Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 11, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1957 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 5 1 3 0
Hamner 2b 4 1 1 0
Anderson lf 5 1 2 0
Bouchee 1b 5 0 0 0
Jones 3b 4 1 2 2
Lopata c 4 1 2 3
Bowman rf 4 2 3 1
Fernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Haddix p 4 0 1 1
Totals 39 7 15 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clemente rf 5 1 3 1
Virdon cf 4 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 0 3 0
Thomas 1b 4 0 0 0
Freese lf 4 0 0 0
Foiles c 4 0 0 0
Baker 3b 4 1 2 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 0 1
Friend p 1 0 0 0
  Pendleton ph 1 0 1 0
  Pepper p 0 0 0 0
  O'Brien ph 1 0 0 0
  Swanson p 0 0 0 0
  Rand ph 1 0 1 0
  Pritchard pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Philadelphia 600 001 0007152
Pittsburgh 100 000 0012101
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix  W (2-2) 9.0 10 2 2 0 5
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
0
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  L (2-3) 5.0 11 6 6 1 1
  Pepper   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Swanson   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
1
1

  E–Jones (3), Fernandez (4), Mazeroski (3).  DP–Philadelphia 2. Fernandez-Bouchee, Hamner-Fernandez-Bouchee, Pittsburgh 2. Mazeroski-Groat-Thomas, Mazeroski-Groat-Thomas.  2B–Philadelphia Ashburn (3,off Swanson), Pittsburgh Baker (7,off Haddix).  3B–Pittsburgh Baker (2,off Haddix).  HR–Philadelphia Lopata (2,1st inning off Friend 2 on 1 out); Bowman (3,6th inning off Pepper 0 on 1 out)., Pittsburgh Clemente (2,1st inning off Haddix 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Mazeroski (1,off Haddix).  Team–8.  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Vic Delmore, 3B–Vinnie Smith.  T–2:17.  A–4,994.
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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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