New York Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 23, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1954 at Connie Mack Stadium. The New York Giants defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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

New York Giants 6, Philadelphia Phillies 4

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lockman 1b 5 0 1 2
Dark ss 5 0 2 0
Thompson 3b 5 1 2 0
Irvin lf 3 1 0 0
Mueller rf 4 1 2 0
Mays cf 4 1 2 3
Williams 2b 4 1 1 0
Katt c 1 1 1 0
  Amalfitano pr 0 0 0 0
  Westrum c 2 0 0 0
McCall p 0 0 0 1
  Hearn p 2 0 0 0
  Grissom p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Jones 3b 5 0 2 0
Ashburn cf 1 1 0 0
Torgeson 1b 4 1 2 0
Ennis lf 4 1 2 1
Hamner 2b 5 0 2 1
Schell rf 3 0 1 1
  Burgess ph 0 0 0 0
  Micelotta pr 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ss 1 0 0 0
Lopata c 5 0 0 0
Kazanski ss 3 0 0 0
  Wyrostek ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Simmons p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 0 1 0 0
  Drews p 2 0 0 0
  Greenwood ph 1 0 0 0
  Konstanty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 3
New York 031 020 0006111
Philadelphia 001 020 100491
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCall   2.0 2 1 1 3 0
  Hearn  W(1-3) 4.0 6 3 3 1 3
  Grissom  SV(3) 3.0 1 0 0 3 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
7
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  L(4-4) 3.0 6 4 4 2 0
  Drews   5.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Konstanty   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
1

  E–McCall (1), Ashburn (4).  DP–New York 1. Lockman, Philadelphia 1. Hamner-Kazanski-Torgeson.  2B–New York Williams (2,off Simmons); Thompson (4,off Drews)..  3B–New York Mays (4,off Simmons), Philadelphia Ennis (1,off Hearn).  IBB–Katt (2,by Simmons).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Ashburn (2,by McCall).  Team–13.  CS–Thompson (1,2nd base by Simmons/Lopata).  U–Artie Gore, Frank Secory, Bill Jackowski.  T–2:52.  A–9,688.
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