5/4/1954, WHA54-FOR54, Briggs Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1954 Whales 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 10 2 1954 Fortress 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 x 4 9 1 6 1 Whales AB R H BI AVG Fortress AB R H BI AVG Ashburn lf 2 0 0 0 .167 Bruton cf 3 0 0 0 .000 Finigan 3b 5 0 1 0 .235 Temple ph 1 1 1 0 .364 Dark ss 5 1 1 1 .118 Yost 3b 2 1 2 1 .357 Doby cf 2 0 0 0 .300 Vernon 1b 4 0 1 1 .154 Ennis rf 4 0 0 0 .143 Jensen lf 3 0 0 0 .167 Fondy 1b 4 1 2 0 .231 Lynch rf 2 0 0 0 .000 O'Connell 2b 4 0 0 0 .267 Marsh ph 1 0 1 0 .500 House c 4 0 1 0 .100 Rivera rf 1 0 1 1 .455 Dickson p 2 0 0 0 .000 Hofman 2b 3 1 1 1 .333 Metkovich ph 0 0 0 0 .000 Frazier ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Cooper ph 1 0 1 1 .400 Walker, R c 0 0 0 0 .250 Mossi p 0 0 0 0 .000 Carrasquel ss 4 0 1 0 .143 Sullivan p 0 0 0 0 .000 Lollar c 3 0 0 0 .222 Vollmer ph 0 0 0 0 .000 Grissom p 0 0 0 0 .000 33 2 6 2 Kinder p 2 0 0 0 .000 Newhouser p 0 0 0 0 .000 Calderone c 1 0 1 0 1.000 Miksis pr 0 1 0 0 .000 Taylor, J lf 0 0 0 0 .000 31 4 9 4 Whales INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Dickson 6.0 3 1 1 2 3 75 50 1.50 Mossi L 0-1 1.1 6 3 3 1 1 46 29 20.25 Sullivan 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 9 5 0.00 8.0 9 4 4 3 5 130 84 Fortress INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Kinder 6.1 3 1 1 4 5 100 63 1.42 Newhouser BS 1 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 23 11 6.75 Grissom W 1-0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 23 14 0.00 9.0 6 2 2 5 6 146 88 WHA: Metkovich batted for Dickson in the 7th Cooper batted for Metkovich in the 7th Vollmer batted for Sullivan in the 9th FOR: Marsh batted for Lynch in the 7th Rivera inserted at rf in the 8th Calderone inserted at c in the 8th Miksis ran for Calderone in the 8th Temple batted for Bruton in the 8th Frazier batted for Hofman in the 8th Temple moved to 2b in the 9th Jensen moved to cf in the 9th Walker, R inserted at c in the 9th Taylor, J inserted at lf in the 9th E-Vernon. 2B-Carrasquel. HR-Dark(2), Hofman(1). K-Finigan 2, Dark, Doby, House, Dickson, Hofman, Carrasquel, Lollar 2, Frazier. BB-Ashburn 3, Doby 2, Yost 2, Jensen. HBP-Vollmer. HB-Grissom. GWRBI: Vernon Temperature: 46, Sky: threatening, Wind: left to right at 20 MPH. 5/4/1954, WHA54-FOR54, Briggs Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1954 Whales 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 10 2 1954 Fortress 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 x 4 9 1 6 1 Whales -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Ashburn lf 1>W W W 643/gdp e3.1-2;B-1 Finigan 3b S.1-2 k 43 8>43 k Dark ss k 53 6>8 HR 43 Doby cf k 4>W 63 W Ennis rf 54/f 8 5/fl Grissom 8 Fondy 1b 2>3/L 4 7>S S.1-2 O'Connell 2b 43 6 8 53 House c 53 5>k S.1-3 9>7 Dickson p 3>k 8 Metkovich ph Newhouser Cooper ph S.3-H;1-2 Mossi p Sullivan p Vollmer ph HP Fortress -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Bruton cf 1>6 6 143 Temple ph S.1-3 Yost 3b S 4>W W note 1 Vernon 1b 163/gdp 363/gdp 9 S.2-H;1-3 Jensen lf 2>8 63 7>Mossi 43.1-2 W Lynch rf 8 5>9 Marsh ph S.1-3 Rivera rf S.3-H;2-3 Hofman 2b k HR 32.3XH;1-2 Sullivan Frazier ph k Walker, R c Carrasquel ss 3>D 53 k 2/fl Lollar c k k 43 Grissom p Kinder p 8 6>4 Newhouser p Calderone c 8>S Miksis pr Taylor, J lf 1: S/B.3-H;1-2 Whales IN OUT ER Fortress IN OUT ER Dickson A1 C3 1 Kinder A1 C8 1 Mossi C4 D5 3 L 0-1 Newhouser C9 D4 1 BS 1 Sullivan D6 D7 0 Grissom D5 E3 0 W 1-0