Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
August 1, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1953 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs 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 10, Chicago Cubs 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Abrams rf 6 1 1 0
O'Connell 3b 3 3 2 1
Rice lf 4 2 2 1
Thomas cf 4 1 2 5
Cole ss 3 1 0 1
Pellagrini 2b 4 0 1 0
  O'Brien pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Ward 1b 3 0 1 0
Koback c 1 0 0 0
  Sandlock c 3 0 1 1
Waugh p 1 1 1 0
  Lindell p 2 1 0 0
Totals 34 10 11 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz rf 5 1 4 1
Brown ss 5 0 2 0
Fondy 1b 5 0 3 1
Kiner lf 3 0 2 0
Jackson 3b 4 0 0 0
Miksis 2b 4 1 1 1
Jeffcoat cf 4 0 1 0
McCullough c 2 1 0 0
  Sawatski c 0 0 0 0
Pollet p 0 0 0 0
  Church p 2 0 0 0
  Metkovich ph 1 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Ramazzotti ph 1 0 0 0
  Simpson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 13 3
Pittsburgh 230 004 00110111
Chicago 030 000 0003132
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Waugh   1.2 5 3 1 1 0
  Lindell  W(4-12) 7.1 8 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
13
3
1
4
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Pollet  L(3-4) 1.1 4 5 4 2 1
  Church   4.2 4 4 4 4 2
  Willis   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Simpson   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
10
9
8
3

  E–Pellagrini (3), Jeffcoat (3), Pollet (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 3. Cole-Pellagrini-Ward, Cole-Pellagrini-Ward, Rice-Ward, Chicago 1. Jackson-Miksis-Fondy.  2B–Pittsburgh O'Connell (19), Chicago Fondy (18); Kiner (12).  HR–Pittsburgh Thomas (14,6th inning off Church 2 on), Chicago Miksis (4,2nd inning off Waugh 0 on 0 out).  SH–Cole (5); J. O'Brien (5); Koback (1); Kiner (1); Miksis (9).  HBP–Ward (1).  Team LOB–9.  Team–12.  CS–Ward (3).  U–Bill Stewart, Babe Pinelli, Bill Engeln.  T–2:36.  A–8,017.
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