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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 1, 1954
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on August 1, 1954 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 1, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 1, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sonny Dixon |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Virgil Trucks |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 17,057 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 14 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: Joe Paparella 2B: Hank Soar 3B: Ed Runge |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Spook Jacobs | Second Baseman |
| Lou Limmer | First Baseman |
| Jim Finigan | Third Baseman |
| Bill Renna | Right Fielder |
| Elmer Valo | Left Fielder |
| Bill Wilson | Center Fielder |
| Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
| Jim Robertson | Catcher |
| Sonny Dixon | Pitcher |
| Eddie Joost | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chico Carrasquel | Shortstop |
| Nellie Fox | Second Baseman |
| Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
| Phil Cavarretta | First Baseman |
| Jim Rivera | Right Fielder |
| Matt Batts | Catcher |
| Cass Michaels | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Groth | Center Fielder |
| Virgil Trucks | Pitcher |
| Paul Richards | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 1, 1954
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jacobs vs. Trucks
Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Limmer vs. Trucks
Limmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finigan vs. Trucks
Finigan hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Dixon
Carrasquel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Dixon
Fox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Dixon
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cavarretta vs. Dixon
There goes Minoso. The throw from Robertson and he is safe. Minoso steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cavarretta vs. Dixon
Cavarretta hits a popup towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renna vs. Trucks
Renna hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valo vs. Trucks
Valo hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Trucks
Wilson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Dixon
Rivera hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Batts vs. Dixon
Batts hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Michaels vs. Dixon
Michaels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Batts moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Groth vs. Dixon
Groth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Batts scores. Michaels moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trucks vs. Dixon
Trucks hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valo. Trucks reaches second base with a double. Michaels scores. Groth moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Carrasquel vs. Dixon
Carrasquel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Groth scores. Trucks moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fox vs. Sima
Al Sima now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Carrasquel moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fox vs. Sima
Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Trucks tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Minoso vs. Sima
Minoso hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carrasquel scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cavarretta vs. Sima
Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Minoso moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rivera vs. Sima
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. DeMaestri fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Trucks
DeMaestri hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Trucks
Robertson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sima vs. Trucks
Sima strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Batts vs. Sima
Batts hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michaels vs. Sima
Michaels hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Sima
Groth hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jacobs vs. Trucks
Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Limmer vs. Trucks
Limmer strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finigan vs. Trucks
Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trucks vs. Sima
Trucks strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Sima
Carrasquel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Sima
Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carrasquel moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Minoso vs. Sima
Minoso hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Sima
Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Sima
Rivera hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Batts vs. Romberger
Dutch Romberger now pitching.
Batts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Michaels vs. Romberger
Michaels hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valo. Michaels reaches second base with a double. Batts moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Groth vs. Romberger
Groth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Limmer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Groth for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renna vs. Trucks
Ron Jackson now playing first base.
Renna takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valo vs. Trucks
Valo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Renna moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wilson vs. Trucks
Wilson hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DeMaestri vs. Trucks
DeMaestri hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Batts settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robertson vs. Trucks
Robertson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Renna scores. Valo moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Romberger vs. Trucks
Romberger takes first base on ball four. Valo moves to third. Robertson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jacobs vs. Trucks
Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Fox fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trucks vs. Romberger
Don Bollweg now playing first base. Vic Power now playing third base. Billy Shantz now catching.
Trucks is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Romberger
Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Power fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Romberger
Fox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Romberger
Minoso hits a line drive into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bollweg vs. Trucks
Bollweg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Trucks
Power hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renna vs. Trucks
Renna hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Romberger
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Romberger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Romberger
Rivera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Batts vs. Romberger
Batts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rivera moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Michaels vs. Romberger
Michaels hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rivera scores. Batts moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Groth vs. Romberger
Groth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Batts scores. Michaels moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Trucks vs. Romberger
Trucks hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Michaels tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carrasquel vs. Romberger
Carrasquel hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valo vs. Trucks
Fred Marsh now playing shortstop.
Valo strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Trucks
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Trucks
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marsh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Burtschy
Moe Burtschy now pitching.
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Burtschy
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bollweg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Minoso for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Burtschy
Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Trucks
Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marsh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burtschy vs. Trucks
Burtschy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jacobs vs. Trucks
Jacobs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bollweg vs. Trucks
Bollweg hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Fox reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Burtschy
Rivera hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wilson who is chasing the ball. Rivera reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Batts vs. Burtschy
Batts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Michaels vs. Burtschy
Michaels hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Groth vs. Burtschy
Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound, off Burtschy's glove, towards Jacobs, who fields it, throws to second, with DeMaestri covering, for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Dorish
Fritz Dorish now pitching.
Power hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renna vs. Dorish
Renna hits a ball on the ground towards third. Michaels fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valo vs. Dorish
Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/1/1954, game 2 -- Philadelphia at Chicago (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Jacobs S, 2b 3 0 1 0 Carrasquel C, ss 4 2 1 1
Limmer L, 1b 2 0 0 0 Marsh F, ss 0 0 0 0
Bollweg D, 1b 2 0 0 0 Fox N, 2b 2 1 1 1
Finigan J, 3b 2 0 0 0 Minoso M, lf 5 1 2 4
Power V, 3b 2 0 0 0 Cavarretta P, 1b 3 0 1 0
Renna B, rf 3 1 0 0 Jackson R, 1b 2 0 0 0
Valo E, lf 4 0 1 0 Rivera J, rf 5 2 3 1
Wilson B, cf 3 0 0 0 Batts M, c 3 2 2 0
DeMaestri J, ss 3 0 0 0 Michaels C, 3b 5 2 3 1
Robertson J, c 2 0 1 1 Groth J, cf 5 1 2 2
Shantz B, c 1 0 0 0 Trucks V, p 3 1 1 2
Dixon S, p 0 0 0 0 Dorish F, p 0 0 0 0
Sima A, p 1 0 0 0
Romberger D, p 0 0 0 0
Burtschy M, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
29 1 3 1 37 12 16 12
Philadelphia 000 010 000 -- 1
Chicago 050 403 00x -- 12
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Dixon S (L) 1.1 5 5 5 1 0
Sima A 2.1 5 4 4 1 1
Romberger D 2.1 5 3 3 2 1
Burtschy M 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks V (W) 8.0 3 1 1 3 6
Dorish F (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
DP -- Philadelphia 1, Chicago 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 4, Chicago 8
2B -- Trucks V, Michaels C
3B -- Rivera J
HR -- Minoso M, Rivera J
SB -- Minoso M
SF -- Fox N, Trucks V
WP -- Sima A
T -- 2:14
A -- 17057
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