Games on April 17, 1955

The games of April 17, 1955

On April 17, 1955, 14 games went into the books. The most lopsided result was the Detroit Tigers' 16-0 win over the Kansas City Athletics. Runs came easiest when the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 12-9. One-run games: the Cincinnati Redlegs 6-5 over the Milwaukee Braves, the Brooklyn Dodgers 3-2 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Chicago Cubs 6-5 over the St. Louis Cardinals. The rest of the slate: the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Boston Red Sox, 14-5, the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 3-1, the Cleveland Indians topped the Chicago White Sox 4-2, the Cincinnati Redlegs fell to the Milwaukee Braves, 10-1, the New York Giants fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-2, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Giants 4-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 10-3, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 14-1, and the New York Yankees fell to the Washington Senators, 7-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox, the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox, and the Milwaukee Braves and the Cincinnati Redlegs. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, Apr 16, 1955 and the next, Apr 18, 1955. The 1955 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.