Detroit Tigers 2 – 5 New York Yankees
13 May 1955 · NYC16
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game · 3 | Mickey Mantle | 1 in 321 games |
| 17 | final score 5–2 | 1 in 34 games | |
| 0 | 7 hits allowed | Steve Gromek | 1 in 6 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| New York Yankees | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | 9 | 0 |
Box score
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Kuenn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Tuttle | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Al Kaline | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| JW Porter | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ray Boone | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Bubba Phillips | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Malmberg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Hatfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Gromek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ferris Fain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Delsing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 27 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Gromek | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Aber | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Miller | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
New York Yankees batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Bauer | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Carey | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mickey Mantle | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 HR |
| Yogi Berra | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Collins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Irv Noren | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gil McDougald | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Hunter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whitey Ford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elston Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
New York Yankees pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitey Ford | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Tom Morgan | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |