Saturday, November 18, 2006
AL Recap June 26th - White Sox and Indians pull within 3 games of the Yankees.
Strat-O-Matic Report
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1955 American League Date: 6/26/1955
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1955 NYA 47 23 G.Kell CHA .372 M.Mantle NYA 21 L.Doby CLA 48
1955 CHA 41 23 N.Fox CHA .355 L.Doby CLA 19 M.Mantle NYA 46
1955 CLA 43 25 A.Kaline DEA .331 A.Rosen CLA 15 Y.Berra NYA 44
1955 BOA 34 34 M.Vernon WAA .327 Y.Berra NYA 15 A.Kaline DEA 43
1955 DEA 31 33 H.Kuenn DEA .325 A.Kaline DEA 14 G.Kell CHA 42
1955 WAA 25 40
1955 BAA 23 43 WINS SAVES ERA
1955 KCA 21 44 D.Donovan CHA 9 E.Kinder BOA 9 H.Score CLA 1.55
H.Score CLA 9 R.Narlesk CLA 8 B.Pierce CHA 1.80
H.Byrd *** 8 J.Konstan NYA 7 V.Trucks CHA 2.24
B.Hoeft DEA 8 T.Gorman KCA 6 W.Ford NYA 2.35
W.Ford NYA 8 T.Morgan NYA 6 F.Sulliva BOA 2.53
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
C.Courtne *** 13 J.Rivera CHA 9 H.Score CLA 123
E.Slaught *** 10 M.Minoso CHA 8 B.Turley NYA 102
J.Rivera CHA 8 J.Busby *** 8 F.Sulliva BOA 83
OTHERS TIED W 6 H.Bauer NYA 8 B.Pierce CHA 74
H.Kuenn DEA 6 M.Garcia CLA 61
YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CHA 5 at BOA 4 CHA-Trucks(7-5, 2.24) at BOA-Nixon(4-6, 4.50)
CLA 3 at NYA 1 CHA-Keegan(2-5, 7.96) at BOA-Brewer(7-5, 3.93)
DEA 1 at WAA 7 CLA-Wynn(6-1, 3.19) at NYA-Byrne(3-3, 2.72)
CLA-Lemon(7-7, 3.87) at NYA-Ford(8-4, 2.35)
DEA-Garver(5-4, 3.88) at WAA-Stone(4-5, 3.44)
DEA-Lary(4-8, 2.95) at WAA-McDermo(2-5, 4.23)
KCA-Kellner(3-5, 3.42) at BAA-Wilson(4-6, 2.76)
KCA-Herbert(1-5, 5.89) at BAA-Johnson(1-3, 6.47)
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB
H.Killebrew WAA DEA 3 2 2 3 0 1 2 0
W.Dropo CHA BOA 5 2 5 2 0 0 1 0
G.Hatton BOA CHA 4 2 3 1 0 0 1 0
G.Strickland CLA NYA 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
R.Kiner CLA NYA 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS
A.Houtteman CLA NYA 9.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 W
A.Aber DEA WAA 5.0 3 1 1 1 5 1
T.Abernathy WAA DEA 6.0 5 1 1 3 2 0 W
B.Wiesler NYA CLA 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C.Stobbs WAA DEA 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
T.Williams BOA .393 28 11 7 7 4 H.Byrd CHA 18 10 0 5 9 0 200
W.Dropo CHA .417 36 15 11 5 5 E.Wynn CLA 17 15 3 3 10 1 200
E.Torgeson DEA .300 30 9 6 9 2 A.Houtteman CLA 12 6 2 3 7 0 100
R.Sievers WAA .323 31 10 9 2 3 H.Score CLA 9 5 2 1 10 0 000
B.Skowron NYA .393 28 11 9 1 2 V.Trucks CHA 13 11 2 4 7 0 200
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
W.Causey BAA .074 27 2 0 2 0 B.Harrington KCA 5 8 5 4 4 3 020
J.Demaestri KCA .121 33 4 2 1 0 B.Porterfield WAA 16 26 16 5 3 0 020
S.White BOA .162 37 6 2 2 0 D.Pillette BAA 7 9 6 5 3 0 020
G.McDougald NYA .179 39 7 1 3 0 C.Stobbs WAA 7 11 8 2 3 2 110
C.Carrasquel CHA .190 42 8 0 6 0 T.Gorman KCA 6 6 4 3 1 2 010
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Rookie Harmon Killebrew hit 2 homers driving in 3 as the Nationals thump the Tigers 7-1.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Detroit Tigers At 1955 Washington Nationals 6/25/1955
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
H.Kuenn SS 3 0 0 0 .325 J.Schoonmaker RF 4 0 1 2 .231
B.Tuttle CF 4 0 0 0 .260 P.Runnels 2B 3 0 0 0 .293
A.Kaline RF 4 0 0 0 .331 M.Vernon 1B 4 0 0 0 .327
E.Torgeson 1B 2 1 1 0 .300 C.Courtney C 4 1 2 0 .360
R.Boone 3B 4 0 1 0 .264 J.Groth CF 4 1 2 1 .277
J.Delsing LF 2 0 0 0 .261 R.Sievers LF 4 1 1 1 .263
E-B.Phillips PH 1 0 0 0 .227 H.Killebrew 3B 3 2 2 3 .267
F.House C 4 0 1 0 .274 J.Schmitz P 0 0 0 0 .091
F.Hatfield 2B 2 0 1 1 .226 C.Stobbs P 0 0 0 0 .167
B-J.Phillips PH 1 0 1 0 .254 J.Valdivielso SS 3 1 1 0 .176
D-R.Bertoia 2B 1 0 0 0 .067 T.Abernathy P 2 0 0 0 .000
S.Gromek P 0 0 0 0 .192 A-E.Yost 3B 0 1 0 0 .258
A.Aber P 2 0 1 0 .429
C-F.Fain PH 1 0 0 0 .284
B.Birrer P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 31 1 6 1 Totals 31 7 9 7
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Abernathy In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hatfield In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Aber In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Phillips In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Delsing In 9th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0
Nationals....... 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 7 9 0
Tigers (31-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
S.Gromek LOSS(5-5) 1 4 4 4 0 1 1 3.56
A.Aber 5 3 1 1 1 5 1 2.86
B.Birrer 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 1.93
Totals 8 9 7 7 2 7 2
Nationals (25-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
T.Abernathy WIN(3-2) 6 5 1 1 3 2 0 4.17
J.Schmitz 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.70
C.Stobbs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.41
Totals 9 6 1 1 4 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 9,616 DATE- Saturday, June 25th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Eddie Rommel, Johnny Stevens, Larry Napp, Red Flaherty
T- 2:02
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 7 Nationals: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0 Nationals: 2
DOUBLES- J.Schoonmaker(2nd)
TRIPLES- J.Groth(2nd)
HOME RUNS- H.Killebrew-2(6th)
WALKS- H.Kuenn, E.Torgeson-2, J.Delsing, P.Runnels, E.Yost
STRIKE OUTS- A.Kaline, J.Delsing, F.House, J.Schoonmaker-2, R.Sievers,
H.Killebrew, J.Valdivielso, T.Abernathy-2
GIDP- B.Tuttle, F.Hatfield
WILD PITCHES- A.Aber, T.Abernathy
Harmon Killebrew launched 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI as the Washington Nationals
topped the Detroit Tigers by a score of 7 to 1 at Griffith Stadium.
It was a good day for Washington thanks to Killebrew. He cleared the fences
for a two-run home run in the 2nd inning and cracked a solo homerun (his 6th
of the season) in the 4th inning. Overall Washington out-hit Detroit 9 to 6.
The winning pitcher was Ted Abernathy(3-2) who allowed 1 run in 6 innings.
Steve Gromek(5-5) was hit with the loss. He gave up 4 runs and 4 hits in 1
inning.
Art Houtteman tossed a 4 hitter for his first win of the year as the Indians top the Yankees 3-1.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Cleveland Indians At 1955 New York Yankees 6/25/1955
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
G.Woodling RF,LF 4 0 1 1 .300 G.McDougald 2B 3 0 0 0 .253
B.Avila 2B 4 0 1 0 .286 H.Bauer RF 3 0 1 0 .275
A.Smith 3B,RF 4 0 1 0 .315 M.Mantle CF,SS 3 1 1 0 .320
R.Kiner LF 4 1 2 1 .170 Y.Berra C 3 0 0 1 .239
B-H.Majeski 3B 0 0 0 0 .163 B.Skowron 1B 4 0 0 0 .308
A.Rosen 1B 4 0 1 0 .266 I.Noren LF 3 0 2 0 .234
L.Doby CF 4 0 1 0 .303 A.Carey 3B 3 0 0 0 .287
G.Strickland SS 3 1 1 1 .234 B.Hunter SS 2 0 0 0 .236
J.Hegan C 3 1 1 0 .221 A-B.Cerv PH,CF 1 0 0 0 .371
A.Houtteman P 2 0 0 0 .000 E.Lopat P 2 0 0 0 .125
C-E.Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 .196
B.Wiesler P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 3 9 3 Totals 28 1 4 1
A-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Kiner In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lopat In 8th Inning
Indians......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 9 2
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 4 0
Indians (43-25) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Houtteman WIN(1-3) 9 4 1 1 3 5 0 3.35
Totals 9 4 1 1 3 5 0
Yankees (47-23) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Lopat LOSS(4-5) 8 9 3 3 1 3 2 2.91
B.Wiesler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.18
Totals 9 9 3 3 1 3 2
ATTENDANCE- 48,479 DATE- Saturday, June 25th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Charlie Berry, Eddie Hurley, Frank Umont, Bill Grieve
T- 2:25
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 6 Yankees: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 2 Yankees: 2
ERRORS- B.Avila, R.Kiner
DOUBLES- B.Avila(7th)
TRIPLES- M.Mantle(4th)
HOME RUNS- R.Kiner(11th), G.Strickland(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Houtteman-2, G.McDougald
SACRIFICE FLIES- Y.Berra
WALKS- J.Hegan, H.Bauer, M.Mantle, I.Noren
HIT BY PITCH- G.Strickland
STRIKE OUTS- G.Woodling, L.Doby-2, B.Skowron-2, A.Carey, B.Cerv, E.Lopat
GIDP- R.Kiner, A.Carey-2
Art Houtteman pitched a complete game at Yankee Stadium as the Cleveland
Indians beat the New York Yankees 3 to 1.
