New York Giants vs Milwaukee Braves
June 18, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1955 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the New York Giants 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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New York Giants 4, Milwaukee Braves 7

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Dark ss 5 1 2 1
Lockman lf 4 0 0 0
Mueller rf 5 0 2 1
Hofman 2b 5 0 2 0
Mays cf 2 1 0 0
Gordon 3b 3 1 1 2
Harris 1b 3 0 0 0
Westrum c 2 1 1 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Katt c 0 0 0 0
Maglie p 1 0 1 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  McCall p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 0 3 1
Logan ss 4 2 2 0
Mathews 3b 3 2 2 1
Aaron rf 5 0 3 1
Crowe 1b 2 1 2 1
Tanner lf 5 0 1 2
Dittmer 2b 4 0 0 0
Crandall c 4 2 2 1
Nichols p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 15 7
New York 002 002 000491
Milwaukee 101 112 10x7150
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie   5.0 10 4 4 3 0
  McCall  L(2-2) 2.0 5 3 3 1 2
  Wilhelm   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
7
7
4
3
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Nichols   5.0 8 4 4 3 2
  Johnson  W(3-2) 4.0 1 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
5

  E–Maglie (1).  2B–Milwaukee Logan (14,off Maglie); Bruton (14,off Maglie); Crowe (5,off Maglie).  3B–Milwaukee Bruton (7,off McCall).  HR–New York Gordon (1,6th inning off Nichols 1 on 0 out), Milwaukee Crandall (5,4th inning off Maglie 0 on 0 out).  SH–Maglie (4,off Nichols); Westrum (1,off Johnson).; Crowe (1,off Maglie); Johnson (1,off McCall).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Crowe (1,by Wilhelm).  IBB–Crowe (3,by Maglie).  Team–11.  SB–Dark (1,3rd base off Nichols/Crandall).  U-HP–Lee Ballanfant, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:34.  A–33,814.
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