Tigers @ Athletics
July 3, 1955

Back Home
Visual
Play By Play
Text
Play By Play
Audio
Play By Play
Box
Score
Lineups
and Summary
Bottom 14 R H E
Tigers 8 17 1
Athletics 8 13 2
Bottom 14 R H E
Tigers 8 17 1
Athletics 9 14 2

Vic Power Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .400 .302
OBP .333 .345
At Bats 5 265
Hits 2 80
• Singles 0 53
• Doubles 1 15
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 9
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 3 33

George Zuverink Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 4 0
 FIRSTPLAY/PAUSE  REPLAYLAST/BOX  
Close
1 ▲ ▼ 2 ▲ ▼ 3 ▲ ▼ 4 ▲ ▼ 5 ▲ ▼ 6 ▲ ▼ 7 ▲ ▼ 8 ▲ ▼ 9 ▲ ▼ 10 ▲ ▼ 11 ▲ ▼ 12 ▲ ▼ 13 ▲ ▼ 14 ▲ ▼
Municipal Stadium - July 3, 1955
•
Home Run
George Zuverink
Red Wilson
Jack Phillips
Harry Malmberg
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Bubba Phillips
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Vic Power

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 8 17 1 13
Kansas City Athletics 9 14 2 10
Winning Pitcher Lou Sleater
Losing Pitcher George Zuverink
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Vic Power
Attendance 20,275
Time of Game 3 hours 58 minutes
View Box Score
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Power hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Return to all plays in text
PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 14 George Zuverink now pitching. Harry Malmberg now playing second base. Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 14 Reno Bertoia pinch hits for Babe Birrer. Bertoia strikes out.
Top 14 Harry Malmberg pinch hits for Fred Hatfield. Malmberg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 14 Wilson bunts towards the mound. Sleater settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 14 Lou Sleater now pitching. Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 13 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 13 Renna hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Valo scores. DeMaestri moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 13 DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Valo moves to third.
Bottom 13 Elmer Valo pinch hits for Johnny Sain. Valo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kuenn.
Bottom 13 Astroth hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan misplays the ball. That's an error on Finigan. Kuenn scores. Kaline moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 13 Kaline is walked intentionally.
Top 13 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kuenn moves to third.
Top 13 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Renna. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Top 13 Birrer hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Power hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Simpson hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sain fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 11 Renna takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 DeMaestri is called out on strikes.
Bottom 11 Sain hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Boone hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Tuttle strikes out.
Bottom 10 Astroth hits a fly ball into left field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Kuenn strikes out.
Top 10 Birrer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Astroth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Simpson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 9 Babe Birrer now pitching. Jack Phillips now playing first base. Renna hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wilson strikes out.
Top 9 Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boone moves to second.
Top 9 Johnny Sain now pitching. Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tuttle scores.
Top 9 Art Ceccarelli now pitching. Bill Wilson now playing right field. Bill Renna now playing left field. Jack Phillips pinch hits for Earl Torgeson. Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Kaline hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bill Harrington now pitching. Tuttle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson who is chasing the ball. Tuttle reaches third base with a triple. Maxwell scores. Kuenn goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maxwell moves to third.
Top 9 Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Paul Foytack. Maxwell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Renna. Maxwell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into left field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Raschi strikes out.
Bottom 8 Astroth takes first base on ball four. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Finigan strikes out.
Bottom 8 Power hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Hatfield is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Raschi fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Simpson hits a popup towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wilson hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Renna hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hatfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Torgeson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Raschi bunts towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Hatfield covering, for the out. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Astroth hits a line drive into left field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Foytack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Hatfield hits a fly ball into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bill Renna now playing right field. Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Finigan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Power strikes out.
Bottom 5 Simpson hits a fly ball into left field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kaline tags and scores.
Top 5 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kaline moves to third.
Top 5 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn scores.
Top 5 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kuenn moves to third.
Top 5 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Foytack covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bubba Phillips now playing left field. Paul Foytack now pitching. DeMaestri strikes out.
Top 4 Ferris Fain pinch hits for Leo Cristante. Fain hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Raschi fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Phillips moves to third.
Top 4 Bubba Phillips pinch runs for Jim Delsing. Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Phillips moves to second.
Top 4 Delsing takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Raschi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Astroth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Power scores.
Bottom 3 Leo Cristante now pitching. Finigan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Power hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Delsing. Power reaches second base with a double. Simpson scores.
Bottom 3 Simpson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Delsing who is chasing the ball. Simpson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Wilson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Slaughter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Raschi covering, for the out.
Top 3 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Raschi strikes out.
Bottom 2 Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kuenn hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Finigan catches it and throws to first to double up Maas.
Top 2 Maas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hatfield moves to third.
Top 2 Hatfield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Wilson hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Finigan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Simpson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wilson tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DeMaestri scores. Wilson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Slaughter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hatfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Delsing. DeMaestri reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Raschi fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri misplays the ball. That's an error on DeMaestri. Kuenn moves to third. Kaline moves to second.
Top 1 Torgeson hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to second.
Top 1 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kuenn takes first base on ball four.