Saturday, December 09, 2006
Light hitting catcher Joe Astroth hits a three run homer and Kansas City holds off Cleveland 6-4.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Kansas City Athletics At 1955 Cleveland Indians 6/28/1955
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
J.Demaestri SS 6 0 1 0 .246 G.Woodling LF 4 2 2 0 .293
E.Slaughter RF 5 1 3 0 .380 B.Avila 2B 3 0 1 1 .281
G.Zernial LF 5 0 2 0 .220 A.Smith RF 3 0 1 1 .314
F-B.Renna LF 0 0 0 0 .250 A.Rosen 3B,1B 3 0 0 1 .266
H.Simpson CF 4 1 1 0 .269 L.Doby CF 4 0 1 0 .308
V.Power 1B 5 1 1 0 .298 J.Altobelli 1B 4 0 0 0 .111
J.Finigan 3B 4 1 1 2 .282 R.Narleski P 0 0 0 0 .600
H.Lopez 2B 5 1 1 0 .301 G.Strickland SS 2 0 0 0 .225
J.Astroth C 4 1 2 3 .245 A-D.Mitchell PH 1 0 0 0 .207
A.Ditmar P 3 0 2 0 .150 B-S.Dente SS 1 0 1 0 .291
B.Harrington P 0 0 0 0 .250 J.Hegan C 3 0 0 0 .205
E-E.Valo PH 1 0 1 1 .391 G-R.Kiner PH 1 0 0 0 .176
T.Gorman P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Garcia P 2 1 1 0 .184
C-H.Naragon PH 1 0 1 0 .366
D-B.Young PR,3B 1 1 0 0 .280
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 42 6 15 6 Totals 33 4 8 3
A-Pinch Hit For Strickland In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Mitchell In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Garcia In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Naragon In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Harrington In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Zernial In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Hegan In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 6 15 1
Indians......... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 8 2
Athletics (23-45) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Ditmar WIN(3-4) 7 7 4 3 2 6 0 5.34
B.Harrington HOLD(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.86
T.Gorman SAVE(7th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.40
Totals 9 8 4 3 2 6 0
Indians (44-27) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.Garcia LOSS(7-7) 8 13 5 3 1 3 1 3.02
R.Narleski 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2.18
Totals 9 15 6 4 2 4 1
ATTENDANCE- 20,664 DATE- Tuesday, June 28th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Hank Soar, Ed Runge, Bill Summers, Bill McKinley
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:13 Indians: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 2 Indians: 0
ERRORS- H.Lopez, B.Avila, G.Strickland
DOUBLES- E.Slaughter(7th), J.Finigan(13th), G.Woodling(11th)
HOME RUNS- J.Astroth(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Ditmar
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Rosen
WALKS- J.Finigan, J.Astroth, B.Avila, A.Smith
HIT BY PITCH- H.Simpson
STRIKE OUTS- H.Simpson, V.Power, H.Lopez-2, A.Smith, A.Rosen, J.Altobelli,
J.Hegan-2, M.Garcia
GIDP- A.Rosen, B.Young
WILD PITCHES- A.Ditmar
Joe Astroth cracked a homer and had 3 RBI as the Kansas City Athletics
defeated the Cleveland Indians 6 to 4 at Municipal Stadium.
Kansas City came up with 3 runs in the top of the 5th inning when they had 3
base hits. The highlight belonged to Astroth who quieted the home crowd when
he clubbed a three-run home run (his 3rd of the season). Kansas City ended
up with 15 hits for the game while Cleveland had 8.
The win went to Art Ditmar(3-4) who allowed 4 runs in 7 innings. Ditmar was
helped out by Tom Gorman who recorded his 7th save. Mike Garcia(7-7) was
given the loss.
