BOXSCORE: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics At 1953 Washington Nationa 6/16/1953
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
J.Piersall CF 5 1 1 2 .224 G.Bell CF 4 0 1 1 .322
G.Woodling LF 5 1 2 1 .317 A.Pafko LF 4 0 2 0 .303
G.Hodges 1B 4 0 0 0 .304 J.Adcock 1B 5 0 2 0 .265
H.Thompson 3B 4 1 2 1 .272 R.Campanella C 4 1 1 0 .266
A-W.Jones 3B 1 0 0 0 .192 R.Boone 3B 5 1 3 1 .262
I.Noren RF 5 1 1 0 .276 H.Kuenn SS 5 1 3 0 .306
S.White C 3 1 0 0 .233 F.Baumholtz RF 5 0 2 1 .400
B.Avila 2B 3 2 3 3 .296 B.Martin 2B 4 1 1 0 .209
J.Logan SS 4 0 1 0 .236 S.Shea P 4 0 2 1 .167
B.Lemon P 3 1 2 0 .244
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Totals 37 8 12 7 Totals 40 4 17 4
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Thompson In 7th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 - 8 12 0
Nationals....... 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 17 1
Athletics (34-38) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Lemon WIN(9-7) 9 17 4 4 2 3 0 177 3.93 A1
Totals 9 17 4 4 2 3 0
Nationals (34-30) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
S.Shea LOSS(5-6) 9 12 8 6 3 1 0 159 4.03 A1
Totals 9 12 8 6 3 1 0
ATTENDANCE- 11,157 DATE- Wednesday, June 16th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:31
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 6 Nationals:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Nationals: 1
ERRORS- G.Bell
DOUBLES- B.Avila(9th), G.Bell(19th), A.Pafko(11th), R.Campanella(4th),
F.Baumholtz(16th)
TRIPLES- J.Piersall(5th), I.Noren(3rd)
RBIs- J.Piersall-2(11th), G.Woodling(19th), H.Thompson(20th), B.Avila-3(16th),
G.Bell(22nd), R.Boone(34th), F.Baumholtz(20th), S.Shea
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Avila, G.Bell
WALKS- G.Hodges, S.White, B.Lemon, A.Pafko, R.Campanella
STRIKE OUTS- G.Hodges, G.Bell, J.Adcock, R.Campanella
GIDP- G.Woodling, R.Campanella
2-out RBI- F.Baumholtz, B.Avila-2
RLISP 2-out- R.Boone, B.Martin-2, R.Campanella-2, J.Piersall, F.Baumholtz
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 4 for 7 Nationals: 3 for 10
Bob Lemon allowed Jim Murphy to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game and
second baseman Bobby Avila had 3 base hits and 3 RBI at Griffith Stadium
where the Philadelphia-AL Athletics beat the Washington Nationals by the
score of 8 to 4.
Washington was unable to recover after Philadelphia-AL went ahead in the top
of the 6th inning scoring a single run on 3 base hits. Washington had 17
hits in the game while Philadelphia-AL had 12, but Philadelphia-AL had the
more timely hits.
Lemon(9-7) lasted until the end allowing 4 runs for the win. Spec Shea(5-6)
absorbed the loss. He got hit hard, allowing 12 hits and 3 walks in 9
innings.
SCORESHEET: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics at 1953 Washington Nationals
J.Piersa-A1 A1:G/43 B1:G/63 C1:Tr>2# D1:F/9 E1:FO/2
1#
G.Woodli-A1 A2:G/43 B2:G/43 C2:Si>3# *7*:Si E2:G-DP/3
63>1o
G.Hodges-A1 A3:W>b1 *4*:F/8 C3:Force/ D3:G/3>12 *9*:K
64>1o b1
H.Thomps-A1 A4:F/8 B4:Si C4:F/9 D4:Si>2# E4:G/63
W.Jones-D9
I.Noren-A1 *2*:L/3 B5:F/8 *6*:Tr D5:G/63 E5:F/8
S.White-A1 A6:F/8 B6:G/3 C6:P/4 D6:W>b1
B.Avila-A1 A7:Si *5*:Si C7:SF/8>3 D7:Do+E/8
# >2# 1# b#
J.Logan-A1 A8:L/5 B8:F/8 C8:Si D8:F/7
B.Lemon-A1 *3*:FO/3 B9:Si>12 C9:Si>12 *8*:W>b1
G.Bell-A1 A1:F/9 B1:SF/9>3 C1:Do>13 D1:G/13 E1:K
#
A.Pafko-A1 A2:Si B2:Do>1o C2:G/31 D2:W>b1 E2:G/53
J.Adcock-A1 A3:Si>1o *3*:Si C3:G/63 D3:K *9*:G/13
R.Campan-A1 A4:W>b1 B4:G-DP/6 C4:P/6 *7*:Do E4:K
43>1o
R.Boone-A1 A5:P/5 B5:Si *5*:G/53 D5:Si>2# E5:Si
H.Kuenn-A1 *2*:Si B6:Si>13 C6:F/8 D6:Force/ E6:Si>12
64>1o b1
F.Baumho-A1 A7:P/6 B7:Si>3# C7:Do D7:F/8 E7:P/4
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B.Martin-A1 A8:Si>13 B8:G/43 C8:G/13 D8:G/13
S.Shea-A1 A9:Si>3# *4*:Si *6*:G/63 *8*:G/43
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