Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 16, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1953 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers 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 1, Brooklyn Dodgers 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bernier rf 3 0 0 0
  Lindell ph 1 0 0 0
  Hermanski rf 0 0 0 0
Smith 1b 4 0 1 0
O'Connell 3b 4 0 3 0
Rice lf 4 0 1 0
Thomas cf 4 0 0 0
Pellagrini 2b 4 0 0 0
Cole ss 4 0 1 0
Janowicz c 3 1 1 1
Hall p 3 0 1 0
  O'Brien ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 1 0
Morgan ss 4 0 0 1
Snider cf 4 1 1 1
Robinson 3b 4 1 1 0
Campanella c 2 0 2 0
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Furillo rf 3 0 1 1
Shuba lf 3 0 0 0
  Thompson lf 0 0 0 0
Roe p 2 1 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 3
Pittsburgh 010 000 000180
Brooklyn 011 001 00x360
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Hall  L(3-10) 8.0 6 3 3 2 4
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
2
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Roe  W(8-2) 9.0 8 1 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
7

  E–None.  2B–Pittsburgh Rice (11,off Roe), Brooklyn Gilliam (21,off B. Hall); Campanella (21,off B. Hall).  HR–Pittsburgh Janowicz (1,2nd inning off Roe 0 on 2 out), Brooklyn Snider (25,6th inning off B. Hall 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–4.  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Lenny Roberts, 3B–Lon Warneke.  T–2:12.  A–18,550.
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