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White Sox
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
May 3, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Chicago White Sox, played on May 3, 1956 at Griffith Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 3, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Home Team |
Washington Senators
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 3, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Home Team | Washington Senators |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Billy Pierce |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dean Stone |
| Ballpark | Griffith Stadium |
| City | Washington |
| State | DC |
| Attendance | 6,162 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 37 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Eddie Rommel 1B: Frank Tabacchi 2B: Johnny Stevens 3B: Ed Runge |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bubba Phillips | Right Fielder |
| Nellie Fox | Second Baseman |
| Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
| George Kell | Third Baseman |
| Larry Doby | Center Fielder |
| Sherm Lollar | Catcher |
| Walt Dropo | First Baseman |
| Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
| Billy Pierce | Pitcher |
| Marty Marion | Manager |
Washington Senators Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Yost | Third Baseman |
| Dick Tettelbach | Left Fielder |
| Karl Olson | Center Fielder |
| Roy Sievers | First Baseman |
| Jim Lemon | Right Fielder |
| Pete Runnels | Second Baseman |
| Jerry Snyder | Shortstop |
| Ed Fitz Gerald | Catcher |
| Dean Stone | Pitcher |
| Chuck Dressen | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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White Sox
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
May 3, 1956
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Stone
Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Stone
Fox strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Stone
Minoso takes first base on ball four. Phillips moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kell vs. Stone
Kell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels misplays the ball. That's an error on Runnels. Phillips moves to third. Minoso moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Doby vs. Stone
Doby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops it up and throws to first, with Stone covering, for the out. Phillips scores. Minoso moves to third. Kell moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lollar vs. Stone
Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Minoso scores. Kell scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dropo vs. Stone
Dropo hits a line drive into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 3 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Pierce
Yost takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tettelbach vs. Pierce
Tettelbach takes first base on ball four. Yost moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Olson vs. Pierce
Olson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Yost scores. Tettelbach moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sievers vs. Pierce
Sievers strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Pierce
Lemon takes first base on ball four. Tettelbach moves to third. Olson moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Runnels vs. Pierce
Runnels hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Runnels reaches second base with a double. Tettelbach scores. Olson scores. Lemon goes all the way around to score. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Snyder vs. Pierce
Snyder hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Runnels moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fitz Gerald vs. Pierce
Fitz Gerald is walked intentionally. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stone vs. Pierce
Stone is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 3 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Stone
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost juggles the ball. That's an error on Yost. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pierce vs. Stone
Pierce bunts towards the mound. Stone fields it and throws to first for the out. Aparicio moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Phillips vs. Stone
Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Aparicio scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Stone
Fox takes first base on ball four. Phillips moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Minoso vs. Chakales
Bob Chakales now pitching.
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Pierce
Yost hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tettelbach vs. Pierce
Tettelbach strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Olson vs. Pierce
Olson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sievers vs. Pierce
Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Chakales
Kell hits a popup towards short. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Chakales
Doby strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lollar vs. Chakales
Lollar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dropo vs. Chakales
Dropo hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Pierce
Lemon strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Pierce
Runnels hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Pierce
There goes Runnels. The throw from Lollar and he is out, Fox applying the tag. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Pierce
Snyder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Minoso throws the ball in to Fox who tags Snyder, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Chakales
Aparicio is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pierce vs. Chakales
Pierce strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Chakales
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fitz Gerald vs. Pierce
Fitz Gerald strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chakales vs. Pierce
Chakales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Pierce
Yost takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tettelbach vs. Pierce
Tettelbach hits a fly ball into right field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Chakales
Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Chakales
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Chakales
Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Olson vs. Pierce
Olson hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Pierce
Sievers hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Pierce
Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Chakales
Doby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lollar vs. Chakales
Lollar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dropo vs. Chakales
Dropo hits a popup towards first. Sievers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aparicio vs. Chakales
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Pierce
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Pierce
Snyder bunts towards first. Dropo fields the ball and throws to Pierce covering. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fitz Gerald vs. Pierce
Fitz Gerald hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chakales vs. Pierce
Chakales strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pierce vs. Chakales
Pierce hits a fly ball into left field. Tettelbach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Chakales
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chakales fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Chakales
Fox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Chakales
Chakales fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Chakales. Fox moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Minoso vs. Chakales
Minoso takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kell vs. Chakales
Kell hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Pierce
Yost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tettelbach vs. Pierce
Tettelbach bunts towards the mound. Pierce fields it and throws to first for the out. Yost moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Olson vs. Pierce
Olson is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sievers vs. Pierce
Sievers is walked intentionally. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Pierce
Lemon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Pierce
Runnels 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
Top 8
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Chakales
Doby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lollar vs. Chakales
Lollar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dropo vs. Chakales
Dropo hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivera vs. Chakales
Jim Rivera pinch hits for Luis Aparicio.
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels misplays the ball. That's an error on Runnels. Lollar moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Northey vs. Chakales
Ron Northey pinch hits for Billy Pierce.
Northey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Northey for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Fischer
Jim Rivera now playing right field. Jim Brideweser now playing shortstop. Bill Fischer now pitching.
Snyder hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fitz Gerald vs. Fischer
Fitz Gerald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chakales vs. Fischer
Chakales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fitz Gerald moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yost vs. Fischer
Yost strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Abrams vs. Chakales
Cal Abrams pinch hits for Jim Brideweser.
Abrams hits a fly ball into center field. Olson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Chakales
Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Chakales
Minoso hits a line drive towards short. Snyder reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kell vs. Chakales
Kell hits a fly ball into center field. Olson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/3/1956 -- Chicago at Washington (N)
Chicago AB R H RBI Washington AB R H RBI
Phillips B, rf 4 1 2 1 Yost E, 3b 3 2 1 0
Brideweser J, ss 0 0 0 0 Tettelbach D, lf 2 1 0 0
Abrams C, ph 1 0 0 0 Olson K, cf 3 1 1 1
Fox N, 2b 4 0 2 0 Sievers R, 1b 3 1 0 0
Minoso M, lf 3 1 0 0 Lemon J, rf 3 2 1 3
Kell G, 3b 5 1 0 0 Runnels P, 2b 4 0 2 3
Doby L, cf 4 0 0 1 Snyder J, ss 4 0 2 0
Lollar S, c 2 0 2 2 Fitz Gerald E, c 3 0 1 0
Dropo W, 1b 4 0 0 0 Stone D, p 1 0 0 0
Aparicio L, ss 3 1 0 0 Chakales B, p 3 0 0 0
Rivera J, ph-rf 1 0 0 0
Pierce B, p 2 0 0 0
Northey R, ph 1 0 0 0
Fischer B, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 4 6 4 29 7 8 7
Chicago 310 000 000 -- 4
Washington 400 000 30x -- 7
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce B (L) 7.0 7 7 7 7 7
Fischer B 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Washington IP H R ER BB SO
Stone D 1.1 3 4 0 2 1
Chakales B (W) 7.2 3 0 0 3 3
E -- Runnels P 2, Yost E, Chakales B
DP -- Washington 1
LOB -- Chicago 9, Washington 6
2B -- Runnels P
HR -- Lemon J
CS -- Runnels P
SH -- Pierce B, Tettelbach D
T -- 2:37
A -- 6162
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