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San Francisco Giants 0 Pittsburgh Pirates 6

August 24,1959

Visiting Team

San Francisco Giants (71-53)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (62-60)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

23,617

Time of Game

2:47

Umpires

[HP]: Shag Crawford [1B]: Vic Delmore [2B]: Al Barlick [3B]: Vinnie Smith

San Francisco Giants 0 Pittsburgh Pirates 6

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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
San Francisco Giants	SFN	71-53		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			0	12	0		1	1	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	62-60		0	1	2		1	1	0		1	0	x			6	13	1		4	4	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

San Francisco Giants - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jackie Brandt	3b	25.118	R	4	0	2	0		1	0	.279		101	229
2	Willie Mays	cf	28.110	R	5	0	2	0		0	0	.301		110	944
3	Willie McCovey	1b	21.226	L	5	0	1	0		0	3	.364		20	20
4	Orlando Cepeda	lf	21.341	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.316		111	258
5	Willie Kirkland	rf	25.188	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.268		94	215
6	Daryl Spencer	2b	30.042	R	4	0	1	0		0	2	.274		113	635
7	Hobie Landrith	c	29.161	L	4	0	2	0		0	1	.246		77	472
8	Eddie Bressoud	ss	27.114	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.263		70	220
9	Sam Jones	p	33.253	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.123		35	162
	Dusty Rhodes	ph	32.103	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.290		35	495
	Leon Wagner	ph	25.103	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.252		64	137
	Felipe Alou	ph	24.104	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.276		67	141
Totals

GDP: Willie Mays (10)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Skinner	lf	27.325	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.264		102	547
2	Dick Groat	ss	28.293	R	4	1	3	1		0	0	.279		109	652
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	25.006	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.313		69	514
4	Rocky Nelson	1b	34.279	L	4	3	3	3		0	0	.306		70	301
5	Smoky Burgess	c	32.199	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.310		82	842
6	Don Hoak	3b	31.200	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.287		112	663
7	Dick Schofield	2b	24.229	B	4	0	1	0		0	1	.229		61	279
8	Bill Virdon	cf	28.076	L	3	1	2	1		1	0	.264		109	623
9	Bob Friend	p	28.273	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.170		25	256
Totals

Errors: Bill Virdon

2B: Don Hoak (18)

3B: Dick Groat (7)

HR: Rocky Nelson 2 (5)

RBI: Dick Groat (44), Rocky Nelson 3 (27), Bill Virdon (33)

GDP: Don Hoak (18)

SB: Bill Virdon (7)

San Francisco Giants - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Sam Jones	R	L 13-11	3.0	8	3	3	0	2	1		3.24	1.33		35	173
2	Mike McCormick	L		1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0		3.99	1.40		34	100
3	Eddie Fisher	R		2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0		6.75	1.47		13	13
4	Bud Byerly	R		2.0	1	1	1	1	0	1		2.00	1.22		8	154
Totals				0.0

WP: Sam Jones (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Sam Jones (0-0-0), Mike McCormick (0-0-0), Eddie Fisher (0-0-0), Bud Byerly (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Friend	R	W 5-14	9.0	12	0	0	1	8	0		4.41	1.38		26	265
Totals				0.0

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