Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
May 17, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1953 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Chicago Cubs 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bernier cf 4 1 1 0
Smith 1b 3 0 1 0
O'Connell 2b 3 0 1 0
Kiner lf 3 0 0 1
Thomas rf 3 1 0 0
Castiglione 3b 3 0 1 0
Sandlock c 3 0 1 1
Cole ss 4 0 2 0
LaPalme p 3 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Bowman p 0 0 0 0
  Pellagrini ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz rf 5 0 2 1
Miksis 2b 5 0 1 0
Fondy 1b 5 1 1 0
Sauer lf 2 0 0 0
Serena 3b 2 2 0 0
Jeffcoat cf 3 2 1 0
Smalley ss 3 0 3 1
McCullough c 3 1 2 1
  Atwell c 1 0 0 1
Minner p 4 0 1 1
Totals 33 6 11 5
Pittsburgh 001 001 000271
Chicago 010 102 20x6112
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
LaPalme  L(1-3) 6.1 10 6 5 5 1
  Face   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bowman   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
5
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Minner  W(2-2) 9.0 7 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
1

  E–Castiglione (2), Serena (2), Minner (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Cole-O'Connell-P. Smith, Kiner-Sandlock, Chicago 3. Smalley-Miksis-Fondy, Miksis-Smalley-Fondy, Minner-Smalley-Fondy.  2B–Pittsburgh Bernier (3,off Minner); O'Connell (4,off Minner)..  SH–P. Smith (2,off Minner); Sandlock (1,off Minner); Castiglione (6,off Minner).; Smalley (2,off LaPalme).  HBP–Bernier (2,by Minner).  Team LOB–8.  Team–9.  SB–Fondy (2,2nd base off LaPalme/Sandlock); Fondy (2,2nd base off LaPalme/Sandlock).  U-HP–Artie Gore, 1B–Lee Ballanfant, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook