Pittsburgh Pirates (8) Philadelphia Phillies (5)

| 1959

Date of Game: Friday, April 24, 1959
Stadium: Shibe Park

Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
Record: 3-7	Record: 4-5
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Attendance: 15,675 Time of Game: 2:53

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Carl Sawatski 2B in 8th inning (54.53)

Smoky Burgess 2B in 9th inning (49.76)

Don Hoak ? in 9th inning (25.18)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	12	0
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	5	11	2

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Bill Virdon	cf	27.320	5	1	1	0	0	0	.167	9	520	1	3	0
Roberto Clemente	rf	24.249	5	3	2	0	0	0	.275	10	454	1	2	0
Smoky Burgess	c	32.057	5	0	1	2	0	0	.353	8	766	0	2	0
Dick Schofield	pr	24.107	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	7	224	0	0	0
Rocky Nelson	1b	34.157	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	5	233	0	1	0
Dick Stuart	1b	26.168	5	2	2	2	0	1	.333	8	72	1	4	0
Hank Foiles	c	29.318	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	8	346	1	1	0
Don Hoak	3b	31.079	2	1	2	1	2	0	.310	10	558	1	6	0
Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.231	4	0	3	2	0	0	.306	10	353	0	5	0
Dick Groat	ss	28.171	4	0	1	1	1	0	.212	10	550	1	4	0
Roman Mejias	lf	28.258	4	0	0	0	0	0	.062	6	187	0	1	0
Ron Kline	p	27.046	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	2	146	0	0	0
Bob Porterfield	p	35.258	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4	240	0	0	0
Bob Smith	p	28.082	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5	66	0	0	0
Roy Face	p	31.064	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	5	221	0	0	0
Totals:			37	8	12	8	3	3	.324	107	4936

Philadelphia Phillies Batting Stats

Philadelphia Phillies	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Richie Ashburn	cf	32.036	4	0	0	0	0	0	.206	9	1270	0	0	0
Granny Hamner	ss-3b	31.364	5	1	1	0	0	0	.182	5	1057	1	1	0
Ed Bouchee	1b	26.048	5	1	2	1	0	0	.312	9	261	1	5	0
Wally Post	rf	29.289	5	1	1	2	0	2	.281	8	718	1	8	0
Harry Anderson	lf	27.227	4	0	1	0	1	0	.226	8	266	1	3	0
Willie Jones	3b	33.251	3	0	3	0	1	0	.357	9	1191	1	2	0
Chico Fernandez	pr-ss	27.053	1	1	1	0	0	0	.261	8	339	0	0	0
Joe Koppe	2b	28.187	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	4	20	0	1	0
Harry Hanebrink	ph	31.164	1	0	1	0	0	0	.250	4	111	0	0	0
Sparky Anderson	2b	25.061	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	8	8	0	3	0
Gene Freese	ph-2b	25.106	1	1	0	0	1	0	.667	4	340	2	6	0
Carl Sawatski	c	31.172	3	0	1	2	1	1	.250	2	236	0	2	0
Jim Owens	p	25.098	2	0	0	0	0	1	.167	3	15	0	0	0
Dave Philley	ph	38.343	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	4	1072	0	2	0
Al Schroll	p	27.033	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	3	8	0	2	0
Turk Farrell	p	25.016	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3	110	0	0	0
Jack Meyer	p	27.032	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3	146	0	0	0
Totals:			38	5	11	5	4	6	.289	94	7168

Game Stats

2B: Smoky Burgess (4), Granny Hamner (1), Carl Sawatski (1)
3B: Ed Bouchee (1)
HR: Wally Post (1), Dick Stuart (1)
RBIs: Ed Bouchee (5), Smoky Burgess 2 (2), Dick Groat (4), Don Hoak (6), Bill Mazeroski 2 (5), Wally Post 2 (8), Carl Sawatski 2 (2), Dick Stuart 2 (4)
SH: Ron Kline (2), Bill Mazeroski (1)
SF: Don Hoak (2)
GDP: Smoky Burgess (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Ron Kline	27.046	5.2	5	3	3	2	6	1	5.73	1.45	0	0	0	2	155
Bob Porterfield	35.258	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	1.75	0	0	0	4	247
Bob Smith	28.082	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	1.00	0	0	0	5	66
Roy Face (W 2-0)	31.064	2.1	4	2	2	1	0	0	2.70	1.00	0	0	0	5	220
Pitching Totals:		9	11	5	5	4	6	1			0	0	0	16	688

Philadelphia Phillies Pitching Stats

Philadelphia Phillies	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Jim Owens	25.098	6	5	4	0	2	2	1	3.94	1.56	0	0	0	3	17
Al Schroll (L 1-1)	27.033	2	5	3	3	1	1	0	9.00	2.00	0	0	0	3	8
Turk Farrell	25.016	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	15.00	3.67	0	0	0	3	110
Jack Meyer	27.032	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.00	2.33	0	0	0	3	147
Pitching Totals:		9	12	8	4	3	3	1			0	0	0	12	282

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Bob Porterfield; Turk Farrell;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ron Kline 0-0-0; Bob Porterfield 0-0-0; Bob Smith 0-0-0; Roy Face 0-0-0; Jim Owens 0-0-0; Al Schroll 0-0-0; Turk Farrell 0-0-0; Jack Meyer 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Ron Kline 24; Bob Porterfield 2; Bob Smith 4; Roy Face 13; Jim Owens 28; Al Schroll 11; Turk Farrell 3; Jack Meyer 2;
Time of Game: 2:53 Attendance: 15,675
Umpires: Home: Al Barlick 1B Bill Jackowski 2B Shag Crawford 3B Vic Delmore

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