Detroit Tigers 16 – 4 Boston Red Sox
5 May 1956 · BOS07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | final score 16–4 | 1 in 1,819 games | |
| 43 | Batting Around Twice · 13 | Detroit Tigers | 1 in 131 games |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | Billy Hoeft | 1 in 1,014 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 0 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
Box score
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Kuenn | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Earl Torgeson | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Al Kaline | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2B |
| Ray Boone | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bill Tuttle | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Frank House | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Charlie Maxwell | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Fred Hatfield | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Billy Hoeft | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2B |
| Totals | 47 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Hoeft | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Boston Red Sox batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Goodman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milt Bolling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Malzone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Jackie Jensen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Gernert | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Zauchin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Piersall | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Don Buddin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Ike Delock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| George Susce | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Boston Red Sox pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Delock | 3.1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Leo Kiely | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Susce | 5.1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 |