Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 17, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 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 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 3 1 0 0
Reese ss 5 1 2 0
Snider cf 4 1 2 2
Hodges 1b 4 1 2 1
Amoros lf 4 1 1 0
Robinson 3b 4 1 2 1
Furillo rf 4 0 1 0
Campanella c 5 3 3 3
Podres p 5 1 2 1
Totals 38 10 15 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Smith E. cf 4 0 0 0
Freese G. 2b 3 0 0 0
  Roberts 2b 2 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 1 1 0
Thomas lf 4 1 1 1
Gordon 3b 4 0 0 0
Ward 1b 4 1 1 0
Shepard c 3 0 2 1
Groat ss 4 0 1 0
Thies p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Smith D. ph 0 0 0 0
  Bowman p 0 0 0 0
  Freese G. ph 1 0 0 0
  Law p 0 0 0 0
  Cole ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 2
Brooklyn 011 400 30110152
Pittsburgh 200 001 000361
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres  W(1-0) 9.0 6 3 2 3 3
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
3
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Thies  L(0-1) 3.2 5 5 2 3 0
  King   1.1 2 1 0 0 0
  Bowman   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Law   3.0 7 4 4 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
10
6
3
0

  E–Reese (1), Amoros (1), Gene Freese (1).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Robinson-Gilliam-Hodges, Pittsburgh 1. Law-Shepard-Ward.  PB–Shepard (1).  2B–Brooklyn Hodges (1,off Thies); Furillo (1,off Thies); Reese 2 (3,off Thies 2); Campanella 2 (2,off Thies,off Law); Podres (1,off Bowman)., Pittsburgh Ward (1,off Podres).  3B–Pittsburgh Thomas (1,off Podres).  HR–Brooklyn Snider (2,4th inning off King 1 on 2 out); Campanella (2,9th inning off Law 0 on 2 out)..  SH–Gilliam (1,off Bowman).  SF–Robinson (1,off Thies); Hodges (2,off Thies)..  HBP–Amoros (1,by Thies); E. Smith (1,by Podres).  IBB–Snider (1,by Thies).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  CS–Furillo (1,2nd base by Thies/Shepard).  U-HP–Bill Engeln, 1B–Babe Pinelli, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Tom Gorman.
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