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Indians 2 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
September 29, 1954

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Cleveland Indians, played on September 29, 1954 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Indians with a score of 5 to 2.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 29, 1954 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 2 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 2
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 9 E: 3 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherMarv Grissom  
Losing PitcherBob Lemon  
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Game Winning RBIDusty Rhodes 

Game Info

DateSeptember 29, 1954 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Lemon  
Home Starting PitcherSal Maglie  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance52,751 
Time of Game3 hours 11 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Al Barlick
1B: Charlie Berry
2B: Jocko Conlan
3B: Johnny Stevens

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Al Smith  Left Fielder 
Bobby Avila  Second Baseman 
Larry Doby  Center Fielder 
Al Rosen  Third Baseman 
Vic Wertz  First Baseman 
Dave Philley  Right Fielder 
George Strickland  Shortstop 
Jim Hegan  Catcher 
Bob Lemon  Pitcher 
Al Lopez  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Whitey Lockman  First Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Monte Irvin  Left Fielder 
Davey Williams  Second Baseman 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Sal Maglie  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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2 Re: New York Giants versus Cleveland Indians - September 29, 1954 - World Series Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by Ken Revis – 07/06/2012 at 6:37 PM
You can see the box score. When you click on the red "View Game" button, it brings up the play by play first page. You can then click on the Last/Box button which will bring up the full play by play as well as a link to the Baseball-Reference box score.
1 Re: New York Giants versus Cleveland Indians - September 29, 1954 - World Series Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by John Sandman – 07/06/2012 at 5:22 PM
Like to see the box score

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Indians 2 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
September 29, 1954

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         Game of 9/29/1954 -- Cleveland at New York (D)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Smith A, lf           4  1  1  0   Lockman W, 1b         5  1  1  0   
Avila B, 2b           5  1  1  0   Dark A, ss            4  0  2  0   
Doby L, cf            3  0  1  0   Mueller D, rf         5  1  2  1   
Rosen A, 3b           5  0  1  0   Mays W, cf            3  1  0  0   
Wertz V, 1b           5  0  4  2   Thompson H, 3b        3  1  1  1   
Regalado R, pr        0  0  0  0   Irvin M, lf           3  0  0  0   
Grasso M, c           0  0  0  0   Rhodes D, ph          1  1  1  3   
Philley D, rf         3  0  0  0   Williams D, 2b        4  0  0  0   
Majeski H, ph         0  0  0  0   Westrum W, c          4  0  2  0   
Mitchell D, ph        0  0  0  0   Maglie S, p           3  0  0  0   
Dente S, ss           0  0  0  0   Liddle D, p           0  0  0  0   
Strickland G, ss      3  0  0  0   Grissom M, p          1  0  0  0   
Pope D, ph-rf         1  0  0  0                                      
Hegan J, c            4  0  0  0                                      
Glynn B, ph-1b        1  0  0  0                                      
Lemon B, p            4  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  2  8  2                        36  5  9  5

Cleveland        200 000 000 0 --  2
New York         002 000 000 3 --  5
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lemon B (L)           9.1  9  5  5  5  6

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Maglie S*             7.0  7  2  2  2  2
Liddle D              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Grissom M (W)         2.2  1  0  0  3  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Mueller D 2, Irvin M
LOB -- Cleveland 13, New York 9
2B -- Wertz V
3B -- Wertz V
HR -- Rhodes D
SB -- Mays W
SH -- Irvin M, Dente S
HBP -- by Maglie S (Smith A)
WP -- Lemon B
T -- 3:11
A -- 52751

    

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