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1955 World Series

Game 1 @ DEA: Tigers 4, Dodgers 3
Game 2 @ DEA: Tigers 5, Dodgers 4
Game 3 @ BRN: Tigers 5, Dodgers 1
Game 4 @ BRN: Tigers 13, Dodgers 5

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BOXSCORE: 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1955 Detroit Tigers              9/30/1955
*** 1955 World Series Game 1 ***

  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Reese SS          4  0  0  0 .000     P.Runnels 2B        4  0  0  0 .000  
  F.Fain 1B           3  0  1  0 .333     H.Kuenn SS          4  0  2  0 .500  
  C.Furillo RF        5  0  2  0 .400     E.Mathews 3B        4  0  1  0 .250  
  R.Campanella C      4  0  0  0 .000     A.Kaline RF         4  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Rosen 3B          3  0  0  0 .000     B.Tuttle CF         3  1  1  0 .333  
  D.Mueller LF        4  1  2  0 .500     B.Speake 1B         4  2  1  2 .250  
  B.Avila 2B          3  0  1  0 .333     R.Wilson C          3  0  1  0 .333  
  B.Virdon CF         3  1  0  1 .000   C-E.Waitkus PH        1  1  1  21.000  
  R.Roberts P         4  1  2  2 .500     J.Delsing LF        3  0  0  0 .000  
  K.Spooner P         0  0  0  0 ----     B.Friend P          1  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Bessent P         0  0  0  0 ----   A-W.Causey PH         1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          D.Mossi P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        B-J.Lynch PH          1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          R.Craig P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  3  8  3                 Totals      33  4  7  4

A-Pinch Hit For Friend In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mossi In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Wilson In 9th Inning

Dodgers......... 0 3 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  8  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 2 0  0 0 2  -  4  7  1

Dodgers (0-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
R.Roberts                 7 2/3   6   2   2   0   7   1 101   2.35  A1 D2
K.Spooner HOLD(1st)       0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.00  D3 D3
D.Bessent L(0-1) BS(1st)  0 2/3   1   2   2   1   1   1  18  27.00  D4
Totals                    8 2/3   7   4   4   1   9   2

Tigers (1-0)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Friend                  6       5   3   3   2   1   1 104   4.50  A1 D1
D.Mossi                   2       3   0   0   0   0   0  28   0.00  D2 D9
R.Craig WIN(1-0)          1       0   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.00  E1
Totals                    9       8   3   3   2   1   1

ATTENDANCE- 47,490 DATE- Friday, September 30th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 1:57
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 9  Tigers: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0  Tigers: 2
ERRORS- B.Speake
DOUBLES- D.Mueller(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.Roberts(1st), B.Speake(1st), E.Waitkus(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Avila, B.Virdon
WALKS- F.Fain-2, B.Tuttle
HIT BY PITCH- P.Reese, A.Rosen
STRIKE OUTS- P.Reese, P.Runnels-3, E.Mathews, A.Kaline-2, B.Speake, R.Wilson, J.Delsing
GIDP- P.Reese, R.Campanella


