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Milwaukee Braves 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 2

August 16,1959

Visiting Team

Milwaukee Braves (59-49)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (55-59)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

24,518

Time of Game

2:43

Umpires

[HP]: Ken Burkhart [1B]: Tony Venzon [2B]: Jocko Conlan [3B]: Augie Donatelli

Milwaukee Braves 5 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
Milwaukee Braves	MLN	59-49		0	0	0		0	2	2		1	0	0			5	9	1		3	3	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	55-59		0	0	2		0	0	0		0	0	0			2	8	1		5	5	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Milwaukee Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Bruton	cf	33.280	L	5	0	0	0		0	2	.312		54	736
2	Lee Maye	rf	24.248	L	5	2	2	0		0	1	.364		8	8
3	Eddie Mathews	3b	27.307	L	4	0	0	0		1	1	.309		61	996
4	Wes Covington	lf	27.142	L	3	0	1	1		1	1	.258		54	302
5	Frank Torre	1b	27.229	L	2	2	2	0		2	0	.248		45	405
6	Stan Lopata	c	33.338	R	4	0	1	1		0	2	.167		9	702
7	Johnny Logan	ss	32.146	R	3	1	1	1		1	0	.311		53	1019
8	Felix Mantilla	2b	25.018	R	4	0	2	1		0	0	.227		37	222
9	Warren Spahn	p	38.115	L	3	0	0	1		0	1	.125		15	344
Totals

Errors: Bill Bruton

2B: Lee Maye (1)

RBI: Wes Covington (26), Stan Lopata (4), Johnny Logan (23), Felix Mantilla (7), Warren Spahn (4)

SF: Warren Spahn (2)

GDP: Stan Lopata (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Skinner	lf	27.317	L	4	1	1	2		0	0	.277		94	539
2	Dick Groat	ss	28.285	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.264		101	644
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	24.363	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.300		61	506
4	Dick Stuart	1b	26.282	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.309		81	147
5	Roman Mejias	cf	29.007	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.230		70	254
	Bill Virdon	cf	28.068	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.253		101	615
	Harry Bright	ph	29.328	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.263		29	44
6	Don Hoak	3b	31.192	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.288		104	655
7	Dick Schofield	2b	24.221	B	3	0	1	0		1	0	.213		54	272
8	Hank Foiles	c	30.067	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.214		40	380
9	Bennie Daniels	p	27.060	L	1	1	0	0		1	1	.304		24	33
	Smoky Burgess	ph	32.191	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.309		74	834
Totals

Errors: Dick Stuart

2B: Dick Schofield (4)

HR: Bob Skinner (12)

RBI: Bob Skinner 2 (46)

GDP: Bob Skinner (4), Don Hoak (17)

Milwaukee Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Warren Spahn	L	W 7-7	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	1		3.57	1.38		16	336
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Warren Spahn (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 6-7	5.2	6	4	4	3	5	0		5.60	1.53		23	33
2	Bob Porterfield	R		1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0		5.77	1.83		27	271
3	Roy Face	R		2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0		2.25	1.17		42	259
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bennie Daniels (0-0-0), Bob Porterfield (0-0-0), Roy Face (0-0-0)