Dick Donovan tosses a 5 hit shutout for his leage leading 10th win as Chicago trounces Detroit 8-0.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Detroit Tigers At 1955 Chicago White Sox 6/28/1955
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG White Sox AB R H RBI AVG
H.Kuenn SS 4 0 0 0 .322 C.Carrasquel SS 5 1 2 0 .198
B.Tuttle CF 4 0 2 0 .262 N.Fox 2B 4 1 2 1 .362
A.Kaline RF 3 0 0 0 .328 M.Minoso LF 4 1 1 1 .273
E.Torgeson 1B 3 0 2 0 .366 G.Kell 3B 3 1 1 1 .371
R.Boone 3B 4 0 0 0 .247 J.Rivera RF 3 1 1 3 .273
J.Delsing LF 3 0 0 0 .257 J.Busby CF 4 1 3 1 .255
G.Zuverink P 0 0 0 0 .000 W.Dropo 1B 4 1 2 0 .330
L.Cristante P 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Moss C 3 1 1 1 .254
F.House C 3 0 0 0 .279 D.Donovan P 2 0 0 0 .189
F.Hatfield 2B 3 0 0 0 .223
D.Maas P 1 0 1 0 .136
A-C.Maxwell PH 1 0 0 0 .273
P.Foytack P 0 0 0 0 .333
B-B.Phillips LF 1 0 0 0 .226
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 0 5 0 Totals 32 8 13 8
A-Pinch Hit For Maas In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Foytack In 7th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0
White Sox....... 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 - 8 13 0
Tigers (32-35) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Maas LOSS(2-5) 5 6 1 1 1 2 0 4.37
P.Foytack 1 1/3 5 6 6 1 1 0 6.53
G.Zuverink 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 3.08
L.Cristante 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.04
Totals 8 13 8 8 3 3 1
White Sox (44-23) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Donovan WIN(10-2) 9 5 0 0 2 4 0 2.76
Totals 9 5 0 0 2 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 26,584 DATE- Tuesday, June 28th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Nestor Chylak, John Rice, Joe Paparella, Jim Honochick
T- 2:20
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 5 White Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1 White Sox: 2
HOME RUNS- J.Rivera(6th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Busby(9th)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Minoso
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Rivera, D.Donovan
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Kell
WALKS- A.Kaline, E.Torgeson, N.Fox, L.Moss, D.Donovan
STRIKE OUTS- B.Tuttle, A.Kaline, E.Torgeson, R.Boone, C.Carrasquel, D.Donovan-2
GIDP- H.Kuenn, R.Boone, L.Moss
Dick Donovan pitched a complete game shutout and center fielder Jim Busby had
3 base hits at Comiskey Park where the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit
Tigers by the score of 8 to 0.
Donovan(10-2) was very good in the win. He was stingy on the mound, allowing
just 5 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings seeing his ERA drop from 3.05 to 2.76.
Chicago managed 13 in their victory.