Houtteman(1-3) was very good in the win. He didn't give up much, just 4 hits
and 3 walks in 9 innings improving his ERA from 3.97 to 3.35. Cleveland
banged out 9 on the afternoon.
Ed Lopat(4-5) was the losing pitcher. He gave up 9 hits and 1 walk in 8
innings.
Walt Dropo went 5 for 5 with a homer , 2 runs, and 2 RBI as the White Sox edge the Red Sox 5-4.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Chicago White Sox At 1955 Boston Red Sox 6/25/1955
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
C.Carrasquel SS 3 1 2 0 .199 B.Goodman 2B 5 0 3 1 .287
N.Fox 2B 4 0 2 0 .355 B.Klaus SS 5 1 4 0 .302
M.Minoso LF 5 0 0 0 .271 F.Throneberry LF 5 0 0 0 .208
G.Kell 3B 3 0 1 0 .372 J.Jensen RF 4 0 1 0 .283
J.Rivera RF 4 0 1 0 .276 N.Zauchin 1B 5 1 4 1 .280
S.Lollar C 4 1 0 0 .257 S.White C 4 0 0 0 .252
J.Busby CF 5 0 0 0 .247 G.Hatton 3B 4 2 3 1 .202
W.Dropo 1B 5 2 5 2 .320 J.Piersall CF 2 0 1 1 .236
J.Harshman P 4 1 1 2 .200 L.Kiely P 0 0 0 0 .143
C-V.Stephens PH 1 0 0 0 .154 B-T.Williams PH 1 0 0 0 .342
S.Consuegra P 0 0 0 0 .059 T.Hurd P 0 0 0 0 .000
D.Howell P 0 0 0 01.000 G.Susce P 1 0 0 0 .125
A-G.Stephens CF 2 0 0 0 .278
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 38 5 12 4 Totals 38 4 16 4
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Susce In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kiely In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Harshman In 9th Inning
White Sox....... 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 - 5 12 0
Red Sox......... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 16 2
White Sox (41-23) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Harshman WIN(5-4) 8 14 4 4 2 5 1 5.00
S.Consuegra HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.86
D.Howell SAVE(2nd) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 16 4 4 2 5 1
Red Sox (34-34) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Susce LOSS(1-3) 5 2/3 9 5 3 4 2 2 3.82
L.Kiely 2 1/3 2 0 0 1 1 0 3.83
T.Hurd 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.75
Totals 9 12 5 3 5 3 2
ATTENDANCE- 34,490 DATE- Saturday, June 25th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox:13 Red Sox:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1 Red Sox: 0
ERRORS- J.Jensen, S.White
DOUBLES- B.Klaus-2(13th)
HOME RUNS- W.Dropo(10th), J.Harshman(1st), G.Hatton(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- N.Fox(4th), M.Minoso(8th), J.Rivera(9th)
SACRIFICE HITS- N.Fox, G.Susce
WALKS- C.Carrasquel, G.Kell-2, J.Rivera, S.Lollar, J.Jensen, J.Piersall
HIT BY PITCH- C.Carrasquel
STRIKE OUTS- M.Minoso, S.Lollar, J.Harshman, B.Klaus, F.Throneberry, S.White,
G.Stephens-2
GIDP- S.White
BALKS- L.Kiely
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Sherm Lollar blocked the plate, saving a run!
First baseman Walt Dropo had 5 hits and 2 RBI as the Chicago White Sox
outscored the Boston Red Sox 5 to 4.
Chicago came up with 2 runs in the 6th inning. Boston had a chance to come
back in the 9th but they came up short.
The win was credited to Jack Harshman(5-4) who went 8 innings allowing 4 runs.
Dixie Howell recorded his 2nd save. George Susce(1-3) was the losing
pitcher. He got hit hard, allowing 9 hits and 4 walks in 5 and 2/3 innings.
'It was a tough one to lose' said Pinky Higgins 'We'll get them next time
out.'
