New York Giants vs Brooklyn Dodgers
September 17, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1955 at Ebbets Field. The New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 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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New York Giants 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 5

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Gardner ss 5 2 2 0
Mueller rf 5 1 1 0
Mays cf 5 2 2 3
Hofman 1b 4 2 2 2
Thompson 3b 4 1 2 2
Lockman lf 4 0 1 0
Terwilliger 2b 4 0 1 1
Katt c 3 0 0 0
Hearn p 1 0 0 0
  Giel p 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 8
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf,2b 5 3 4 0
Reese ss 3 0 0 0
  Amoros lf 2 0 0 0
Snider cf 4 1 1 2
Furillo rf 4 1 2 3
Hodges 1b 1 0 0 0
  Kellert ph,1b 3 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 1 0 0 0
Walker c 4 0 0 0
Zimmer 2b,ss 3 0 1 0
Spooner p 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 1 0 0 0
  Shuba ph 1 0 0 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
  Moryn ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
New York 201 120 2008111
Brooklyn 103 000 100584
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn   2.1 4 4 4 2 0
  Giel  W(4-4) 6.2 4 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
4
3
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Spooner   3.1 4 4 1 1 1
  Meyer  L(5-2) 2.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Craig   3.0 4 2 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
8
4
1
4

  E–Hearn (5).  DP–New York 1. Terwilliger-Gardner-Hofman.  2B–New York Gardner (9,off Spooner); Terwilliger (14,off Spooner); Hofman (7,off Meyer); Lockman (19,off Craig).  HR–New York Hofman (10,1st inning off Spooner 1 on 2 out); Mays (47,5th inning off Meyer 0 on 2 out).  SH–Giel (1,off Meyer).  Team LOB–4.  SB–Mays (20,3rd base off Spooner/Walker).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Augie Donatelli.
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