Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Redlegs
July 30, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1955 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Cincinnati Redlegs 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Freese 3b 4 1 2 1
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0
Hall cf,lf 4 0 1 0
O'Brien 2b 3 0 1 0
Long 1b 3 0 0 0
Peterson c 3 0 0 0
Thomas lf 3 1 1 1
  Saffell cf 0 0 0 0
Friend p 2 0 0 0
  Cole ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 1 1 0
Burgess c 3 0 1 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 1 1 1
Post rf 4 1 2 1
Bell cf 4 0 0 0
Thurman lf 4 0 1 0
Smith 3b 3 2 2 1
McMillan ss 2 0 1 1
Collum p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 4
Pittsburgh 001 100 000253
Cincinnati 020 110 01x590
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  L(7-6) 7.0 8 4 3 1 1
  Kline   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
1
2
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  L(5-6) 7.0 5 3 2 2 6
  Tremel   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
3
15

  E–J. O'Brien 2 (6), Friend (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. J. O'Brien-Groat-Long.  2B–Pittsburgh Gene Freese (12,off Collum); Hall (1,off Collum)..  HR–Pittsburgh Thomas (15,3rd inning off Collum 0 on 1 out); Gene Freese (8,4th inning off Collum 0 on 0 out)..  Team LOB–2.  CS–Post (2,2nd base by Friend/Peterson).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Lon Warneke.  T–1:55.  A–3,030.
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