Duke Maas(2-5) was the losing pitcher. He pitched 5 innings giving up 6 hits
and 1 walk.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Pete Runnels drove in 2 runs in the 7th as Washington rallied for a 3-2 win over Boston and a split of their doubleheader.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Boston Red Sox At 1955 Washington Nationals 6/28/1955
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
B.Goodman 2B 4 0 1 0 .288 J.Schoonmaker RF 4 1 2 0 .227
B.Klaus SS 5 0 1 1 .298 P.Runnels 2B 4 0 2 2 .294
F.Throneberry LF 3 0 1 0 .218 C.Paula LF 3 0 0 0 .235
J.Jensen RF 3 0 0 0 .281 B-T.Umphlett LF 0 0 0 0 .192
N.Zauchin 1B 4 0 0 0 .259 J.Groth CF 3 0 0 0 .291
S.White C 4 0 1 0 .250 R.Sievers 1B 2 0 0 0 .255
C-K.Olson PR 0 0 0 0 .200 E-M.Vernon 1B 0 0 0 0 .327
D-J.Pagliaroni C 0 0 0 0 ---- H.Killebrew 3B 4 1 2 1 .261
G.Hatton 3B 3 0 0 0 .192 B.Edwards C 3 0 0 0 .184
J.Piersall CF 3 2 0 0 .238 J.Valdivielso SS 4 0 1 0 .194
B.Henry P 2 0 1 0 .100 B.Porterfield P 1 0 0 0 .074
F-T.Lepcio PH 1 0 0 0 .261 A-E.Yost PH 1 1 1 0 .259
J.Schmitz P 1 0 0 0 .087
S.Shea P 0 0 0 0 .250
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 2 5 1 Totals 30 3 8 3
A-Pinch Hit For Porterfield In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Paula In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For White In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Olson In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Sievers In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Henry In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 0
Nationals....... 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 3 8 2
Red Sox (35-37) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Henry LOSS(1-5) 8 8 3 3 5 3 1 5.03
Totals 8 8 3 3 5 3 1
Nationals (27-42) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Porterfiel WIN(5-7) 7 4 2 0 4 3 0 4.42
J.Schmitz HOLD(1st) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.69
S.Shea SAVE(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.52
Totals 9 5 2 0 4 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 5,386 DATE- Tuesday, June 28th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 9 Nationals: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Nationals: 0
ERRORS- J.Valdivielso-2
DOUBLES- F.Throneberry(2nd)
HOME RUNS- H.Killebrew(7th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Goodman, B.Henry, B.Porterfield
WALKS- F.Throneberry, J.Jensen, G.Hatton, J.Piersall, C.Paula, J.Groth,
R.Sievers-2, B.Edwards
STRIKE OUTS- B.Goodman, N.Zauchin, B.Henry, T.Lepcio, J.Schoonmaker,
J.Valdivielso, J.Schmitz
GIDP- C.Paula
WILD PITCHES- B.Henry
Harmon Killebrew touched them all at Griffith Stadium as the Washington
Nationals beat the Boston Red Sox by the count of 3 to 2.
Washington tallied 2 runs in the 7th inning when they had 3 base hits. The
critical plate appearance was by Pete Runnels who electrified Griffith
Stadium when he delivered a single scoring two baserunners. Washington ended
up with 8 hits for the game while Boston had 5.
The winning pitcher was Bob Porterfield(5-7) who allowed 2 runs in 7 innings.
Spec Shea got the save, his 1st. Bill Henry(1-5) was tagged with the loss.
Frank Sullivan throws a 6 hit shutout as the Red Sox top the Nationals 4-0.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Boston Red Sox At 1955 Washington Nationals 6/28/1955
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
B.Goodman 2B 4 0 1 1 .288 C.Paula RF 4 0 0 0 .242
B.Klaus SS 4 0 1 0 .301 P.Runnels 2B 4 0 1 0 .291
K.Olson LF 4 2 2 0 .200 M.Vernon 1B 4 0 1 0 .327
J.Jensen RF 4 1 3 3 .284 C.Courtney C 3 0 1 0 .398
N.Zauchin 1B 2 0 0 0 .264 J.Groth CF 4 0 2 0 .297
S.White C 4 0 0 0 .250 R.Sievers LF 4 0 1 0 .257
G.Hatton 3B 4 0 0 0 .197 H.Killebrew 3B 3 0 0 0 .238
J.Piersall CF 4 1 1 0 .242 J.Valdivielso SS 3 0 0 0 .185
F.Sullivan P 4 0 0 0 .075 C.Stobbs P 2 0 0 0 .143
A-E.Yost PH 1 0 0 0 .255
J.Schmitz P 0 0 0 0 .091
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 32 0 6 0
A-Pinch Hit For Stobbs In 8th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 - 4 8 0
Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
Red Sox (35-36) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
F.Sullivan WIN(8-6) 9 6 0 0 1 2 0 2.36
Totals 9 6 0 0 1 2 0
Nationals (26-42) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.Stobbs LOSS(5-6) 8 8 4 4 2 3 1 4.37
J.Schmitz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.76
Totals 9 8 4 4 2 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 6,110 DATE- Tuesday, June 28th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Frank Umont, Bill Grieve, Charlie Berry, Eddie Hurley
T- 2:11
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 5 Nationals: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Nationals: 0
DOUBLES- J.Jensen(14th), J.Piersall(11th), P.Runnels(12th), M.Vernon(11th)
TRIPLES- K.Olson(3rd), J.Groth(4th)
HOME RUNS- J.Jensen(12th)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Goodman
WALKS- N.Zauchin-2, C.Courtney
STRIKE OUTS- N.Zauchin, F.Sullivan-2, C.Paula-2
GIDP- J.Groth
WEB GEMS- Bot 9th: Billy Goodman robbed Clint Courtney of a base hit.
