BOXSCORE: 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1955 Cincinnati Reds 8/20/1955
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG
D.Mueller LF 6 1 3 2 .324 N.Fox 2B 5 0 2 0 .322
B.Klaus SS 6 2 3 0 .328 B.Virdon LF 3 1 1 0 .290
W.Mays CF 3 1 2 0 .276 T.Kluszewski 1B 5 0 0 0 .285
E-C.Diering PH,CF 1 0 1 1 .188 L.Doby CF 3 0 0 1 .323
Y.Berra C 5 3 2 3 .235 F-J.Astroth PH 0 0 0 0 .225
W.Post RF 4 3 1 1 .271 E.Valo RF 3 0 1 0 .333
M.Vernon 1B 5 1 3 0 .299 A-H.Bauer RF 2 1 2 0 .288
B.Kennedy 3B 3 1 2 3 .244 D.Crandall C 3 0 0 0 .225
R.Schoendienst 2B 5 1 1 1 .235 P.Reese SS 1 0 0 0 .291
B.Turley P 1 0 0 1 .212 R.Crone P 0 0 0 0 .267
J.Harshman P 0 1 0 0 .053 D-J.Phillips PH 1 0 0 0 .289
T.Poholsky P 0 0 0 0 .125
G.McDougald 3B 2 0 0 0 .292
C-B.Morgan PH,3B 2 0 1 1 .222
W.Nixon P 1 0 0 0 .222
J.Collum P 0 0 0 0 .533
B-J.Demaestri SS 2 0 2 0 .320
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Totals 39 14 18 12 Totals 33 2 9 2
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Valo In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Collum In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For McDougald In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Crone In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Mays In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Doby In 9th Inning
INJURY: Elmer Valo INJURED (for 0 more games) in 6th inning
Pirates......... 0 4 1 0 0 0 4 3 2 - 14 18 2
Reds............ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 9 1
Pirates (69-55) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Turley WIN(12-6) 7 5 1 1 7 6 0 141 3.95 A1 D4
J.Harshman 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 44 4.55 D5
Totals 9 9 2 2 8 6 0
Reds (73-55) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
W.Nixon LOSS(6-6) 6 9 7 7 4 0 0 116 3.88 A1 D3
J.Collum 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 8 3.59 D4 D6
R.Crone 2 5 3 3 1 1 2 51 3.57 D7 E8
T.Poholsky 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 29 5.46 E9
Totals 9 18 14 13 8 2 2
ATTENDANCE- 23,008 DATE- Friday, August 20th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:47
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:10 Reds:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 4 Reds: 2
ERRORS- M.Vernon, B.Kennedy, J.Collum
DOUBLES- B.Kennedy-2(6th)
HOME RUNS- Y.Berra(19th), W.Post(21st)
RBIs- D.Mueller-2(35th), C.Diering(5th), Y.Berra-3(68th), W.Post(77th),
B.Kennedy-3(24th), R.Schoendienst(33rd), B.Turley, L.Doby(75th),
B.Morgan(14th)
SACRIFICE HITS- W.Mays, B.Turley-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Kennedy
WALKS- W.Mays, Y.Berra, W.Post-2, M.Vernon, B.Kennedy, B.Turley, J.Harshman,
B.Virdon-2, L.Doby, D.Crandall-2, P.Reese-2, W.Nixon
HIT BY PITCH- J.Astroth
STRIKE OUTS- M.Vernon, R.Schoendienst, B.Virdon, T.Kluszewski, L.Doby,
D.Crandall-2, W.Nixon
GIDP- Y.Berra, W.Post, T.Kluszewski, P.Reese, J.Phillips, G.McDougald
PASSED BALLS- D.Crandall
2-out RBI- D.Mueller-2, B.Kennedy, B.Morgan
RLISP 2-out- E.Valo, N.Fox-2, R.Schoendienst-2, D.Mueller-2, L.Doby-2,
M.Vernon-2, D.Crandall
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 9 for 16 Reds: 1 for 12
The Cincinnati Reds endured an embarrassing pasting as a potent Pittsburgh
Pirates lineup tallied 14 runs while Bob Turley(12-6), with relief help from
Jack Harshman, surrendered 2 runs to Cincinnati.
In the 2nd inning Pittsburgh went on top for good scoring 4 runners on 4 hits.
That was all the runs Turley needed. Pittsburgh had 18 hits for the game
and Cincinnati had 9.
Willard Nixon(6-6) absorbed the loss. He got hit hard, allowing 9 hits and 4
walks in 6 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1955 Cincinnati Reds
D.Muelle-A1 A1:F/9 B1:Si>2# C1:F/9 D1:G/43 E1:Si>3# F1:Si>12
2o 12
B.Klaus-A1 A2:G/43 B2:G/53 C2:G/3 *7*:Si *8*:Si F2:Si>23
12
W.Mays-A1 A3:G/63 *3*:W>b1 *5*:Si D3:Si>12 E3:Sac/54 F3:Si>3#
C.Dierin-F3 >12 23 12
Y.Berra-A1 *2*:P/3 B4:Force/ C4:G-DP/3 D4:W>23 1 E4:HR>2# F4:Si>3#
36>1o b1 63>1o 2 b1 b# 23 12
W.Post-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:F/8 C5:G/63 D5:PB>3# E5:HR>b# F5:G-DP/1
23 12 IW> 23>3o 23
b1 12
M.Vernon-A1 A6:Si>13 B6:W>12 b *6*:Si D6:E/1>3# E6:Si F6:K
1 23 12
B.Kenned-A1 A7:Do>3# B7:Do>2# C7:W>12 b D7:SF/7>3 E7:Force/
13 13 1 # 64>1o b1
R.Schoen-A1 A8:Si>3# B8:L/4 C8:L/4 D8:L/4 E8:K
23
B.Turley-A1 A9:Sac/34 *4*:F/8 C9:Sac/54 D9:W>23 1 *9*:W>b1
J.Harshm-E9 >3# 12 >23 12 2 b1
N.Fox-A1 A1:Si B1:G/43 *5*:F/7 D1:Si>12 E1:G/53
B.Virdon-A1 A2:K *3*:Si+E/ C2:W>b1 D2:W>23 1 *9*:G/43
3 2 b1
T.Klusze-A1 A3:E/5>12 B3:G/3>23 C3:G-DP/4 D3:K E3:G/31
63>1o
L.Doby-A1 A4:Force/ B4:G/3>3# *6*:W>b1 D4:K E4:HBP
J.Astrot-E4 54>23 1o
b1
E.Valo-A1 A5:G/63 B5:Si C5:G/3>12 *8*:Si E5:Si>12
H.Bauer-C8
D.Cranda-A1 *2*:K B6:K C6:W>b1 D6:W>12 b E6:L/6
1
P.Reese-A1 A7:W>b1 *4*:W>b1 C7:G-DP/5 D7:G-DP/6
R.Crone-C8 43>1o 43>23 1o
J.Philli-D7+
G.McDoug-A1 A8:FO/2 B8:G-DP/6 *7*:F/8 D8:Si>3#
B.Morgan-C8 43>1o
W.Nixon-A1 A9:W>12 b B9:K C9:Si D9:Si>12
J.Collum-C8 1
J.Demaes-C8