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Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Giants
May 8, 1955 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1955 at Polo Grounds V. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Sunday, May 8, 1955 at Polo Grounds V |
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| Pittsburgh |
1 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| New York |
0 | 0 | 3 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 8 | 0 |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Littlefield W(2-2) |
6.1 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
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Face SV(1) |
2.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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| New York Giants |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Gomez L(1-3) |
3.2 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
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Wilhelm |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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McCall |
2.0 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
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Corwin |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Grissom |
1.0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Maglie |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
12 |
7 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
E–Groat (6), Littlefield (1). DP–New York 1. Westrum-Dark. 2B–Pittsburgh Clemente (4,off McCall), New York Williams (2,off Littlefield); Katt (1,off Littlefield); Dark (5,off Littlefield).. 3B–Pittsburgh Montemayor (3,off Gomez), New York Gardner (1,off Littlefield). HR–Pittsburgh Groat (1,1st inning off Gomez 0 on 1 out); Lynch (1,4th inning off Gomez 1 on 2 out); Gene Freese (3,8th inning off Grissom 0 on 0 out).. SH–Groat (3,off Grissom); Gomez (1,off Littlefield); Gardner (3,off Littlefield).. HBP–George Freese (1,by McCall). IBB–Gene Freese (3,by McCall). Team LOB–9. Team–7. CS–Lynch (1,2nd base by Gomez/Westrum). U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Lon Warneke, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Larry Goetz. |
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| Game played on Sunday, May 8, 1955 at Polo Grounds V |
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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."
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