1955 Strat replay

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Eight years after Jackie Robinson broke the color-barrier, Elston Howard became the first African-American to don the Yankees pinstripes. At the beginning of the 1955 season only three teams, out of sixteen, still had yet to field a black ballplayer (Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies).

BOXSCORE: 1955 New York Yankees At 1955 Baltimore Orioles           5/29/1955
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.McDougald 2B      5  0  1  0 .270     B.Cox 2B            3  0  0  1 .192  
  A.Carey 3B          5  1  1  0 .298     R.Moore P           0  0  0  0 .111  
  Y.Berra C           4  1  0  0 .247     D.Johnson P         0  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Mantle CF         3  2  1  0 .317     C.Abrams CF         1  0  0  0 .186  
  H.Bauer RF          3  2  2  3 .275     E.Waitkus 1B        3  0  0  0 .356  
  E.Howard LF         4  1  2  4 .358     G.Woodling RF       4  0  0  0 .280  
  E.Robinson 1B       3  0  0  0 .208     G.Coan LF           4  1  1  0 .291  
  B.Hunter SS         4  0  1  0 .254     H.Smith C           4  1  2  0 .322  
  B.Grim P            0  0  0  0 .176     J.Pyburn 3B         3  1  1  0 .128  
  J.Konstanty P       3  0  1  0 .250   B-G.Triandos PH       1  0  0  0 .248  
  T.Morgan P          1  0  0  0 .500     W.Miranda SS        4  1  1  3 .217  
                                          A.Schallock P       1  0  0  0 .000  
                                        A-B.Young PH,2B       1  0  0  0 .275  
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         Totals      35  7  9  7                 Totals      29  4  5  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Schallock In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Pyburn In 9th Inning
 
Yankees......... 0 0 0  4 0 0  0 3 0  -  7  9  0
Orioles......... 0 4 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  4  5  1
 
Yankees (29-12)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Grim                    1 2/3   4   4   4   1   1   0   2.72
J.Konstanty               5       0   0   0   1   1   0   3.92
T.Morgan WIN(3-0)         2 1/3   1   0   0   2   0   0   2.25
Totals                    9       5   4   4   4   2   0
 
Orioles (15-27)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
A.Schallock               7       7   4   3   2   3   0   4.24
R.Moore LOSS(2-5)         0 1/3   2   3   3   1   1   1   3.92
D.Johnson                 1 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   7.06
Totals                    9       9   7   6   3   5   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 9,511 DATE- Sunday, May 29th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:13
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 4  Orioles: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0  Orioles: 2
ERRORS- A.Schallock
DOUBLES- W.Miranda(5th)
TRIPLES- H.Bauer(2nd)
HOME RUNS- E.Howard(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- E.Waitkus(3rd)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Abrams
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Schallock
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Cox
WALKS- M.Mantle, H.Bauer, E.Robinson, C.Abrams-2, E.Waitkus, B.Young
HIT BY PITCH- C.Abrams
STRIKE OUTS- Y.Berra, M.Mantle, E.Howard, J.Konstanty, T.Morgan, G.Woodling,
             J.Pyburn
GIDP- A.Carey, E.Robinson
 
Jim Konstanty came through with a solid 5 innings as the New York Yankees
outscored the Baltimore Orioles 7 to 4.
 
New York came through with the game-winning runs in the 8th inning with 3 runs
on 2 hits.  After an out was recorded, Mickey Mantle started the attack as he
singled.  Hank Bauer stepped up to the plate and he drew a walk.  Elston
Howard then rifled a three-run blast (his 3rd of the season).  New York
out-hit Baltimore for the game, 9 hits to 5.  
 
Tom Morgan(3-0) went 2 and 1/3 innings allowing no runs for the win. Ray
Moore(2-5) was tagged with the loss in relief.  He pitched 1/3 of an inning
and surrendered 2 hits and 1 walk.

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