Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 25, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1953 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Philadelphia Phillies 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Smith 1b 5 0 2 1
Castiglione 3b 5 0 0 0
Bernier cf 3 1 1 0
  Abrams ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Kiner lf 3 0 0 0
O'Connell 2b 5 1 3 1
Thomas rf,cf 4 1 0 0
Cole ss 2 2 1 1
Sandlock c 3 0 0 0
  Fitz Gerald ph,c 1 0 0 0
Lindell p 4 0 3 1
  O'Brien pr 0 1 0 0
  Dickson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ryan 2b 1 3 1 0
Ashburn cf 0 0 0 0
Wyrostek rf 4 0 1 1
Ennis lf 4 1 1 2
Torgeson 1b 4 2 2 1
Hamner ss 4 1 1 2
Jones 3b 3 0 0 0
Burgess c 3 0 0 0
Simmons p 3 0 0 0
  Hansen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 7 6 6
Pittsburgh 100 003 0206101
Philadelphia 110 220 10x762
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lindell  L(0-2) 7.0 6 7 6 4 4
  Dickson   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
6
7
6
5
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  W(3-0) 7.1 10 6 4 6 4
  Hansen  SV(1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
4
6
5

  E–Cole (1), Wyrostek 2 (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Castiglione-O'Connell-P. Smith, Philadelphia 1. Burgess-Hamner-Torgeson-Ryan.  PB–Sandlock (3).  2B–Pittsburgh Lindell (1,off Simmons).  HR–Philadelphia Torgeson (1,2nd inning off Lindell 0 on 0 out); Hamner (3,4th inning off Lindell 1 on 0 out); Ennis (4,5th inning off Lindell 1 on 2 out)..  Team LOB–9.  SH–Ashburn 3 (4,off Lindell 3); Ryan (3,off Lindell)..  Team–4.  SB–Cole (1,2nd base off Simmons/Burgess); Ryan (3,Home off Lindell/Sandlock).  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Bill Stewart.  T–2:30.  A–6,265.
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