Frank Sullivan shutout Washington while allowing the Boston bullpen a day-off
and right fielder Jackie Jensen blasted a homerun and had 3 RBI as the Boston
Red Sox beat the Washington Nationals by a score of 4 to 0.
Sullivan(8-6) contributed a very nicely pitched game. He was stingy on the
mound, allowing just 6 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings. Boston banged out 8 on
the afternoon.
Chuck Stobbs(5-6) was charged with the loss. He surrendered 8 hits and 2
walks in 8 innings.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
NL transaction June 27th
NL transaction June 27th
The Brooklyn Dodgers placed starting pitcher Russ Meyer on the DL.
Meyer is 4-2 with a 3.49 ERA in 8 starts and 57 IP. Last year he was 14-9 wit a 3.32 ERA over 28 starts and 179 IP.
AL transaction June 27th
The Detroit Tigers recalled relief pitcher Leo Cristante and sent down outfielder Jim Small.
The 28 year old Cristante was sent to Triple A on June 15th with an 0-1 record in 16 games. He had 3.13 ERA over 23 innings pitched, all in relief.
The 18 year old Small had just been signed out of Portland, Oregon on June 11th. In two appearances he was one for two as a pinch hitter. Tigers skipper, Bucky Harris, said "I believe Small will be back up here after a couple of years seasoning in the minors"
The 28 year old Cristante was sent to Triple A on June 15th with an 0-1 record in 16 games. He had 3.13 ERA over 23 innings pitched, all in relief.
The 18 year old Small had just been signed out of Portland, Oregon on June 11th. In two appearances he was one for two as a pinch hitter. Tigers skipper, Bucky Harris, said "I believe Small will be back up here after a couple of years seasoning in the minors"AL transaction June 27th
The Cleveland Indians traded Hank Majeski to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for BobbyYoung.
Majeski, a 40 year old infielder in his 15th season (missing 4 years during WWII), was hitting .152 with 4 RBI in 56 plate appearances. This was his 4th year with Cleveland and Hank hit .298 with 3 homers and 16 RBI in 130 plate appearances last year. He will fill a utility infielder role with the Orioles.
Young, a 30 year old 2B, is in his 6th major league season all with the Baltimore/St. Louis organization. He is .282 with 12 RBI in 197 PA's this year over 57 games. Last year he hit only .209 with 4 homers and 39 RBI over 138 games. He will take over Majeski's role on the Tribe.
Majeski, a 40 year old infielder in his 15th season (missing 4 years during WWII), was hitting .152 with 4 RBI in 56 plate appearances. This was his 4th year with Cleveland and Hank hit .298 with 3 homers and 16 RBI in 130 plate appearances last year. He will fill a utility infielder role with the Orioles.
Young, a 30 year old 2B, is in his 6th major league season all with the Baltimore/St. Louis organization. He is .282 with 12 RBI in 197 PA's this year over 57 games. Last year he hit only .209 with 4 homers and 39 RBI over 138 games. He will take over Majeski's role on the Tribe.