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August 9,1959

Visiting Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (53-58)

Home Team

Chicago Cubs (50-54)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

10

Ballpark

Wrigley Field

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

19,138

Time of Game

2:38

Umpires

[HP]: Stan Landes [1B]: Tom Gorman [2B]: Dusty Boggess [3B]: Ed Sudol

Pittsburgh Pirates 5 Chicago Cubs 3

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	53-58		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	2		2		5	9	1		5	5	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Chicago Cubs	CHN	50-54		0	1	0		0	0	1		0	1	0		0		3	11	1		4	4	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Skinner	lf	27.310	L	4	1	0	0		1	1	.281		90	535
2	Dick Groat	ss	28.278	R	5	1	3	2		0	1	.271		97	640
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	24.356	R	5	1	2	1		0	1	.284		57	502
4	Rocky Nelson	1b	34.264	L	4	0	1	1		1	0	.233		59	290
5	Danny Kravitz	c	28.231	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.281		38	125
	Smoky Burgess	ph-c	32.184	L	1	0	0	1		0	0	.312		70	830
6	Don Hoak	3b	31.185	R	4	0	2	0		1	0	.288		100	651
7	Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.338	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.260		94	440
8	Bill Virdon	cf	28.061	L	2	1	0	0		0	0	.253		97	611
	Ted Kluszewski	ph	34.333	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.252		51	1117
	Roman Mejias	cf	29.000	R	1	1	1	0		0	0	.233		69	253
9	Vern Law	p	29.150	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.197		25	219
	Dick Stuart	ph	26.275	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.311		79	145
	Roy Face	p	31.170	R	0	0	0	0		0	0	.273		40	258
Totals

Errors: Dick Groat

2B: Dick Groat (16)

RBI: Dick Groat 2 (40), Roberto Clemente (25), Rocky Nelson (17), Smoky Burgess (32)

SH: Vern Law (3), Roy Face (2)

SF: Smoky Burgess (2)

GDP: Bill Mazeroski (12)

Chicago Cubs - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Tony Taylor	2b	23.233	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.263		96	233
2	Billy Williams	lf	21.055	L	5	0	2	0		0	1	.125		4	4
3	Jim Marshall	1b	28.076	L	5	1	2	1		0	0	.244		67	176
4	Ernie Banks	ss	28.190	R	4	1	1	1		1	0	.315		101	762
5	Sammy Taylor	c	26.163	L	4	0	1	1		0	0	.252		74	167
6	Walt Moryn	rf	33.119	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.228		80	541
7	Earl Averill	3b	27.334	R	3	0	2	0		0	1	.235		45	104
	Alvin Dark	3b	37.214	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.252		87	1278
8	Bobby Thomson	cf	35.288	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.242		85	1123
9	Dave Hillman	p	31.329	R	3	0	0	0		0	3	.130		27	104
	Don Elston	p	30.125	R	0	0	0	0		0	0	.182		41	144
Totals

Errors: Tony Taylor

HR: Jim Marshall (8), Ernie Banks (29)

RBI: Jim Marshall (27), Ernie Banks (92), Sammy Taylor (28)

SH: Don Elston (2)

GDP: Billy Williams (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Vern Law	R		7.0	7	2	2	0	4	2		3.45	1.15		22	220
2	Roy Face	R	W 14-0	3.0	4	0	0	1	2	0		1.76	1.07		39	256
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Vern Law (0-0-0), Roy Face (0-0-0)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Hillman	R		8.0	4	2	2	1	4	0		3.18	1.05		24	101
2	Bill Henry	L		0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2.63	1.05		40	156
3	Don Elston	R	L 6-5	1.1	3	2	2	1	0	0		3.58	1.32		41	144
4	Glen Hobbie	R		0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		3.79	1.32		31	87
5	Art Ceccarelli	L		0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0		2.49	1.06		7	61
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Hillman (0-0-0), Bill Henry (0-0-0), Don Elston (0-0-0), Glen Hobbie (0-0-0), Art Ceccarelli (0-0-0)