BOXSCORE: 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1955 Detroit Tigers 10/1/1955 *** 1955 World Series Game 2 *** Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG P.Reese SS 5 0 3 2 .333 P.Runnels 2B 3 0 1 0 .143 B.Avila 2B 4 0 1 0 .286 B-S.Lopata PH 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Robinson 1B 2 1 0 0 .000 R.Narleski P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Campanella C 3 0 0 0 .000 H.Kuenn SS 4 1 2 0 .500 C.Furillo RF 4 0 1 1 .333 E.Mathews 3B 3 1 0 0 .143 A.Rosen 3B 2 1 0 0 .000 A.Kaline RF 4 1 1 3 .125 D.Mueller LF 4 0 0 0 .250 B.Tuttle CF 4 0 0 0 .143 B.Virdon CF 4 1 2 0 .286 B.Speake 1B 3 1 1 1 .286 D.Newcombe P 3 1 2 1 .667 E-E.Waitkus 1B 0 0 0 01.000 J.Podres P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Wilson C 3 1 1 0 .333 P.Ramos P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Delsing LF 3 0 0 0 .000 D-J.Gilliam PH 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Hoeft P 2 0 0 0 .000 R.Craig P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-J.Lynch PH 1 0 1 1 .500 C-H.Malmberg 2B 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 4 9 4 Totals 30 5 7 5 A-Pinch Hit For Craig In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Runnels In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Lynch In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Ramos In 9th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Speake In 9th Inning Dodgers......... 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 9 0 Tigers.......... 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 - 5 7 0 Dodgers (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Newcombe LOSS(0-1) 6 1/3 7 5 5 1 5 2 100 7.11 A1 C9 J.Podres 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0.00 D1 D3 P.Ramos 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00 D4 Totals 8 7 5 5 2 5 2 Tigers (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Hoeft 6 1/3 7 4 4 5 0 0 112 5.68 A1 D3 R.Craig WIN(2-0) BS(1st) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 D4 D5 R.Narleski SAVE(1st) 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 27 0.00 D6 Totals 9 9 4 4 6 2 0 ATTENDANCE- 45,444 DATE- Saturday, October 1st 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:36 LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 8 Tigers: 3 DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 1 Tigers: 1 DOUBLES- P.Reese(1st) TRIPLES- P.Reese(1st) HOME RUNS- A.Kaline(1st), B.Speake(2nd) STOLEN BASES- J.Robinson(1st), R.Wilson(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- P.Reese SACRIFICE HITS- B.Avila, J.Robinson WALKS- J.Robinson-2, R.Campanella, A.Rosen-2, J.Gilliam, S.Lopata, E.Mathews STRIKE OUTS- J.Robinson, A.Rosen, E.Mathews, B.Tuttle, B.Speake-2, R.Wilson GIDP- H.Kuenn
BOXSCORE: 1955 Detroit Tigers At 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers 10/3/1955 *** 1955 World Series Game 3 *** Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG P.Runnels 2B 5 0 0 0 .083 P.Reese SS 4 0 1 0 .308 H.Kuenn SS 3 2 2 0 .545 F.Fain 1B 3 0 0 0 .167 E.Mathews 3B 3 1 2 2 .300 C.Furillo RF 4 1 1 0 .308 A.Kaline RF 4 0 1 0 .167 R.Campanella C 3 0 0 0 .000 B.Speake 1B 3 0 1 0 .300 W.Moryn LF 4 0 1 1 .250 C-J.Phillips PH 0 0 0 0 ---- A.Rosen 3B 4 0 1 0 .111 D-E.Waitkus PH,1B 1 0 1 11.000 B.Avila 2B 4 0 2 0 .364 J.Lynch C 3 1 0 0 .200 B.Virdon CF 2 0 0 0 .222 A-S.Lopata C 1 0 0 0 .000 W.Hacker P 2 0 0 0 .000 B.Tuttle CF 4 1 1 2 .182 B-S.Lollar PH 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Delsing LF 4 0 1 0 .100 S.Koufax P 0 0 0 0 ---- F.Lary P 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Meyer P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 5 9 5 Totals 31 1 6 1 A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Lynch In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Hacker In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Speake In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Phillips In 8th Inning Tigers.......... 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 5 9 0 Dodgers......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 Tigers (3-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET F.Lary WIN(1-0) 9 6 1 1 3 4 0 102 1.00 A1 Totals 9 6 1 1 3 4 0 Dodgers (0-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET W.Hacker LOSS(0-1) 7 7 4 4 1 3 2 111 5.14 A1 D1 S.Koufax 0 1/3 1 1 1 1 0 0 14 27.00 D2 D4 J.Meyer 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 24 0.00 D5 Totals 9 9 5 5 2 5 2 ATTENDANCE- 31,431 DATE- Monday, October 3rd 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:29 LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 5 Dodgers: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2 Dodgers: 1 DOUBLES- E.Mathews(1st), A.Kaline(1st), P.Reese(2nd), C.Furillo(1st) HOME RUNS- E.Mathews(1st), B.Tuttle(1st) WALKS- H.Kuenn, E.Mathews, F.Fain, R.Campanella, B.Virdon STRIKE OUTS- B.Speake, S.Lopata, B.Tuttle, J.Delsing, F.Lary, R.Campanella, A.Rosen, W.Hacker-2 GIDP- B.Speake, C.Furillo, B.Avila
BOXSCORE: 1955 Detroit Tigers At 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers 10/4/1955 *** 1955 World Series Game 4 *** Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG P.Runnels 2B 5 0 0 0 .059 P.Reese SS 5 1 2 0 .333 I-H.Malmberg 2B 0 0 0 0 ---- F.Fain 1B 4 1 3 0 .400 H.Kuenn SS 5 2 2 0 .500 C.Furillo RF 5 1 2 1 .333 E.Mathews 3B 4 2 1 1 .286 R.Campanella C 5 1 1 2 .067 A.Kaline RF 3 3 2 1 .267 A.Rosen 3B 3 0 1 1 .167 B.Tuttle CF 4 1 2 0 .267 D.Mueller LF 3 0 1 0 .273 B.Speake 1B 2 1 1 0 .333 J.Podres P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-B.Nieman PH 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Meyer P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-E.Waitkus PH,1B 3 1 1 1 .600 G-S.Amoros PH 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Lopata C 3 1 1 4 .250 S.Koufax P 0 0 0 0 ---- V.Trucks P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Avila 2B 4 0 1 1 .333 H-E.Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Virdon CF 3 0 0 0 .167 R.Narleski P 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Erskine P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Delsing LF 5 1 2 1 .200 A-G.Stephens PH 1 1 1 01.000 S.Gromek P 1 0 0 0 .000 K.Spooner P 1 0 0 0 .000 A.Aber P 1 0 0 0 .000 P.Ramos P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-J.Lynch PH 1 1 1 2 .333 E-J.Robinson LF 2 0 0 0 .000 R.Craig P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-R.Wilson PH,C 1 0 0 0 .286 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 13 13 10 Totals 36 5 12 5 A-Pinch Hit For Erskine In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Speake In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Nieman In 6th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Aber In 6th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ramos In 6th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Craig In 7th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Meyer In 8th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Trucks In 9th Inning I-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Runnels In 9th Inning Tigers.......... 1 3 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 - 13 13 3 Dodgers......... 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 12 1 Tigers (4-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Gromek 2 1/3 5 5 3 0 0 0 51 11.57 A1 B4 A.Aber WIN(1-0) 2 2/3 5 0 0 1 0 0 41 0.00 B5 C6 R.Craig 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0.00 C7 C9 V.Trucks 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 29 0.00 D1 D8 R.Narleski 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 0.00 D9 Totals 9 12 5 3 3 2 0 Dodgers (0-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Erskine 3 6 5 5 0 2 2 60 15.00 A1 B6 K.Spooner LOSS(0-1) 2 1/3 0 1 1 1 3 0 34 3.37 B7 C5 P.Ramos 0 1/3 2 2 1 0 1 0 9 9.00 C6 C8 J.Podres 1 2 4 3 2 2 0 30 13.50 C9 D6 J.Meyer 1 1/3 3 1 1 1 1 1 39 3.00 D7 E5 S.Koufax 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 6.75 E6 Totals 9 13 13 11 4 10 3 ATTENDANCE- 45,700 DATE- Tuesday, October 4th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:56 LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 4 Dodgers: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1 Dodgers: 0 ERRORS- H.Kuenn-3, B.Virdon DOUBLES- B.Speake(1st), J.Lynch(1st), P.Reese(3rd), B.Avila(1st) TRIPLES- H.Kuenn(1st) HOME RUNS- E.Mathews(2nd), A.Kaline(2nd), S.Lopata(1st) STOLEN BASES- A.Kaline(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Tuttle SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Rosen WALKS- E.Mathews, A.Kaline-2, S.Lopata, F.Fain, S.Amoros, B.Virdon STRIKE OUTS- P.Runnels, H.Kuenn, E.Mathews-2, B.Tuttle, E.Waitkus, S.Lopata-2, J.Delsing, A.Aber, C.Furillo, B.Avila GIDP- K.Spooner WILD PITCHES- J.Meyer, C.Erskine
Detroit Tigers Statistics
                                       
