Milwaukee Braves (6) Chicago Cubs (1)

| 1956

Date of Game: Tuesday, August 07, 1956
Stadium: County Stadium

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Attendance: 26,049 Time of Game: 2:10

Game Notes:

Moe Drabowsky - 1st career game

Best at-bats

Warren Spahn HR in 5th inning (11.61)

Don Hoak ? in 3rd inning (10.82)

Del Crandall 1B in 2nd inning (9.58)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago Cubs	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0
Milwaukee Braves	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	x	6	12	1

Chicago Cubs Batting Stats

Chicago Cubs	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Don Hoak	3b	28.184	3	0	0	0	0	0	.206	56	238	3	18	2
Gene Baker	2b	31.053	4	0	0	0	0	0	.249	81	316	5	29	3
Dee Fondy	1b	31.280	4	0	1	0	0	1	.266	80	589	5	27	5
Ernie Banks	ss	25.188	4	0	0	0	0	0	.283	85	338	22	53	4
Monte Irvin	lf	37.163	4	0	2	0	0	0	.267	60	609	11	32	0
Walt Moryn	rf	30.117	4	0	0	0	0	1	.272	85	144	13	42	2
Pete Whisenant	cf	26.236	3	0	2	0	0	0	.216	47	117	7	28	4
Harry Chiti	c	23.264	3	1	1	0	0	0	.194	38	150	3	9	0
Jim Brosnan	p	26.287	2	0	1	0	0	0	.250	17	31	0	0	0
Russ Meyer	p	32.287	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	11	174	0	0	0
Eddie Miksis	ph	29.330	1	0	1	0	0	0	.251	67	544	8	21	3
Moe Drabowsky	p	21.017	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	1	0	0	0
Totals:			32	1	8	0	0	2	.250	628	3251

Milwaukee Braves Batting Stats

Milwaukee Braves	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Danny O'Connell	2b	29.198	5	2	3	0	0	0	.247	77	457	1	27	1
Johnny Logan	ss	29.137	1	0	0	1	1	0	.280	82	644	8	31	1
Hank Aaron	rf	22.183	5	2	2	0	0	2	.341	82	325	12	49	0
Eddie Mathews	3b	24.299	3	0	1	1	1	1	.244	81	588	18	48	4
Joe Adcock	1b	28.282	4	1	2	2	0	0	.308	70	625	20	58	0
Frank Torre	1b	24.221	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	59	59	0	11	1
Wes Covington	lf	24.133	2	0	1	0	0	1	.278	46	46	2	10	0
Bobby Thomson	lf	32.287	0	0	0	0	1	0	.240	78	730	11	40	1
Bill Bruton	cf	30.271	3	0	0	0	0	0	.299	77	452	5	31	4
Del Crandall	c	26.155	4	0	2	1	0	0	.271	61	455	11	33	0
Warren Spahn	p	35.106	4	1	1	1	0	1	.204	19	239	3	6	1
Totals:			31	6	12	6	3	5	.387	732	4620

Game Stats

2B: Joe Adcock (13)
3B: Dee Fondy (5), Danny O'Connell (8)
HR: Warren Spahn (3)
RBIs: Joe Adcock 2 (58), Del Crandall (33), Johnny Logan (31), Eddie Mathews (48), Warren Spahn (6)
SH: Bill Bruton (9), Wes Covington (2), Don Hoak (2), Johnny Logan 2 (14)
SF: Johnny Logan (4)
GDP: Harry Chiti (2), Dee Fondy (3), Don Hoak (3)

Chicago Cubs Pitching Stats

Chicago Cubs	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Jim Brosnan (L 2-4)	26.287	6.2	11	6	6	2	3	1	3.63	1.37	0	0	0	17	31
Russ Meyer	32.287	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.91	1.81	0	0	0	12	184
Moe Drabowsky	21.017	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.00	2.00	0	0	0	1	1
Pitching Totals:		8	12	6	6	3	5	1			0	0	0	30	216

Milwaukee Braves Pitching Stats

Milwaukee Braves	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Warren Spahn (W 9-7)	35.106	9	8	1	1	0	2	0	2.88	1.12	0	0	0	20	230
Pitching Totals:		9	8	1	1	0	2	0			0	0	0	20	230

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Jim Brosnan;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Brosnan 0-0-0; Russ Meyer 0-0-0; Moe Drabowsky 0-0-0; Warren Spahn 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Jim Brosnan 33; Russ Meyer 1; Moe Drabowsky 5; Warren Spahn 33;
Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 26,049
Umpires: Home: Bill Engeln 1B Larry Goetz 2B Frank Dascoli 3B Frank Secory

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