Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 16, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 13

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 3 1 0 0
Groat ss 5 1 2 0
Skinner lf 4 1 3 0
Stuart 1b 5 0 2 2
Clemente rf 5 1 0 0
Hoak 3b 5 0 2 1
Smith c 4 1 2 1
Mazeroski 2b 5 1 1 0
Law p 2 0 1 1
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Burgess ph 1 0 1 0
  Christopher pr 0 0 0 0
  Cheney p 0 0 0 0
  Witt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 14 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 6 2 2 0
Davis W. cf 3 0 0 0
  Demeter ph,cf,rf 3 0 1 1
Davis T. 3b,lf 5 2 2 2
Snider rf 4 1 1 1
  Warwick pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Moon lf 3 1 1 1
  Gilliam 3b 0 1 0 0
Larker 1b 3 0 1 0
  Hodges ph,1b 1 2 1 0
Neal 2b 4 1 3 2
Roseboro c 2 0 0 0
  Sherry ph,c 3 2 2 4
Williams p 2 0 0 0
  Palmquist p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 13 14 11
Pittsburgh 120 001 0026141
Los Angeles 100 131 25x13142
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  L (0-2) 4.2 8 5 5 3 1
  Green   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Shantz   2.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Cheney   0.0 1 5 4 4 0
  Witt   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
13
12
8
2
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  W (1-0) 8.0 13 6 3 3 5
  Palmquist  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
3
3
5

  E–Groat (3), T Davis (1), Williams (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Los Angeles 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Mazeroski (1,off Williams); Smith (1,off Williams); Groat (3,off Williams); Stuart (1,off Williams), Los Angeles Neal (2,off Law).  3B–Los Angeles Wills (1,off Shantz).  HR–Los Angeles T Davis (2,1st inning off Law 0 on, 2 out); Moon (3,4th inning off Law 0 on, 0 out); N Sherry (1,8th inning off Cheney 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Smith (1,by Palmquist).  Team LOB–11.  IBB–Moon (2,by Law).  Team–10.  WP–Law (1), Cheney (1).  HBP–Palmquist (1,Smith).  IBB–Law (2,Moon).  U–Jocko Conlan, Augie Donatelli, Ken Burkhart, Chris Pelekoudas, Mel Steiner.  T–3:34.  A–27,716.
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