Game Lineups and Play Information

Back Home

Try this game in our Simulator


Lineups and Summary (back to top)

Tigers 1 @ Indians 3
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
April 20, 1956

(No Comments)

The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, played on April 20, 1956 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 3 to 1.

Game Summary

DateApril 20, 1956 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 1 H: 5 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 1
Hits: 5
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 3 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 3
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherEarly Wynn  
Losing PitcherNed Garver  
Save 
Game Winning RBIAl Smith 

Game Info

DateApril 20, 1956 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherNed Garver  
Home Starting PitcherEarly Wynn  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance31,689 
Time of Game2 hours 30 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Red Flaherty
1B: John Rice
2B: Bill Summers
3B: Bill McKinley

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Earl Torgeson  First Baseman 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Harvey Kuenn  Shortstop 
Ray Boone  Third Baseman 
Jim Delsing  Left Fielder 
Frank House  Catcher 
Reno Bertoia  Second Baseman 
Ned Garver  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Avila  Second Baseman 
Gene Woodling  Left Fielder 
Al Smith  Right Fielder 
Vic Wertz  First Baseman 
Al Rosen  Third Baseman 
Jim Busby  Center Fielder 
Chico Carrasquel  Shortstop 
Jim Hegan  Catcher 
Early Wynn  Pitcher 
Al Lopez  Manager 

Comments about Game Info - Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians - April 20, 1956 - — Add your comment

No comments yet. Be the first!

Add your comment…

will not be visible to others


All Plays in Game (back to top)

Tigers 1 @ Indians 3
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
April 20, 1956

Top 1


Bottom 1


Top 2


Bottom 2


Top 3


Bottom 3


Top 4


Bottom 4


Top 5


Bottom 5


Top 6


Bottom 6


Top 7


Bottom 7


Top 8


Bottom 8


Top 9


Audio Play-by-Play (back to top)

Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.

If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".

If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.

Download MP3 version


Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/20/1956 -- Detroit at Cleveland (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Tuttle B, cf          5  1  1  0   Avila B, 2b           4  1  1  0   
Torgeson E, 1b        3  0  2  0   Woodling G, lf        3  1  1  1   
Kaline A, rf          4  0  0  0   Smith A, rf           3  0  2  1   
Kuenn H, ss           3  0  0  1   Wertz V, 1b           3  0  0  0   
Boone R, 3b           3  0  0  0   Rosen A, 3b           3  0  0  0   
Delsing J, lf         4  0  0  0   Busby J, cf           3  0  0  0   
House F, c            4  0  2  0   Carrasquel C, ss      3  1  1  0   
Bertoia R, 2b         3  0  0  0   Hegan J, c            2  0  1  1   
Garver N, p           2  0  0  0   Wynn E, p             3  0  0  0   
Belardi W, ph         0  0  0  0                                      
King C, pr            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  1  5  1                        27  3  6  3

Detroit          100 000 000 --  1
Cleveland        100 011 00x --  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Garver N (L)          8.0  6  3  3  5  1

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wynn E (W)            9.0  5  1  1  4  1

E -- Wertz V
DP -- Detroit 1, Cleveland 1
LOB -- Detroit 9, Cleveland 7
2B -- Carrasquel C
HR -- Woodling G
CS -- Busby J
SH -- Hegan J
SF -- Kuenn H
HBP -- by Garver N (Wertz V), by Wynn E (Belardi W)
T -- 2:30
A -- 31689

    

More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score