 Player               G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB 
+-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 Pete Runnels         4  17  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  4  .059  .059  .059  0
 Harvey Kuenn         4  16  5  8  0  1  0   0  1  1  .500  .529  .625  0
 Jim Delsing          4  15  1  3  0  0  0   1  0  3  .200  .200  .200  0
 Al Kaline            4  15  4  4  1  0  2   4  2  2  .267  .353  .733  1
 Bill Tuttle          4  15  3  4  0  0  1   2  1  3  .267  .312  .467  0
 Eddie Mathews        4  14  4  4  1  0  2   3  3  4  .286  .412  .786  0
 Bob Speake           4  12  4  4  1  0  2   3  0  4  .333  .333  .917  0
 Jerry Lynch          4   6  2  2  1  0  0   3  0  0  .333  .333  .500  0
 Eddie Waitkus        4   5  2  3  0  0  1   4  0  1  .600  .600 1.200  0
 Red Wilson           3   7  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  .286  .286  .286  1
 Stan Lopata          3   4  1  1  0  0  1   4  2  3  .250  .500 1.000  0
 Harry Malmberg       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 Eddie Robinson       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 Wayne Causey         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 Jack Phillips        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 Bob Nieman           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
                         
 Pitcher              G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 Roger Craig          3  0.00   2-0   0  0   2.2   1   0   0   1
 Frank Lary           1  1.00   1-0   0  1   9.0   6   1   3   4
 Al Aber              1  0.00   1-0   0  0   2.2   5   0   1   0
 Billy Hoeft          1  5.68   0-0   0  1   6.1   7   4   5   0
 Bob Friend           1  4.50   0-0   0  1   6.0   5   3   2   1
 Ray Narleski         2  0.00   0-0   1  0   3.0   2   0   2   2
 Steve Gromek         1 11.57   0-0   0  1   2.1   5   3   0   0
 Virgil Trucks        1  0.00   0-0   0  0   2.0   1   0   1   1
 Don Mossi            1  0.00   0-0   0  0   2.0   3   0   0   0
                         
Brooklyn Dodgers Statistics
                                       
 Player               G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB 
+-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 Carl Furillo         4  18  2  6  1  0  0   2  0  1  .333  .333  .389  0
 Pee Wee Reese        4  18  1  6  3  1  0   2  0  1  .333  .368  .611  0
 Bobby Avila          4  15  0  5  1  0  0   1  0  1  .333  .333  .400  0
 Roy Campanella       4  15  1  1  0  0  0   2  2  1  .067  .176  .067  0
 Bill Virdon          4  12  2  2  0  0  0   1  2  0  .167  .286  .167  0
 Al Rosen             4  12  1  2  0  0  0   1  2  2  .167  .312  .167  0
 Don Mueller          3  11  1  3  1  0  0   0  0  0  .273  .273  .364  0
 Ferris Fain          3  10  1  4  0  0  0   0  4  0  .400  .571  .400  0
 Jackie Robinson      2   4  1  0  0  0  0   0  2  1  .000  .333  .000  1
 Walt Moryn           1   4  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .250  .250  .250  0
 Gene Stephens        1   1  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0
 Sherm Lollar         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 Sandy Amoros         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000 1.000  .000  0
 Jim Gilliam          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000 1.000  .000  0
 
 Pitcher              G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 Robin Roberts        1  2.35   0-0   0  1   7.2   6   2   0   7
 Jack Meyer           2  3.00   0-0   0  0   3.0   4   1   1   3
 Carl Erskine         1 15.00   0-0   0  1   3.0   6   5   0   2
 Johnny Podres        2 13.50   0-0   0  0   2.0   2   3   3   2
 Sandy Koufax         2  6.75   0-0   0  0   1.1   1   1   1   1
 Pedro Ramos          2  9.00   0-0   0  0   1.0   2   1   0   1
 Warren Hacker        1  5.14   0-1   0  1   7.0   7   4   1   3
 Don Newcombe         1  7.11   0-1   0  1   6.1   7   5   1   5
 Karl Spooner         2  3.37   0-1   0  0   2.2   0   1   1   4
 Don Bessent          1 27.00   0-1   0  0    .2   1   2   1   1
                         

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