Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Robins
August 23, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1931 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Robins defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Brooklyn Robins 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner L. cf 5 0 3 1
Jensen lf 5 0 0 0
Piet 2b 4 0 0 0
Traynor 3b 5 0 0 0
Waner P. rf 5 1 2 0
Suhr 1b 3 2 2 2
Grace c 4 1 2 0
Thevenow ss 4 0 2 1
Wood p 3 0 1 0
  Brame ph 1 0 0 0
  Osborn p 0 0 0 0
  French p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 12 4
Brooklyn Robins ab   r   h rbi
Frederick cf 4 0 3 0
O'Doul lf 5 1 1 3
Herman rf 2 0 0 0
Bissonette 1b 3 0 0 0
Finn 2b 4 1 2 0
Gilbert 3b 3 0 1 0
Slade ss 4 0 0 0
Lombardi c 3 0 1 0
  Sothern pr 0 1 0 0
  Lopez c 1 0 0 0
Vance p 2 1 0 0
  Quinn p 1 0 1 0
  Thompson pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 130–4120
Brooklyn 000 011 201–591
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Wood   7.0 6 4 4 6 3
  Osborn  L(5-1) 1.0 3 1 0 0 1
  French   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
9
5
4
6
4
  Brooklyn Robins IP H R ER BB SO
Vance   7.2 12 4 4 2 8
  Quinn  W(5-4) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
9
  E–Slade (20).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Traynor-Piet-Suhr, Brooklyn 1. Finn-Slade-Bissonette.  2B–Brooklyn Frederick (30).  3B–Brooklyn Finn (2).  HR–Pittsburgh Suhr (3,8th inning off Vance 1 on), Brooklyn O'Doul (7,7th inning off Wood 1 on).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  SB–Jensen (2); Herman (12).  U–Cy Rigler, Cy Pfirman, Charles Donnelly.  T–2:15.  A–15,000.
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