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Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Athletics

1955-09-03 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 20882 · 2:47

Detroit Tigers defeated Kansas City Athletics 11–6. Detroit Tigers put up 8 in the 5th. Al Aber earned the win. Harry Simpson went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	1	8	1	0	1	0	11	12
KC1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	15

W: Al Aber L: Walt Craddock SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Honochick · 1B: Frank Umont · 2B: Eddie Rommel · 3B: Joe Paparella · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harvey Kuenn	5	1	0	0	1	1
Bill Tuttle	4	1	1	1	2	0
Al Kaline	4	1	1	1	0	0
Earl Torgeson	2	1	0	1	3	0
Ray Boone	5	1	1	1	0	0
Jim Delsing	4	2	2	1	1	0
Frank House	5	3	4	3	0	0
Fred Hatfield	4	1	3	1	1	0
Steve Gromek	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bubba Phillips	0	0	0	1	0	0
Al Aber	3	0	0	0	0	2

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Vic Power	5	0	0	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	5	1	2	1	0	1
Elmer Valo	5	1	3	0	0	0
Harry Simpson	5	1	2	2	0	0
Hector Lopez	5	2	2	1	0	0
Jim Finigan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jerry Schypinski	4	1	2	0	0	1
Joe Astroth	3	0	3	2	1	0
Mike Kume	2	0	0	0	0	1
Gus Zernial	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Gromek	3.0	7	0	0
Al Aber	6.0	8	1	3

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Kume	4.0	5	5	0
Walt Craddock	0.1	2	0	1
Bill Harrington	0.2	1	1	0
Ray Herbert	1.0	2	0	1
Cloyd Boyer	2.0	1	2	0
Bill Wilson	1.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Harvey Kuenn: 63
Bill Tuttle: W
Al Kaline: 7
Earl Torgeson: W.1-2
Ray Boone: 8

Bot 1

Vic Power: 9
Enos Slaughter: T/89
Elmer Valo: 8
Harry Simpson: 31

Top 2

Jim Delsing: S6/G
Frank House: 5/FL
Fred Hatfield: 9
Steve Gromek: W.1-2
Harvey Kuenn: 5

Bot 2

Hector Lopez: S7
Jim Finigan: 3/FL
Jerry Schypinski: D9.1-3
Joe Astroth: S7.3-H;2-H
Mike Kume: 13.1-2
Vic Power: 7/L

Top 3

Bill Tuttle: S8
Al Kaline: HP.1-2
Earl Torgeson: 43.2-3;1-2
Ray Boone: 5
Jim Delsing: 63

Bot 3

Enos Slaughter: 7
Elmer Valo: S9
Harry Simpson: HR/7.1-H
Hector Lopez: 9
Jim Finigan: S8.BX2(84)

Top 4

Frank House: S4
Fred Hatfield: S9.1-3
Bubba Phillips: 8/SF.3-H
Harvey Kuenn: 36(1)/FO.B-1
Bill Tuttle: W.1-2
Al Kaline: WP.2-3;1-2
Al Kaline: 7/L

Bot 4

Jerry Schypinski: K
Joe Astroth: S7/G
Mike Kume: K
Vic Power: 54(1)/FO

Top 5

Earl Torgeson: W
Ray Boone: HP.1-2
Jim Delsing: D7.2-H;1-3
Frank House: S7.3-H;2-H
Fred Hatfield: D8.1-3
Al Aber: K/C
Harvey Kuenn: W
Bill Tuttle: E5.3-H(RBI);2-3;1-2;B-1
Al Kaline: E7/SF.3-H(RBI)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Earl Torgeson: 8/SF.3-H(UR);2-3
Ray Boone: S7.3-H(UR)
Jim Delsing: 8

Bot 5

Enos Slaughter: K/C
Elmer Valo: 13
Harry Simpson: 5/FL

Top 6

Frank House: D8
Fred Hatfield: S9.2-H
Al Aber: K+PO1(23)/DP
Harvey Kuenn: 31

Bot 6

Hector Lopez: HR/7
Jim Finigan: 6
Jerry Schypinski: S9
Joe Astroth: S9.1-2
Gus Zernial: 3
Vic Power: 5

Top 7

Bill Tuttle: 9
Al Kaline: 2
Earl Torgeson: 3/G

Bot 7

Enos Slaughter: 8
Elmer Valo: D9
Harry Simpson: 43.2-3
Hector Lopez: 63

Top 8

Ray Boone: 7/L
Jim Delsing: W
Frank House: D9.1-H
Fred Hatfield: W
Al Aber: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Jim Finigan: 13
Jerry Schypinski: 31
Joe Astroth: W
Bill Wilson: 7

Top 9

Harvey Kuenn: K/C
Bill Tuttle: 63
Al Kaline: D7
Earl Torgeson: W
Ray Boone: 2/FL

Bot 9

Vic Power: 53
Enos Slaughter: HR/9
Elmer Valo: D9
Harry Simpson: S9.2XH(945)
Hector Lopez: 8

Notes & reviews

Bill Wilson's only pitching appearance

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