Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 7, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1956 at Connie Mack Stadium. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clemente rf 4 0 2 0
Virdon cf 4 0 0 0
Walls lf 4 1 2 1
Long 1b 4 0 0 0
Thomas 3b 4 1 2 1
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 1 0
Foiles c 3 0 0 0
Friend p 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph,p 1 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Shepard ph 1 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 4 1 2 2
Hemus 2b 3 1 2 2
  Kazanski 2b 0 0 0 0
Blaylock 1b 4 0 1 0
Lopata c 4 0 0 0
Ennis lf 4 1 1 0
Jones 3b 3 1 0 0
Valo rf 2 0 2 0
Hamner ss 2 1 0 0
Roberts p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 4
Pittsburgh 000 200 000271
Philadelphia 130 000 01x581
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  L(15-15) 2.0 4 4 4 2 3
  Hall   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Face   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  King   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
2
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W(16-16) 9.0 7 2 2 0 7
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
0
7

  E–Groat (27), Hemus (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Foiles-Groat, Philadelphia 2. Hamner-Blaylock, Jones-Blaylock.  HR–Pittsburgh Walls (10,4th inning off Roberts 0 on); Thomas (20,4th inning off Roberts 0 on), Philadelphia Hemus (3,8th inning off King 0 on).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Valo (1).  SF–Hemus (1).  IBB–Hamner (4).  Team–4.  SB–Ennis (6); Ennis (6).  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Tom Gorman.
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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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