Brooklyn Dodgers vs Milwaukee Braves
August 4, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1955 at County Stadium. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Braves 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 11, Milwaukee Braves 10

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Hoak 3b 3 0 0 0
  Kellert ph 1 0 1 0
  Podres pr 0 1 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Reese ss 5 2 2 1
Snider cf 5 1 1 0
Campanella c 5 2 3 4
Hodges 1b 5 0 1 0
Gilliam lf 4 1 0 0
Furillo rf 4 2 3 3
Zimmer 2b 4 1 2 2
Newcombe p 2 0 0 0
  Spooner p 1 0 0 0
  Erskine p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph,3b 1 1 1 0
Totals 40 11 14 10
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 4 1 2 1
Logan ss 4 3 2 1
Aaron rf 4 1 1 1
Crowe 1b 5 0 1 1
Pafko 3b 5 2 3 3
Thomson lf 4 1 1 2
Crandall c 4 1 0 0
Dittmer 2b 4 1 1 0
Burdette p 2 0 0 0
  Paine p 0 0 0 0
  O'Connell ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Nichols p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 11 9
Brooklyn 020 002 20511142
Milwaukee 040 010 40110111
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe   4.2 7 5 3 1 3
  Spooner   1.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Erskine  W(10-4) 1.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Labine  SV(4) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
10
8
3
3
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette   5.0 6 4 4 1 3
  Paine   2.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Johnson  L(4-4) 1.1 4 4 4 0 1
  Nichols   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
11
11
2
5

  E–Hoak (8), Furillo (4).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Reese-Hodges.  2B–Brooklyn Campanella (16,off Burdette); Furillo (14,off Burdette)..  HR–Brooklyn Zimmer (11,7th inning off Paine 1 on 0 out); Furillo (18,9th inning off Johnson 0 on 0 out); Campanella (24,9th inning off Nichols 2 on 2 out)..  Team LOB–4.  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Lon Warneke, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Larry Goetz.  T–2:48.  A–32,907.
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