Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs - September 16,1959

Visiting Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (71-71)

Home Team

Chicago Cubs (67-72)

Game Date

September 16,1959

Year

1959

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

Ballpark

Wrigley Field

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

1,366

Time of Game

2:08

Umpires

[HP]: Ken Burkhart [1B]: Tony Venzon [2B]: Ed Sudol [3B]: Stan Landes

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Bob Skinner	lf	27.348	L	2	0	1	0	2	0	.280	120	565
2	Dick Groat	ss	28.316	R	4	1	1	0	0	0	.277	127	670
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	25.029	R	4	1	3	0	0	0	.300	87	532
4	Dick Stuart	1b	26.313	R	4	0	1	1	0	0	.317	99	165
5	Smoky Burgess	c	32.222	L	2	0	0	1	0	1	.308	96	856
	Hank Foiles	c	30.098	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	.211	49	389
6	Don Hoak	3b	31.223	R	4	0	2	0	0	0	.292	130	681
7	Bill Mazeroski	2b	23.011	R	4	0	0	0	0	1	.244	113	459
8	Bill Virdon	cf	28.099	L	3	0	1	0	0	1	.255	125	639
9	Bob Friend	p	28.296	R	3	0	0	0	0	1	.172	29	260
Totals

2B: Bob Skinner (14), Roberto Clemente (14), Don Hoak (21)

RBI: Dick Stuart (68), Smoky Burgess (47)

SF: Smoky Burgess (5)

GDP: Roberto Clemente (10), Smoky Burgess (8), Bill Mazeroski (14)

Chicago Cubs - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Tony Taylor	2b	23.271	R	4	0	0	0	0	1	.275	128	265
2	George Altman	cf	26.180	L	4	0	0	0	0	1	.245	115	115
3	Jim Marshall	1b	28.114	L	4	1	1	0	0	1	.257	91	200
4	Ernie Banks	ss	28.228	R	4	0	3	1	0	0	.304	133	794
5	Walt Moryn	lf	33.157	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	.247	103	564
6	Irv Noren	rf	34.291	L	4	0	2	0	0	1	.323	61	1007
7	Sammy Taylor	c	26.201	L	3	2	2	2	1	0	.264	96	189
8	Randy Jackson	3b	33.218	R	3	0	2	0	0	0	.257	37	804
9	Ben Johnson	p	28.124	R	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	3	3
	Dale Long	ph	33.222	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	95	591
Totals

2B: Ernie Banks (24), Randy Jackson (5)

HR: Sammy Taylor (10)

RBI: Ernie Banks (125), Sammy Taylor 2 (39), Ben Johnson (1)

SH: Ben Johnson (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Bob Friend	R	L 6-16	8.0	10	4	4	1	4	1	4.11	1.36	30	269
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Friend (0-0-0)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Ben Johnson	R		5.1	8	2	2	1	1	0	2.30	1.28	3	3
2	Bill Henry	L		1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.72	1.03	55	171
3	Don Elston	R	W 8-6	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3.33	1.25	55	158
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ben Johnson (0-0-0), Bill Henry (0-0-0), Don Elston (0-0-0)

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	71-71		0	0	0		0	0	2		0	0	0		2	9	0		4	4	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Chicago Cubs	CHN	67-72		0	0	1		0	0	0		0	1	2		4	10	0		6	6	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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