The Shot Heard Round The World Box Score

Was this the most dramatic home run ever hit? Several baseball historians rank it as one of the greatest ever and Baseball Almanac pays salute to the legendary "Shot Heard Round The World" by providing game day details for you to examine yourself.

"The Giants win the pennant and they're going crazy. They're going crazy, I don't believe it, I don't believe it, I will not believe it." - Russ Hodges
The Shot Heard Round The World

Bobby Thomson vs Ralph Branca on October 3, 1951 at the Polo Grounds

Hitting & Fielding

Brooklyn Dodgers
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Carl Furillo

rf 5 0 0 0

Pee Wee Reese

ss 4 2 1 0

Duke Snider

cf 3 1 2 0

Jackie Robinson

2b 2 1 1 1

Andy Pafko

lf 4 0 1 1

Gil Hodges

1b 4 0 0 0

Billy Cox

3b 4 0 2 1

Rube Walker

c 4 0 1 0

Don Newcombe

p 4 0 0 0

   Ralph Branca

p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 3

 

New York Giants
Name Pos AB R H RBI

Eddie Stanky

2b 4 0 0 0

Alvin Dark

ss 4 1 1 0

Don Mueller

rf 4 0 1 0

   c-Clint Hartung

pr 0 1 0 0

Monte Irvin

lf 4 1 1 0

Whitey Lockman

1b 3 1 2 1

Bobby Thomson

3b 4 1 3 4

Willie Mays

cf 3 0 0 0

Wes Westrum

c 0 0 0 0

   a-Bill Rigney

ph 1 0 0 0

   Ray Noble

c 0 0 0 0

Sal Maglie

p 2 0 0 0

   b-Hank Thompson

ph 1 0 0 0

   Larry Jansen

p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5

a: Struck out for Westrum in the 8th inning.
b: Grounded out for Maglie in the 8nd inning.
c: Pinch ran for Mueller in the 9th inning.

Double Plays: Cox-Robinson-Hodges, Reese-Robinson-Hodges.
Doubles
: Thomson, Irvin, Lockman.
Home Run: Thomson.
Left on Base: Brooklyn 7, New York 3.
Sacrifice Hit: Lockman.

Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Brooklyn

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 8 0

New York

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 8 0
Pitching

Brooklyn Dodgers
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Don Newcombe

8.1 7 4 4 2 2

   1-Ralph Branca

0.0 1 1 1 0 0

 

New York Giants
Name IP H R ER BB SO

Sal Maglie

8.0 8 4 4 4 6

   Larry Jansen

1.0 0 0 0 0 2

1: Branca pitched to one batter in the 9th inning.

Losing Pitcher: Branca.
Wild Pitch
: Maglie.
Winning Pitcher: Jansen.

Game Notes

Attendance: 34,320.
Length of Game: 2:28.
Umpires: HP: Lou Jorda, 1B: Jocko Conlan, 2B: Bill Stewart, 3B: Larry Goetz.

The Shot Heard Round The World


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Bobby Thomson

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In one mystical moment, Bobby Thomson and Ralph Branca became fused together forever in what was once described as "the Miracle of Coogan's Bluff!"

After the game Bobby Thomson told the United Press, "Going around those bases in the ninth inning, I just couldn't believe what was happening to me. It felt as if I was actually living one of those middle-of-the-night dreams. You know, everything was hazy."

Did you know that Bobby Thomson (click his name for complete stats) was born in Glasgow Scotland and that his nickname was "The Staten Island Scot"?