Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 16, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1955 at Forbes 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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Brooklyn Dodgers 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 1 2 2
Reese ss 3 0 0 0
Snider cf 4 0 1 1
Hodges 1b 4 0 0 0
Amoros lf 3 1 1 0
Robinson 3b 4 1 1 0
Furillo rf 4 1 1 1
Campanella c 2 1 0 0
Meyer p 3 1 1 2
Totals 31 6 7 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Smith cf 2 0 0 0
  Montemayor ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Roberts 2b 4 0 0 0
Mejias rf 4 0 0 0
Thomas lf 4 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 3 0 0 0
Ward 1b 3 0 0 0
Shepard c 3 0 1 0
Groat ss 2 0 1 0
  Atwell ph 0 0 0 0
  Cole ss 0 0 0 0
Purkey p 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Long ph 1 0 0 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 2 0
Brooklyn 000 000 150670
Pittsburgh 000 000 000020
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer  W(1-0) 9.0 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
2
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  L(0-1) 7.0 6 6 6 1 3
  Face   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bell   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Brooklyn 2. Groat-Roberts-Ward, Face-Roberts, Pittsburgh 2. Groat-Roberts-Ward, Face-Roberts.  2B–Brooklyn Meyer (1,off Purkey).  SH–Reese (1,off Purkey); Purkey (1,off Meyer).  IBB–Campanella (1,by Purkey).  Team LOB–1.  Team–4.  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–1:56.  A–5,533.
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