Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 16, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1955 at Forbes Field. The Philadelphia Phillies 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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Philadelphia Phillies 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 2 2 0 0
Morgan ss 5 3 2 0
Hamner 2b 5 3 2 0
Ennis lf 4 2 2 5
Jones 3b 4 0 2 3
Waitkus 1b 4 1 1 1
Greengrass rf 5 0 4 2
Seminick c 4 1 1 0
Wehmeier p 5 0 1 1
Totals 38 12 15 12
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien E. cf 2 1 1 0
Cole 3b 4 0 1 0
Lynch lf 3 1 1 1
Ward 1b 3 0 0 0
Atwell c 4 1 0 0
Clemente rf 4 0 1 1
O'Brien J. 2b 3 0 2 1
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Friend p 1 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 1 0 1 0
  Shepard ph 1 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Mejias ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Philadelphia 300 022 04112152
Pittsburgh 100 002 000372
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier  W(9-9) 9.0 7 3 3 3 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  L(9-7) 4.0 8 5 4 2 1
  Littlefield   3.0 3 2 2 2 3
  Martin   2.0 4 5 5 4 0
Totals
9.0
15
12
11
8
4

  E–Morgan 2 (12).  DP–Philadelphia 3. Morgan-Hamner-Waitkus, Jones-Hamner-Waitkus, Jones-Hamner-Waitkus.  2B–Philadelphia Greengrass 2 (17,off Friend,off Martin); Jones (16,off Friend); Waitkus (1,off Martin); Seminick (8,off Martin)..  3B–Philadelphia Ennis (6,off Friend).  SF–Ennis (7,off Martin); Jones (9,off Martin)..  IBB–Seminick (1,by Littlefield).  Team LOB–9.  SB–Ashburn 3 (9,2nd base off Friend/Atwell,2nd base off Littlefield/Atwell,3rd base off Martin/Atwell); Morgan (4,2nd base off Martin/Atwell).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Lon Warneke, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Larry Goetz.  T–2:46.  A–6,290.
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