Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers
September 4, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1955 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers 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 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien E. cf 5 0 2 0
Freese 3b 4 1 1 1
Mejias rf 2 1 1 0
  Lynch ph,rf 3 0 2 0
Thomas lf 4 1 0 0
Shepard c 2 0 0 1
  Atwell ph,c 3 0 0 0
Long 1b 3 1 2 1
O'Brien J. 2b 4 1 2 1
Groat ss 4 0 1 0
Kline p 1 0 0 0
  Saffell ph 1 0 0 0
  Surkont p 1 0 1 1
Totals 37 5 12 5
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 5 2 3 2
Reese ss 4 1 1 1
Snider cf 4 2 1 0
Campanella c 2 0 2 1
Furillo rf 3 0 1 1
Robinson 3b 1 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Zimmer 2b 4 0 0 0
Podres p 1 0 0 0
  Bessent p 2 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Shuba ph 1 0 1 0
  Hoak pr 0 1 0 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 9 5
Pittsburgh 000 203 0005121
Brooklyn 102 100 02x691
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline   4.0 4 4 3 5 0
  Surkont  L(7-12) 4.0 5 2 2 3 3
Totals
8.0
9
6
5
8
3
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres   3.2 6 2 2 0 3
  Bessent   1.2 2 3 3 2 2
  Labine  W(12-5) 2.2 3 0 0 2 1
  Craig  SV(1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
4
7

  E–Gene Freese (19).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Gene Freese-J. O'Brien-Long.  2B–Pittsburgh Mejias (8,off Podres); J. O'Brien (13,off Bessent); Lynch (16,off Labine)..  HR–Pittsburgh Gene Freese (10,4th inning off Podres 0 on 0 out).  IBB–Long (6,by Labine).  Team LOB–9.  SB–Thomas (1,2nd base off Bessent/Campanella).  CS–E. O'Brien (4,2nd base by Podres/Campanella).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Lee Ballanfant.
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