Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Giants
August 14, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1955 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, New York Giants 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien E. cf 3 0 1 0
Freese 3b 4 0 1 0
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Thomas lf 4 0 0 0
O'Brien J. 2b 4 0 1 0
Long 1b 0 0 0 0
  Ward 1b 3 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 1 1 0
Peterson c 3 1 1 2
Law p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Dark ss 1 0 0 0
  Amalfitano ss 3 0 0 0
  Gordon 3b 1 1 1 2
Lockman lf 3 0 1 0
Mays cf 4 1 1 0
Thompson 3b,2b 4 0 1 0
Mueller rf 4 1 1 0
Harris 1b 4 0 1 0
Terwilliger 2b,ss 3 0 1 0
Katt c 3 0 0 0
Antonelli p 4 1 1 1
Totals 34 4 8 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 020260
New York 011 000 002481
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  L(7-8) 8.2 8 4 4 3 2
Totals
8.2
8
4
4
3
2
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli  W(10-14) 9.0 6 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
5

  E–Amalfitano (1).  PB–Peterson (2).  2B–New York Terwilliger (5,off Law); Mays (12,off Law)..  HR–Pittsburgh Peterson (1,8th inning off Antonelli 1 on 1 out), New York Gordon (5,9th inning off Law 1 on 2 out).  SH–Ward (3,off Antonelli).  IBB–Peterson (1,by Antonelli).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  SB–Mays (14,3rd base off Law/Peterson).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Lon Warneke.
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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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