Thursday, May 24, 2007
Walt Dropo's 3 run homer, Chicago's 1st hit of the game, leads the Pale Hose to a 4-3 victory over the Yankees and sole possession of 1st place.
Strat-O-Matic Report
Dropo won the AL rookie of the year award in 1950 for Boston.
BOXSCORE: 1955 New York Yankees At 1955 Chicago White Sox 7/20/1955
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG White Sox AB R H RBI AVG
A.Carey 3B 5 0 0 0 .287 M.Minoso LF 3 1 1 0 .271
G.McDougald 2B 3 0 1 0 .256 N.Fox 2B 3 1 1 0 .352
I.Noren LF 4 0 0 0 .212 G.Kell 3B 3 0 0 1 .349
Y.Berra C 3 1 0 0 .241 W.Dropo 1B 4 1 1 3 .332
M.Mantle CF 3 2 1 2 .318 J.Rivera RF 3 0 1 0 .277
B.Skowron 1B 4 0 1 0 .323 S.Lollar C 3 1 1 0 .255
E.Howard RF 4 0 1 1 .344 C.Carrasquel SS 3 0 0 0 .201
J.Konstanty P 0 0 0 0 .222 J.Busby CF 2 1 1 1 .268
B.Hunter SS 0 0 0 0 .232 D.Donovan P 2 0 0 0 .167
A-E.Robinson PH 1 0 1 0 .200
B-J.Coleman PR,SS 0 0 0 0 .231
E-B.Cerv PH 1 0 0 0 .348
B.Turley P 0 0 0 0 .160
C-J.Collins PH 1 0 0 0 .230
J.Kucks P 1 0 1 0 .129
D-H.Bauer RF 1 0 0 0 .278
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Totals 31 3 6 3 Totals 26 5 6 5
A-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Robinson In 3rd Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Turley In 4th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Kucks In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Coleman In 9th Inning
Yankees......... 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 6 1
White Sox....... 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 6 0
Yankees (59-32) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Turley LOSS(10-5) 3 1 4 4 4 3 1 2.84
J.Kucks 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 3.63
J.Konstanty 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.33
Totals 8 6 5 5 4 4 1
White Sox (59-30) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Donovan WIN(12-4) 9 6 3 3 4 6 1 3.08
Totals 9 6 3 3 4 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 26,071 DATE- Wednesday, July 20th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:11
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 7 White Sox: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1 White Sox: 1
ERRORS- Y.Berra
HOME RUNS- M.Mantle(29th), W.Dropo(17th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Rivera(14th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Turley, D.Donovan
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Kell
WALKS- G.McDougald, Y.Berra, M.Mantle, J.Coleman, M.Minoso, N.Fox, J.Rivera,
J.Busby
HIT BY PITCH- J.Coleman
STRIKE OUTS- A.Carey, B.Skowron, E.Howard-2, B.Cerv, J.Collins, N.Fox, W.Dropo,
J.Rivera, D.Donovan
GIDP- I.Noren, N.Fox
WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Mickey Mantle robbed George Kell of an extra base hit.
Dick Donovan allowed Marty Marion to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game
as the Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees by the score of 5 to 3
at Comiskey Park.
Donovan(12-4) earned his pay with a solid performance for Chicago. He went 9
innings allowing 6 hits and 4 walks. Both teams ended up with 6 on the
night.
Bob Turley(10-5) was the loser. Chicago scored big getting 4 runs off him in
3 innings.