Cincinnati Redlegs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 25, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1956 at Forbes Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Redlegs 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 0 0
Post rf 4 0 1 0
Bell cf 4 0 2 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 1 1 1
Robinson lf 3 1 2 0
Bailey c 4 0 2 0
Jablonski 3b 3 0 0 1
  Bridges 3b 0 0 0 0
McMillan ss 2 0 1 0
Fowler p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 9 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Jacobs 2b 3 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Skinner lf 3 0 0 0
Walls rf 4 0 2 0
Thomas 3b 3 0 0 0
Long 1b 4 0 0 0
Virdon cf 3 1 1 0
Kravitz c 3 0 2 1
  O'Brien J. pr,2b 0 0 0 0
O'Brien E. ss 2 0 0 0
Kline p 2 0 0 0
  Clemente ph 1 0 0 0
  Shepard c 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Cincinnati 000 000 200291
Pittsburgh 010 000 000150
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Fowler  W(5-7) 9.0 5 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L(6-7) 8.0 9 2 2 1 4
  Face   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
5

  E–Post (5).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. E. O'Brien-Long, Thomas-Long.  2B–Cincinnati Post (12,off Kline), Pittsburgh Virdon (9,off Fowler).  HR–Cincinnati Kluszewski (14,7th inning off Kline 0 on 0 out).  SH–Fowler (2,off Kline); Thomas (1,off Fowler); E. O'Brien (1,off Fowler).  SF–Jablonski (4,off Kline).  HBP–Robinson (8,by Kline).  Team LOB–5.  Team–4.  CS–Robinson (3,Home by Kline/Kravitz); Skinner (1,2nd base by Fowler/Bailey).  U-HP–Lee Ballanfant, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Artie Gore, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:17.  A–17,007.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

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."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook