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Milwaukee Braves 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 4

July 23,1961

Visiting Team

Milwaukee Braves (47-43)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (44-43)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

26,531

Time of Game

2:36

Umpires

[HP]: Frank Dascoli [1B]: Mel Steiner [2B]: Frank Secory [3B]: Ed Sudol

Milwaukee Braves 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 4

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**umpire Mel Steiner arrived from Philadelphia to fill in for**
**Tony Venzon**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Milwaukee Braves	MLN	47-43		2	0	2		0	0	0		1	0	0			5	11	0		3	3	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	44-43		0	0	0		1	0	3		0	0	0			4	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	Mack Jones	cf	22.259	L	5	0	1	0		0	2	.310		13	13
2	Frank Bolling	2b	29.249	R	5	0	2	0		0	0	.295		89	874
3	Eddie Mathews	3b	29.283	L	3	2	1	0		2	0	.301		87	1254
4	Hank Aaron	rf	27.168	R	4	2	2	1		1	1	.323		90	1001
5	Joe Adcock	1b	33.266	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.255		87	1121
6	Lee Maye	lf	26.224	L	3	0	2	3		0	0	.268		63	124
7	Roy McMillan	ss	32.006	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.224		89	1365
8	Sammy White	c	34.016	R	4	0	2	0		0	2	.167		5	972
9	Carl Willey	p	30.047	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.036		20	79
	Don McMahon	p	31.200	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.182		33	186
Totals

2B: Hank Aaron (23)

3B: Eddie Mathews (3), Lee Maye (2)

RBI: Hank Aaron (75), Joe Adcock (58), Lee Maye 3 (31)

SH: Carl Willey (2)

SF: Lee Maye (1)

HBP: Joe Adcock (1)

SB: Eddie Mathews (6)

CS: Frank Bolling (2)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Virdon	cf	30.044	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.283		82	847
2	Dick Groat	ss	30.261	R	3	1	0	0		1	0	.263		83	896
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	26.339	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.358		85	768
4	Dick Stuart	1b	28.258	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.290		74	367
5	Don Hoak	3b	33.168	R	3	1	1	0		1	1	.335		81	924
6	Don Leppert	c	29.277	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.200		11	11
	Smoky Burgess	ph-c	34.167	L	2	0	1	2		0	1	.291		55	1026
7	Joe Christopher	lf	25.222	R	3	0	0	1		0	1	.293		42	104
8	Bill Mazeroski	2b	24.321	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.254		85	702
	Johnny Logan	ph	34.122	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.204		34	1202
	Rocky Nelson	ph	36.247	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.255		48	458
	Walt Moryn	ph	35.102	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.181		37	721
Totals

Errors: Dick Stuart

HR: Dick Stuart (14)

RBI: Dick Stuart (51), Smoky Burgess 2 (28), Joe Christopher (7)

SF: Joe Christopher (1)

GDP: Don Hoak (11), Don Leppert (3)

Milwaukee Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Carl Willey	R		5.1	6	4	4	2	3	1		4.90	1.58		20	83
2	Don McMahon	R	W 5-1	3.2	2	0	0	0	2	0		2.07	1.28		33	186
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Carl Willey (0-0-0), Don McMahon (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Earl Francis	R		3.0	6	4	4	2	2	0		4.20	1.50		12	19
2	Al McBean	R		2.0	3	0	0	1	3	0		1.93	1.29		11	11
3	Bob Friend	R	L 9-13	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	0		4.31	1.37		27	335
4	Roy Face	R		2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0		2.45	0.97		38	374
Totals				0.0

HB: Earl Francis (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Earl Francis (0-0-0), Al McBean (0-0-0), Bob Friend (0-0-0), Roy Face (0-0-0)