Philadelphia Phillies vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 9, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1953 at Ebbets Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 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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Philadelphia Phillies 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ryan 2b 4 1 2 0
Ashburn cf 6 2 1 0
Wyrostek rf 5 1 2 1
Ennis lf 5 1 2 1
Torgeson 1b 5 0 0 0
Hamner ss 5 2 3 4
Jones 3b 2 1 1 0
  Glaviano 3b 2 0 0 0
Burgess c 3 0 2 0
Simmons p 5 0 0 1
Totals 42 8 13 7
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 0 0
Reese ss 4 0 2 0
Snider cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 2 0 0 0
  Cox 3b 2 2 2 0
Campanella c 4 2 3 3
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Furillo rf 4 0 2 1
Antonello lf 4 0 0 0
Black p 1 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Podres p 0 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Milliken p 0 0 0 0
  Howell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Philadelphia 100 223 0008130
Brooklyn 010 001 020492
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  W(5-1) 9.0 9 4 4 2 8
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
8
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Black  L(2-2) 4.2 6 5 2 3 2
  Hughes   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Podres   0.1 5 3 3 0 1
  Labine   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Milliken   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
5
4
4

  E–Reese (6), Black (1).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Hamner-Ryan-Torgeson.  2B–Brooklyn Cox (2,off Simmons).  HR–Philadelphia Hamner (4,5th inning off Black 1 on 2 out), Brooklyn Campanella 2 (9,2nd inning off Simmons 0 on 0 out,8th inning off Simmons 1 on 1 out).  HBP–Glaviano (1,by Black).  IBB–Burgess (1,by Labine).  Team LOB–12.  Team–6.  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Lon Warneke.  T–2:40.  A–25,025.
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