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Indians 11 @ Athletics 9
Municipal Stadium
April 18, 1955

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Cleveland Indians, played on April 18, 1955 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 11 to 9.

Game Summary

DateApril 18, 1955 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 11 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 11
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 9 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 9
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherArt Houtteman  
Losing PitcherEwell Blackwell  
SaveBob Feller  
Game Winning RBILarry Doby 

Game Info

DateApril 18, 1955 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherMike Garcia  
Home Starting PitcherAlex Kellner  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance31,563 
Time of Game3 hours 10 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Joe Paparella
1B: Jim Honochick
2B: Frank Umont
3B: Eddie Rommel

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Al Smith  Right Fielder 
Bobby Avila  Second Baseman 
Larry Doby  Center Fielder 
Al Rosen  Third Baseman 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Vic Wertz  First Baseman 
George Strickland  Shortstop 
Jim Hegan  Catcher 
Mike Garcia  Pitcher 
Al Lopez  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Pete Suder  Second Baseman 
Jim Finigan  Third Baseman 
Gus Zernial  Left Fielder 
Bill Renna  Right Fielder 
Bill Wilson  Center Fielder 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Joe Astroth  Catcher 
Alex Kellner  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

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Indians 11 @ Athletics 9
Municipal Stadium
April 18, 1955

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         Game of 4/18/1955 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (N)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Smith A, rf           5  1  1  1   Power V, 1b           5  3  3  3   
Avila B, 2b           4  1  0  0   Suder P, 2b           5  0  1  0   
Doby L, cf            5  2  1  3   Finigan J, 3b         4  1  1  2   
Rosen A, 3b           3  3  2  1   Zernial G, lf         5  1  1  1   
Kiner R, lf           5  1  0  0   Renna B, rf           5  1  1  1   
Wertz V, 1b           3  1  3  1   Wilson B, cf          5  1  2  1   
Feller B, p           0  0  0  0   DeMaestri J, ss       4  0  0  0   
Strickland G, ss      3  0  2  3   Astroth J, c          4  0  3  0   
Mitchell D, ph        0  0  0  1   Kellner A, p          2  2  1  0   
Dente S, ss           1  0  0  0   Gorman T, p           1  0  0  0   
Hegan J, c            2  0  0  0   Kryhoski D, ph        1  0  1  0   
Pope D, ph            1  0  0  0   Jacobs S, pr          0  0  0  0   
Mossi D, p            0  0  0  0   Blackwell E, p        0  0  0  0   
Simpson H, ph         0  0  0  0                                      
Houtteman A, p        0  0  0  0                                      
Majeski H, ph         0  0  0  0                                      
Altobelli J, pr-1b    0  1  0  0                                      
Garcia M, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Narleski R, p         0  0  0  0                                      
Foiles H, ph-c        1  0  0  0                                      
Philley D, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Naragon H, c          0  1  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34 11  9 10                        41  9 14  8

Cleveland        000 050 213 -- 11
Kansas City      105 200 100 --  9

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Garcia M              2.1  5  4  4  1  1
Narleski R            1.2  4  4  4  0  1
Mossi D               2.0  2  0  0  0  1
Houtteman A (W)       2.0  3  1  1  0  1
Feller B (S)          1.0  0  0  0  0  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kellner A             4.2  5  5  5  6  4
Gorman T              3.1  3  3  3  4  2
Blackwell E (L)       1.0  1  3  3  2  2

E -- DeMaestri J, Rosen A
DP -- Cleveland 1
LOB -- Cleveland 12, Kansas City 6
2B -- Wertz V 2, Wilson B
3B -- Kellner A, Smith A, Strickland G
HR -- Finigan J, Zernial G, Wilson B, Power V, Renna B, Doby L
SH -- Avila B
SF -- Mitchell D
HBP -- by Gorman T (Smith A), by Blackwell E (Majeski H)
WP -- Kellner A
T -- 3:10
A -- 31563

    

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