Philadelphia Phillies (10) Pittsburgh Pirates (5)

| 1959

Date of Game: Sunday, April 26, 1959
Stadium: Shibe Park

Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
Record: 5-8	Record: 5-7
PREV vs PHI NEXT vs LAN	PREV vs PIT NEXT vs LAN
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Roster	Roster
Batting Orders	Batting Orders
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Defensive Lineups	Defensive Lineups
Game Log	Game Log

Attendance: 19,266 Time of Game: 2:52

Game Notes:

Harry Anderson - 4 hits

Dave Philley - 5 RBis

Best at-bats

Dave Philley HR in 7th inning (31.74)

Harry Bright HR in 7th inning (26.18)

Harry Anderson 1B in 3rd inning (20.76)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	8	2
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	3	0	0	2	5	0	x	10	10	0

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Bill Virdon	cf	27.322	4	0	0	0	1	0	.180	12	523	1	3	1
Roberto Clemente	rf	24.251	5	1	1	0	0	1	.236	13	457	1	2	0
Hank Foiles	c	29.320	4	1	0	0	0	0	.190	9	347	1	1	0
Rocky Nelson	ph	34.159	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	8	236	0	1	0
Dick Stuart	1b	26.170	2	2	2	2	3	0	.333	10	74	2	6	0
Harry Bright	ph-3b	29.216	4	1	3	3	1	1	.500	3	18	1	3	0
Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.233	4	0	0	0	0	2	.298	13	356	1	6	0
Dick Groat	ss	28.173	2	0	0	0	2	0	.256	13	553	2	9	0
Roman Mejias	lf	28.260	4	0	1	0	0	0	.179	9	190	0	3	0
Bob Friend	p	28.153	2	0	1	0	0	0	.167	3	234	0	0	0
Bob Porterfield	p	35.260	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5	241	0	0	0
Smoky Burgess	ph	32.059	1	0	0	0	0	1	.462	11	769	0	4	0
Ron Blackburn	p	24.003	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2	39	0	0	0
Totals:			33	5	8	5	7	5	.242	111	4037

Philadelphia Phillies Batting Stats

Philadelphia Phillies	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Richie Ashburn	cf	32.038	4	1	0	0	1	0	.196	12	1273	0	0	0
Harry Hanebrink	rf	31.166	4	1	0	0	0	0	.111	6	113	0	0	0
Bob Bowman	rf	27.352	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	7	206	1	1	0
Dave Philley	1b	38.345	4	2	2	5	0	0	.273	6	1074	1	7	0
Harry Anderson	lf	27.229	4	2	4	1	0	0	.310	11	269	1	5	0
Willie Jones	3b	33.253	4	2	2	3	0	0	.368	12	1194	3	7	0
Gene Freese	2b	25.108	3	0	0	0	0	1	.286	6	342	2	6	0
Sparky Anderson	2b	25.063	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	11	11	0	3	0
Chico Fernandez	ss	27.055	4	0	1	0	0	0	.259	9	340	0	0	0
Valmy Thomas	c	30.187	3	1	0	0	0	0	.200	8	151	0	0	0
Chris Short	p	21.219	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	2	2	0	0	0
Jack Meyer	p	27.034	2	1	1	0	0	1	.500	5	148	0	0	0
Totals:			35	10	10	9	1	3	.286	95	5123

Game Stats

2B: Harry Anderson 2 (3), Harry Bright (1), Dave Philley (2), Dick Stuart (4)
HR: Harry Bright (1), Willie Jones (3), Dave Philley (1), Dick Stuart (2)
RBIs: Harry Anderson (5), Harry Bright 3 (3), Willie Jones 3 (7), Dave Philley 5 (7), Dick Stuart 2 (6)
SB: Bill Virdon (1)
SH: Bob Friend (1)
GDP: Roman Mejias (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Bob Friend (L 0-3)	28.153	6.2	8	9	5	1	2	1	9.00	1.62	0	0	0	4	243
Bob Porterfield	35.260	0.1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2.25	2.00	0	0	0	5	248
Ron Blackburn	24.003	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.80	0.80	0	0	0	2	39
Pitching Totals:		8	10	10	5	1	3	2			0	0	0	11	530

Philadelphia Phillies Pitching Stats

Philadelphia Phillies	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Chris Short	21.219	6.1	8	5	5	6	3	2	9.00	2.10	0	0	0	2	2
Jack Meyer (W 1-1)	27.034	2.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	5.14	1.29	0	0	0	5	149
Pitching Totals:		9	8	5	5	7	5	2			0	0	0	7	151

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Bob Friend 3; Chris Short 2;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Friend 0-0-0; Bob Porterfield 0-0-0; Ron Blackburn 0-0-0; Chris Short 0-0-0; Jack Meyer 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Bob Friend 31; Bob Porterfield 2; Ron Blackburn 4; Chris Short 32; Jack Meyer 9;
Time of Game: 2:52 Attendance: 19,266
Umpires: Home: Vic Delmore 1B Al Barlick 2B Bill Jackowski 3B Shag Crawford

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