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Chicago Cubs 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 2

June 6,1959

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (26-24)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (28-25)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

12,953

Time of Game

2:10

Umpires

[HP]: Vinnie Smith [1B]: Frank Dascoli [2B]: Frank Secory [3B]: Hal Dixon

Chicago Cubs 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 2

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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
Chicago Cubs	CHN	26-24		6	0	1		1	0	0		0	0	0			8	10	0		5	5	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	28-25		0	0	0		0	0	0		1	0	1			2	7	0		4	4	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Chicago Cubs - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Tony Taylor	2b	23.169	R	5	1	2	1		0	1	.298		46	183
2	Alvin Dark	3b	37.150	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.252		44	1235
3	Ernie Banks	ss	28.126	R	4	2	2	1		0	1	.291		51	712
4	Dale Long	1b	33.120	L	3	0	1	1		0	0	.280		39	535
5	Bobby Thomson	rf-lf	35.224	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.242		41	1079
6	Walt Moryn	lf	33.055	L	4	1	1	2		0	0	.237		51	512
7	George Altman	cf	26.078	L	3	2	1	0		1	0	.220		43	43
8	Sammy Taylor	c	26.099	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.231		36	129
9	Moe Drabowsky	p	23.320	R	3	0	1	1		1	1	.167		10	71
Totals

2B: Sammy Taylor (3)

3B: Ernie Banks 2 (3), George Altman (4)

HR: Walt Moryn (7)

RBI: Tony Taylor (14), Ernie Banks (49), Dale Long (16), Bobby Thomson (21), Walt Moryn 2 (18), Sammy Taylor (14), Moe Drabowsky (1)

SF: Dale Long (1)

GDP: Bobby Thomson (5)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Virdon	cf	27.362	L	3	0	1	0		1	1	.281		46	559
2	Dick Groat	ss	28.214	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.262		44	586
3	Smoky Burgess	c	32.120	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.360		41	800
4	Dick Stuart	1b	26.211	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.270		34	99
5	Bob Skinner	lf	27.246	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.299		40	484
6	Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.274	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.259		48	393
7	Don Hoak	3b	31.121	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.279		47	597
8	Roman Mejias	rf	28.301	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.245		30	213
	Don Williams	p	27.265	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.333		6	8
	Dick Schofield	ph	24.150	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.286		27	244
	Ron Blackburn	p	24.044	R	1	1	1	1		0	0	.500		15	52
	Ted Kluszewski	ph	34.269	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.339		23	1088
Totals

HR: Roman Mejias (2), Ron Blackburn (1)

RBI: Roman Mejias (11), Ron Blackburn (1)

GDP: Roman Mejias (2)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Moe Drabowsky	R	W 4-4	9.0	7	2	2	3	2	2		3.97	1.55		11	74
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Moe Drabowsky (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bennie Daniels	R	L 3-3	0.2	4	5	5	1	0	1		6.11	1.57		8	18
2	Bob Smith	L		0.0	2	1	1	1	0	0		3.00	1.63		17	78
3	Don Williams	R		4.1	4	2	2	0	1	0		6.75	1.67		6	8
4	Ron Blackburn	R		4.0	0	0	0	0	2	0		3.91	1.38		15	52
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bennie Daniels (0-0-0), Bob Smith (0-0-0), Don Williams (0-0-0), Ron Blackburn (0-0-0)