BOXSCORE: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1953 Chicago-NL Cubs 4/15/1953
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
M.Irvin RF 6 1 3 0 .500 P.Reese SS 4 1 0 0 .250
E.Kinder P 0 0 0 0 ---- E.Mathews 3B 3 1 0 0 .231
R.Schoendienst 2B 6 1 3 1 .500 D.Snider CF 4 2 4 0 .294
M.Vernon 1B 3 2 2 3 .667 F.Thomas LF 5 1 2 4 .286
B.Thomson CF 5 1 1 0 .200 F.Fain 1B 4 0 2 0 .286
B.Hofman 3B 3 1 1 1 .333 C.Furillo RF 4 0 2 1 .429
B-R.Jackson PH,3B 3 0 2 2 .667 J.Astroth C 5 0 0 0 .111
D.Ennis LF 4 0 0 0 .000 D.Williams 2B 2 0 0 0 .000
A.Dark SS 6 0 2 1 .333 W.Ford P 2 0 1 0 .500
R.Murray C 1 0 0 0 .000 A.Worthington P 1 0 0 0 .000
A-Y.Berra C 4 0 0 0 .000 T.Gorman P 0 0 0 0 ----
E.Wynn P 3 2 1 0 .333 C-E.Joost PH 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Turley P 1 0 1 01.000 J.Sain P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-D.Mueller RF 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 45 8 16 8 Totals 35 5 11 5
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Murray In 2nd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hofman In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Gorman In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Turley In 8th Inning
INJURY: Ray Murray INJURED (for 0 more games) in 2nd inning
Pirates......... 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 - 8 16 0
Cubs............ 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 - 5 11 4
Pirates (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
E.Wynn WIN(1-0) 6 9 5 5 7 5 1 118 7.50 A1 D6
B.Turley HOLD(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00 D7 D9
E.Kinder SAVE(1st) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 0.00 E1
Totals 9 11 5 5 7 6 1
Cubs (1-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
W.Ford LOSS(0-1) 5 10 5 4 4 0 2 110 7.20 A1 D3
A.Worthingto 1 2/3 1 2 0 0 1 0 30 0.00 D4 E2
T.Gorman 0 1/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 16 27.00 E3 E6
J.Sain 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 33 3.00 E7
Totals 9 16 8 4 6 1 2
ATTENDANCE- 26,815 DATE- Thursday, April 15th 1953 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:17 Cubs:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 Cubs: 1
ERRORS- E.Mathews-3, D.Snider
DOUBLES- M.Irvin(1st), R.Schoendienst(1st), W.Ford
HOME RUNS- M.Vernon(1st), B.Hofman(1st), F.Thomas(1st)
RBIs- R.Schoendienst(1st), M.Vernon-3(3rd), B.Hofman(1st), R.Jackson-2(2nd),
A.Dark(1st), F.Thomas-4(4th), C.Furillo(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Vernon
WALKS- M.Vernon-2, B.Thomson, D.Ennis-2, E.Wynn, P.Reese, E.Mathews-2, D.Snider,
F.Fain, D.Williams-2
HIT BY PITCH- C.Furillo
STRIKE OUTS- D.Ennis, P.Reese, E.Mathews, F.Thomas, J.Astroth, D.Williams,
A.Worthington
GIDP- B.Thomson, C.Furillo, J.Astroth
WILD PITCHES- W.Ford
2-out RBI- C.Furillo, A.Dark, F.Thomas-4, R.Jackson-2
RLISP 2-out- A.Dark-3, F.Fain, P.Reese, M.Irvin-3, J.Astroth-2, D.Ennis-2,
R.Schoendienst
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 6 for 21 Cubs: 3 for 8
Mickey Vernon left the yard and had 3 RBI as the Pittsburgh Pirates outscored
the Chicago-NL Cubs 8 to 5.
Pittsburgh drew first blood jumping out to an early lead in the first inning
scoring one runner on 3 hits. Pittsburgh had 16 hits for the game and
Chicago-NL had 11.
The win went to Early Wynn(1-0) who allowed 5 runs in 6 innings. Ellis Kinder
gained credit for his 1st save. Whitey Ford(0-1) was hit with the loss. He
got hammered, allowing 10 hits and 4 walks in 5 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1953 Chicago-NL Cubs
M.Irvin-A1 A1:Do B1:Si>13 C1:G/53 D1:G/63 E1:F/8 F1:Si>12
E.Kinder-F3
R.Schoen-A1 A2:Si>23 B2:Si>3# *4*:G/63 *6*:Do E2:F/9 F2:G/3
12
M.Vernon-A1 A3:SF/7>3 B3:W>23 1 C3:L/4 D3:WP>23 E3:Si>23 *9*:W>b1
# 2 b1 HR>3# b#
B.Thomso-A1 A4:Si>12 B4:G-DP/4 C4:G/63 D4:E/5>b2 E4:W>12 b F4:P/6
63>1o 1
B.Hofman-A1 A5:L/5 *3*:E/8>b *5*:HR>b# D5:G/63>2 E5:Si>3# F5:Si>12
R.Jackso-D5 2 3 2# 13
D.Ennis-A1 A6:W>23 1 B6:W>b1 C6:G/53 D6:K E6:G/63 F6:L/4
2 b1
A.Dark-A1 A7:G/63 B7:F/8 C7:Si D7:Si>3# *8*:L/5 F7:G/43
R.Murray-A1 *2*:G/13 B8:F/8 C8:F/8 D8:G/43 E8:G/3
Y.Berra-B5
E.Wynn-A1 A9:E/5 B9:W>23 1 C9:Si>13 *7*:E/5>b E9:Si
B.Turley-E7 2 b1 2
D.Muelle-F3
P.Reese-A1 A1:G/63 B1:F/9 *5*:K D1:W>b1 *8*:G/53
E.Mathew-A1 A2:W>b1 *3*:F/9 C2:K D2:W>12 b E2:F/7
1
D.Snider-A1 A3:Si>13 B3:Si C3:W>b1 D3:Si>23 E3:Si
12
F.Thomas-A1 A4:K B4:F/8 C4:Si>12 D4:HR>3# E4:G/63
2# 1# b#
F.Fain-A1 A5:F/7 B5:F/9 C5:Si>23 D5:W>b1 *9*:Si
12
C.Furill-A1 *2*:Si *4*:Si C6:HBP>3# D6:L/6 E6:G-DP/6
23 12 43>1o
J.Astrot-A1 A7:K B7:G-DP/6 C7:F/9 *7*:G/63 E7:G/43
43>1o
D.Willia-A1 A8:W>12 b B8:W>b1 *6*:P/6 D8:K
1
W.Ford-A1 A9:F/7 B9:Do>1o C9:K D9:F/9
A.Worthi-C8
T.Gorman-D7+