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Athletics
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
September 8, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Athletics, played on September 8, 1955 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 8, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
|
| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 8, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Art Ceccarelli |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Turley |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 8,425 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 19 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Eddie Hurley 1B: Hank Soar 2B: Ed Runge 3B: Bill Summers |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Harry Simpson | Center Fielder |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Elmer Valo | Left Fielder |
| Hector Lopez | Third Baseman |
| Jim Finigan | Second Baseman |
| Jerry Schypinski | Shortstop |
| Billy Shantz | Catcher |
| Art Ceccarelli | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hank Bauer | Right Fielder |
| Gil McDougald | Third Baseman |
| Yogi Berra | Catcher |
| Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
| Bill Skowron | First Baseman |
| Elston Howard | Left Fielder |
| Billy Martin | Second Baseman |
| Phil Rizzuto | Shortstop |
| Bob Turley | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
September 8, 1955
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Turley
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Turley
Simpson hits a line drive towards short. Rizzuto reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Turley
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Ceccarelli
Bauer hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Ceccarelli
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Ceccarelli
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schypinski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valo vs. Turley
Valo is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Turley
Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finigan vs. Turley
Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schypinski vs. Turley
Schypinski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Turley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Ceccarelli
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Ceccarelli
Skowron hits a popup in front of the plate. Shantz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Ceccarelli
Howard hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Turley
Shantz strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ceccarelli vs. Turley
Ceccarelli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Turley
Power hits a line drive into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simpson vs. Turley
Simpson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Ceccarelli
Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzuto vs. Ceccarelli
Rizzuto takes first base on ball four. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Turley vs. Ceccarelli
Turley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ceccarelli fields the ball and throws to third. Lopez drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Lopez. Rizzuto goes all the way around to score. Turley moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bauer vs. Ceccarelli
Bauer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McDougald vs. Ceccarelli
McDougald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Turley scores. Bauer moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berra vs. Ceccarelli
Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Ceccarelli
Mantle hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Simpson. Mantle reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Skowron vs. Ceccarelli
Skowron strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Howard vs. Ceccarelli
Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mantle scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Ceccarelli
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ceccarelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Turley
Slaughter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valo vs. Turley
Valo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Turley
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Slaughter moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Finigan vs. Turley
Finigan hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Herbert
Ray Herbert now pitching.
Rizzuto takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Turley vs. Herbert
Turley bunts towards the mound. Herbert fields it and throws to first for the out. Rizzuto moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bauer vs. Herbert
There's a wild pitch. Rizzuto moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bauer vs. Herbert
There's a wild pitch. Rizzuto scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Herbert
Bauer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDougald vs. Herbert
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schypinski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bauer moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berra vs. Herbert
The ball gets by Shantz for a passed ball. Bauer moves to third. McDougald moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Berra vs. Herbert
Berra takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mantle vs. Harrington
Bill Harrington now pitching.
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schypinski vs. Turley
Schypinski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Turley
Shantz hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrington vs. Turley
Harrington strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Harrington
Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Harrington
Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Harrington
Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Turley
Power hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Turley
Simpson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Turley
Slaughter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Harrington
Bill Stewart now playing left field. Elmer Valo now playing center field. Jack Littrell now playing first base.
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into center field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Turley vs. Harrington
Turley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan misplays the ball. That's an error on Finigan. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bauer vs. Harrington
Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schypinski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valo vs. Turley
Valo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Turley
Lopez strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finigan vs. Turley
Finigan hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schypinski vs. Turley
Schypinski hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Harrington
McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Harrington
Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Harrington
Mantle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skowron vs. Harrington
There goes Mantle. The throw from Shantz and he is safe. Mantle steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Skowron vs. Harrington
Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schypinski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Turley
Joe Collins now playing first base. Irv Noren now playing left field.
Shantz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Renna vs. Turley
Bill Renna pinch hits for Bill Harrington.
Renna strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Littrell vs. Turley
Littrell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shantz moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stewart vs. Turley
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald fields it and throws to second for the out. Shantz moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Slaughter vs. Turley
Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Noren vs. Boyer
Cloyd Boyer now pitching.
Noren takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Boyer
Martin hits a popup towards short. Schypinski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzuto vs. Boyer
Rizzuto hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Rizzuto reaches second base with a double. Noren moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Turley vs. Boyer
Turley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Noren scores. Rizzuto scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bauer vs. Boyer
Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schypinski misplays the ball. That's an error on Schypinski. Turley moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McDougald vs. Boyer
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez juggles the ball. That's an error on Lopez. Turley scores. Bauer moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Berra vs. Boyer
Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Boyer
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Littrell scoops it up and throws to first, with Boyer covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Boyer
Collins hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valo vs. Turley
Jerry Coleman now playing shortstop.
Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Turley
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finigan vs. Turley
Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/8/1955 -- Kansas City at New York (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Power V, 1b 3 0 0 0 Bauer H, rf 3 2 0 0
Littrell J, 1b 1 0 1 0 McDougald G, 3b 5 2 2 1
Simpson H, cf 3 0 0 0 Berra Y, c 4 2 2 6
Stewart B, lf 1 0 0 0 Mantle M, cf 4 1 1 0
Slaughter E, rf 3 0 0 0 Skowron B, 1b 4 0 0 0
Valo E, lf-cf 3 0 1 0 Collins J, 1b 1 0 0 0
Lopez H, 3b 3 0 1 0 Howard E, lf 3 0 1 1
Finigan J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Noren I, lf 0 1 0 0
Schypinski J, ss 3 0 0 0 Martin B, 2b 4 0 1 0
Shantz B, c 3 0 1 0 Rizzuto P, ss 2 3 1 0
Ceccarelli A, p 1 0 1 0 Coleman J, ss 0 0 0 0
Herbert R, p 0 0 0 0 Turley B, p 3 2 1 2
Harrington B, p 1 0 0 0
Renna B, ph 1 0 0 0
Boyer C, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 0 5 0 33 13 9 10
Kansas City 000 000 000 -- 0
New York 006 100 06x -- 13
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Ceccarelli A (L) 3.0 5 6 4 2 1
Herbert R 0.1 1 1 1 3 0
Harrington B 3.2 0 0 0 1 0
Boyer C 1.0 3 6 2 1 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Turley B (W) 9.0 5 0 0 3 7
E -- Lopez H 2, Finigan J, Schypinski J
DP -- Kansas City 2, New York 2
LOB -- Kansas City 6, New York 4
2B -- Mantle M, Rizzuto P
HR -- Berra Y 2
SB -- Mantle M
SH -- Turley B
WP -- Herbert R 2
PB -- Shantz B
T -- 2:19
A -- 8425
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