Kansas City Athletics 7 – 4 New York Yankees
5 June 1956 · NYC16
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 4-5-6 runs-hits-errors line | New York Yankees | 1 in 73,834 games |
| 21 | final score 7–4 | 1 in 58 games | |
| 4 | 1 triple | Enos Slaughter | 1 in 39 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Athletics | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| New York Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Box score
Kansas City Athletics batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Power | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hector Lopez | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enos Slaughter | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3B |
| Harry Simpson | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim Finigan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Johnny Groth | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Thompson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe DeMaestri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lou Kretlow | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Kansas City Athletics pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Kretlow | 8.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Bobby Shantz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
New York Yankees batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Bauer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Martin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mickey Mantle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | HR |
| Yogi Berra | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Eddie Robinson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Collins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Gil McDougald | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Elston Howard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Irv Noren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Cerv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Andy Carey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Kucks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mickey McDermott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
New York Yankees pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Kucks | 8.0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Rip Coleman | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |