6/27/1954, KC54-Bal54, game 1, Memorial Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1954 Kansas City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 0
1954 Baltimore 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 2 7 1 9 2
Kansas City AB R H BI AVG Baltimore AB R H BI AVG
Fox 2b 3 1 0 0 .291 Abrams cf 2 1 1 0 .250
Fain 1b 3 0 1 0 .219 Sievers lf 4 0 2 0 .242
Post rf 3 0 0 0 .285 Thompson 3b 3 0 1 0 .223
Jensen lf 3 0 0 0 .249 Smith c 0 0 0 0 .286
Virdon cf 4 0 1 1 .289 Cooper c 3 0 0 1 .250
Whisenant pr 0 0 0 0 .000 Stephens lf 0 0 0 0 .368
Kell 3b 4 0 0 0 .261 Rivera rf 4 0 1 0 .298
Joost ss 3 0 1 0 .378 Kuenn ss 4 0 0 0 .326
Katt c 3 0 1 0 .256 Young 2b 0 0 0 0 .150
Pierce p 2 0 0 0 .000 Belardi 1b 2 0 0 0 .277
28 1 4 1 Kellert ph 1 1 1 1 .419
Stephens 3b 0 0 0 0 .182
Baker 2b 3 0 0 0 .258
Kinder p 0 0 0 0 .500
Jolly p 2 0 1 0 .303
Valdivielso ss 0 0 0 0 .000
28 2 7 2
Kansas City INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Pierce L 3-5 8.0 7 2 2 4 4 110 65 2.22
8.0 7 2 2 4 4 110 65
Baltimore INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Jolly W 5-6 8.0 3 1 1 4 2 119 65 3.36
Kinder S 14 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 10 8 0.57
9.0 4 1 1 4 2 129 73
KC : Whisenant ran for Virdon in the 9th
Bal: Kellert batted for Belardi in the 7th
Stephens inserted at 3b in the 8th
Smith inserted at c in the 8th
Stephens inserted at lf in the 8th
Sievers moved to 1b in the 8th
Valdivielso inserted at ss in the 9th
Young inserted at 2b in the 9th
E-Baker. 2B-Thompson(15). HR-Kellert(3). RBI-Virdon(25), Cooper(11),
Kellert(13). SB-Post(3), Abrams(1). CS-Joost. K-Post, Joost, Sievers 2,
Thompson, Kuenn. BB-Fox, Fain, Post, Jensen, Abrams 2, Baker, Stephens.
SH-Pierce, Jolly. SF-Cooper. HBP-Thompson. HB-Pierce.
GWRBI: Kellert
Temperature: 89, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: out to center at 20 MPH,
Rain Delays: 39 and 27 minutes.
6/27/1954, KC54-Bal54, game 1, Memorial Stadium
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1954 Kansas City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 0
1954 Baltimore 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 2 7 1 9 2
Kansas City -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Fox 2b 1>W 3 1/b 8>3/fl
Fain 1b W.1-2 3>S 43 63
Post rf 9 k 6>W 63
Jensen lf W.2-3;1-2 543/gdp 8 9>Kinder
63
Virdon cf note 1 4>7 9 S
Whisenant pr
Kell 3b 64/f 63 SB2 463/gdp
3/fl
Joost ss 2>k e4.B-1 7>S
Katt c S 8 CS2(24)
9
Pierce p 14/SH.1-2 5>9 4
1: 64/f.3-H;2-3;B-1
Baltimore -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Abrams cf 1>W 3>W 63 S.1-2
Sievers lf S.1-3 SB2 k note 1
k
Thompson 3b k 43.2-3 6>D note 2
Smith c
Cooper c 9/SF.3-H 63 3/fl 8
Stephens lf
Rivera rf S.1-2 4>43 3/g.2-3 8>8
Kuenn ss k 63 8 6/L
Young 2b
Belardi 1b 2>4 6
Kellert ph 7>HR
Stephens 3b W
Baker 2b 53 5>W 43 43
Kinder p
Jolly p 7 34/SH.1-2 S
Valdivielso ss
1: S.2xH(82);1-2 2: HBP.2-3;1-2
Kansas City IN OUT ER Baltimore IN OUT ER
Pierce A1 D8 2 L 3-5 Jolly A1 D3 1 W 5-6
Kinder D4 D6 0 S 14
6/27/1954, KC54-Bal54, game 1, Memorial Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1954 Kansas City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 0
1954 Baltimore 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 2 7 1 9 2
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Kansas City batting
0-0 0 --- 32 Fox walked (BCBFBFB)
0-0 0 1-- 32 Fain walked, Fox to second (1FBBCBB)
0-0 0 12- 12 Post flied out to right (BSCX)
0-0 1 12- 32 Jensen walked, Fox to third, Fain to second (BSFBBB)
0-0 1 123 22 Virdon grounded to short, forcing Jensen at second, Fox
scored, Fain to third, Virdon to first (BBFSX)
1-0 2 1-3 12 Kell grounded to short, forcing Virdon at second (CSFBFX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Baltimore batting
1-0 0 --- 31 Abrams walked (BBFBB)
1-0 0 1-- 00 Sievers singled down the right field line and shallow,
Abrams to third (X)
1-0 0 1-3 32 Thompson struck out (CFFBB1BS)
1-0 1 1-3 00 Cooper hit a sacrifice fly to right, Abrams scored (>X)
1-1 2 1-- 12 Rivera lined a single to center, Sievers to second (CFBX)
1-1 2 12- 02 Kuenn struck out (CCC)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Kansas City batting
1-1 0 --- 02 Joost struck out (SCS)
1-1 1 --- 10 Katt grounded a single between first and second (BX)
