team | Washington Senators |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Wally Burnette |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Chuck Stobbs |
| Ballpark | Griffith Stadium |
| City | Washington |
| State | DC |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim Honochick 1B: Larry Napp 2B: Frank Umont 3B: Charlie Berry |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hector Lopez | Third Baseman |
| Al Pilarcik | Center Fielder |
| Gus Zernial | Left Fielder |
| Eddie Robinson | First Baseman |
| Johnny Groth | Right Fielder |
| Tim Thompson | Catcher |
| Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
| Clete Boyer | Second Baseman |
| Wally Burnette | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
Washington Senators Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Yost | Third Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Center Fielder |
| Jim Lemon | Right Fielder |
| Pete Runnels | First Baseman |
| Roy Sievers | Left Fielder |
| Clint Courtney | Catcher |
| Tony Roig | Second Baseman |
| Jose Valdivielso | Shortstop |
| Chuck Stobbs | Pitcher |
| Chuck Dressen | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
July 15, 1956
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Stobbs
Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pilarcik vs. Stobbs
Pilarcik hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Stobbs
Zernial is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Burnette
Yost hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Burnette
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burnette fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Burnette
Lemon hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Stobbs
Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groth vs. Stobbs
Groth strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Stobbs
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Stobbs
DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sievers. DeMaestri reaches second base with a double. Thompson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Stobbs
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DeMaestri scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burnette vs. Stobbs
Burnette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Burnette
Runnels is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Burnette
Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Courtney vs. Burnette
Courtney hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pilarcik. Courtney reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Roig vs. Burnette
Roig hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Stobbs
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pilarcik vs. Stobbs
Pilarcik hits a popup towards first. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Stobbs
Zernial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lemon. Zernial reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Stobbs
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stobbs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valdivielso vs. Burnette
Valdivielso hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stobbs vs. Burnette
Stobbs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Burnette
Yost hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Stobbs
Groth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Stobbs
Stobbs fires to first and has Groth trapped. There's the throw to Valdivielso who tags Groth for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Stobbs
Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Stobbs
DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Stobbs
The ball gets by Courtney for a passed ball. DeMaestri moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Stobbs
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso misplays the ball. That's an error on Valdivielso. DeMaestri moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Burnette vs. Stobbs
Burnette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Burnette
Herzog hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Burnette
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Runnels vs. Burnette
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burnette fields it and throws to first for the out. Lemon moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sievers vs. Burnette
The ball gets by Thompson for a passed ball. Lemon moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sievers vs. Burnette
Sievers strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Stobbs
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pilarcik vs. Stobbs
Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roig scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Stobbs
Zernial hits a fly ball into left field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Courtney vs. Burnette
Courtney hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roig vs. Burnette
Roig hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valdivielso vs. Burnette
Valdivielso hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stobbs vs. Burnette
Stobbs hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Stobbs
Robinson hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Stobbs
Groth hits a popup, foul, towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Stobbs
Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Burnette
Yost is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Burnette
Herzog hits a fly ball into right field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Burnette
Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Stobbs
DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Stobbs
Boyer strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burnette vs. Stobbs
Burnette bunts towards first. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first, with Roig covering, for the out. DeMaestri moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopez vs. Stobbs
Lopez is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pilarcik vs. Stobbs
Pilarcik hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DeMaestri scores. Lopez moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Zernial vs. Stobbs
Zernial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sievers. Zernial reaches second base with a double. Lopez scores. Pilarcik goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Stobbs
Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Herzog. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Zernial scores. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Groth vs. Stobbs
Groth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 6 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Burnette
Runnels hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sievers vs. Burnette
Sievers hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Courtney vs. Burnette
Courtney hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Groth. Courtney reaches second base with a double. There goes Runnels trying to get to home. Groth throws the ball in to Boyer who relays the ball to Thompson, who tags Runnels, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Roig vs. Burnette
Roig hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 6 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Stobbs
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roig scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Stobbs
DeMaestri hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Stobbs
Boyer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Roig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burnette vs. Stobbs
Burnette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 7 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Plews vs. Burnette
Herb Plews pinch hits for Jose Valdivielso.
Plews hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berberet vs. Burnette
Lou Berberet pinch hits for Chuck Stobbs.
Berberet hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Burnette
Yost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herzog vs. Burnette
Herzog hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 7 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Byerly
Tony Roig now playing shortstop. Herb Plews now playing second base. Bud Byerly now pitching.
Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pilarcik vs. Byerly
Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zernial vs. Byerly
Zernial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez scores. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Byerly
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 8 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Burnette
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Lopez. Lemon moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Runnels vs. Burnette
Runnels hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sievers vs. Burnette
Sievers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Courtney vs. Burnette
Courtney hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Roig vs. Burnette
Roig strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/15/1956, game 1 -- Kansas City at Washington (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Washington AB R H RBI
Lopez H, 3b 4 2 1 0 Yost E, 3b 4 0 1 0
Pilarcik A, cf 5 1 1 1 Herzog W, cf 4 0 1 0
Zernial G, lf 5 1 3 3 Lemon J, rf 4 0 0 0
Robinson E, 1b 5 0 2 1 Runnels P, 1b 4 0 1 0
Groth J, rf 4 0 1 0 Sievers R, lf 3 0 0 0
Thompson T, c 4 1 0 0 Courtney C, c 4 0 2 0
DeMaestri J, ss 4 3 4 2 Roig T, 2b-ss 4 0 1 0
Boyer C, 2b 4 0 1 1 Valdivielso J, ss 2 0 0 0
Burnette W, p 3 0 0 0 Plews H, ph-2b 1 0 0 0
Stobbs C, p 2 0 0 0
Berberet L, ph 1 0 0 0
Byerly B, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 8 13 8 33 0 6 0
Kansas City 020 000 411 -- 8
Washington 000 000 000 -- 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Burnette W (W) 9.0 6 0 0 1 4
Washington IP H R ER BB SO
Stobbs C (L) 8.0 11 7 7 1 3
Byerly B 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
E -- Valdivielso J, Lopez H
DP -- Washington 1
LOB -- Kansas City 5, Washington 7
2B -- DeMaestri J, Courtney C 2, Zernial G 2, Robinson E
HR -- DeMaestri J
SH -- Burnette W
PB -- Courtney C, Thompson T
T -- 2:10
A -- 0
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