1-1 1 1-- 00 Pierce sacrifice bunted to the mound, Katt to second (Xb)
1-1 2 -2- 31 Fox popped out to first (FBBBX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Baltimore batting
1-1 0 --- 22 Belardi popped out to second (CFBFBX)
1-1 1 --- 00 Baker grounded out to third (X)
1-1 2 --- 22 Jolly flied out to left (FBBFX)
Started raining
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Kansas City batting
1-1 0 --- 31 Fain lined a single to shallow center (SBBBX)
1-1 0 1-- 32 Post struck out (11CBCBBS)
1-1 1 1-- 11 Jensen grounded into a double play, Thompson to Baker to
Belardi (1CBX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Baltimore batting
1-1 0 --- 32 Abrams walked (BBCBSB)
Game delayed by rain for 39 minutes
1-1 0 1-- 01 Abrams stole second (C>S)
1-1 0 -2- 12 Sievers struck out (C>S.BC)
1-1 1 -2- 00 Thompson grounded out to second, Abrams to third (X)
1-1 2 --3 10 Cooper grounded out to short (BX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Kansas City batting
1-1 0 --- 02 Virdon flied out to left (SSX)
Started raining
1-1 1 --- 10 Kell grounded out to short (BX)
1-1 2 --- 20 Joost to first on an error by the second baseman Baker
(BBX)
1-1 2 1-- 21 Katt flied out to center (11BBC1X)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Baltimore batting
1-1 0 --- 20 Rivera grounded out to second (BBX)
1-1 1 --- 10 Kuenn grounded out to short (BX)
Game delayed by rain for 27 minutes
1-1 2 --- 10 Belardi popped out to short (BX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Kansas City batting
1-1 0 --- 02 Pierce flied out to right (CSX)
1-1 1 --- 10 Fox popped out on a bunt to the mound (BXb)
1-1 2 --- 10 Fain grounded out to second (BX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Baltimore batting
1-1 0 --- 30 Baker walked (BBBB)
1-1 0 1-- 10 Jolly sacrifice bunted to first, Baker to second (BbXb)
1-1 1 -2- 12 Abrams grounded out to short (CSFBFX)
1-1 2 -2- 22 Sievers struck out (CBBFC)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Kansas City batting
1-1 0 --- 31 Post walked (BBFBB)
1-1 0 1-- 22 Jensen flied out to center (S1CBBX)
1-1 1 1-- 01 Virdon flied out to right (FX)
1-1 2 1-- 20 Post stole second (BB1>C)
1-1 2 -2- 21 Kell popped out to first (BB1>C.X)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Baltimore batting
1-1 0 --- 20 Thompson doubled deep down the right field line (BBX)
1-1 0 -2- 01 Cooper popped out to first (CX)
1-1 1 -2- 11 Rivera grounded out to first, Thompson to third (CBX)
1-1 2 --3 01 Kuenn flied out to center (SX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Kansas City batting
1-1 0 --- 32 Joost grounded a single between third and short (SBBBFX)
1-1 0 1-- 00 Joost was caught stealing second (>B)
1-1 1 --- 31 Katt flied out to right (>B.BCBX)
Started raining
1-1 2 --- 00 Pierce popped out to second (X)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Baltimore batting
Kellert pinch hitting for Belardi
1-1 0 --- 00 Kellert homered deep down the left-field line (X)
1-2 0 --- 11 Baker grounded out to second (BSX)
1-2 1 --- 12 Jolly grounded a single between third and short (CSBX)
1-2 1 1-- 00 Abrams lined a single to center, Jolly to second (X)
1-2 1 12- 22 Sievers lined a single to shallow center, Jolly out at
home, Abrams to second (CBBSX)
1-2 2 12- 02 Thompson was hit by a pitch, Abrams to third, Sievers to
second (FSH)
1-2 2 123 00 Cooper lined out to center (X)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Kansas City batting
Stephens now playing third base
Smith now playing catcher
Stephens now playing left field
Sievers moved to first base
1-2 0 --- 21 Fox popped out to first (FBBX)
1-2 1 --- 21 Fain grounded out to short (BBSX)
1-2 2 --- 22 Post grounded out to short (BBCFX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Baltimore batting
1-2 0 --- 10 Rivera flied out to center (BX)
1-2 1 --- 20 Kuenn lined out to short (BBX)
1-2 2 --- 32 Stephens walked (CFBBBB)
1-2 2 1-- 00 Baker grounded out to second (X)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Kansas City batting
Valdivielso now playing shortstop
Young now playing second base
Kinder now pitching
1-2 0 --- 22 Jensen grounded out to short (CBFBX)
1-2 1 --- 00 Virdon grounded a single up the middle (X)
Whisenant pinch running for Virdon
1-2 1 1-- 02 Kell grounded into a double play, Young to Valdivielso to
Sievers (SCFX)