Pittsburgh Pirates (5) Milwaukee Braves (4)

| 1959

Date of Game: Wednesday, September 23, 1959
Stadium: Forbes Field

Milwaukee Braves (NL)	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
Record: 79-63	Record: 75-72
PREV vs PIT NEXT vs PHI	PREV vs MLN NEXT vs CIN
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Attendance: 20,502 Time of Game: 2:20

Game Notes:

Al Spangler - 1st career stolen base

Best at-bats

Eddie Mathews HR in 8th inning (28.37)

Joe Adcock 1B in 4th inning (16.55)

Bob Skinner ? in 4th inning (13.66)
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Other Games on this date:

BOS

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WS1

CHN

PIT

SLN

GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Milwaukee Braves	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	7	1
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	x	5	9	3

Milwaukee Braves Batting Stats

Milwaukee Braves	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Al Spangler	cf	26.077	4	2	3	0	0	0	.714	4	4	0	0	1
Eddie Mathews	3b	27.346	4	1	1	2	0	1	.329	78	1013	26	65	1
Hank Aaron	rf	25.230	3	1	1	1	0	0	.356	76	757	19	65	6
Joe Adcock	1b	31.329	4	0	1	1	0	3	.308	48	894	14	35	0
Joey Jay	p	24.039	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	14	61	0	0	0
Lee Maye	lf	24.286	4	0	0	0	0	0	.321	19	19	1	6	1
Bobby Avila	2b	35.174	2	0	0	0	1	1	.245	62	1235	4	11	1
Red Schoendienst	2b	36.233	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2	1007	0	0	0
Ray Boone	ph	36.058	1	0	0	0	0	0	.265	77	1233	4	19	2
Del Crandall	c	29.202	4	0	1	0	0	0	.282	74	816	14	43	2
Felix Mantilla	ss	25.056	2	0	0	0	0	0	.246	50	235	1	10	2
Frank Torre	ph-1b	27.268	2	0	0	0	0	0	.229	60	420	0	13	0
Bob Buhl	p	31.042	1	0	0	0	0	1	.093	19	172	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	ph	43.149	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	80	932	6	22	1
Bob Rush	p	33.276	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	18	256	0	0	0
Mickey Vernon	ph	41.154	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	40	1224	1	9	0
Johnny Logan	ss	32.184	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	65	1031	7	25	0
Totals:			33	4	7	4	1	6	.212	786	11309

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
Bob Skinner	lf	27.356	5	1	2	2	0	0	.282	128	570	13	61	9
Dick Groat	ss	28.323	4	0	0	0	1	0	.284	135	675	5	50	0
Roberto Clemente	rf	25.036	4	0	2	1	0	1	.302	93	537	4	46	1
Dick Stuart	1b	26.320	4	0	0	0	0	1	.307	105	169	24	70	1
Smoky Burgess	c	32.209	2	2	1	1	2	0	.303	103	861	10	54	0
Don Hoak	3b	31.231	3	1	0	0	1	0	.287	138	686	8	61	9
Bill Mazeroski	2b	23.018	3	0	0	0	1	1	.238	121	464	7	57	1
Bill Virdon	cf	28.106	4	1	3	0	0	1	.264	132	643	7	38	7
Ron Kline	p	27.198	2	0	0	1	0	1	.140	33	177	0	6	0
Rocky Nelson	ph	34.309	1	0	1	0	0	0	.303	88	316	6	32	0
Roman Mejias	pr	29.045	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	86	267	7	25	1
Roy Face	p	31.216	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	54	270	0	0	0
Totals:			32	5	9	5	5	5	.281	1216	5635

Game Stats

2B: Hank Aaron (30)
3B: Al Spangler (1)
HR: Smoky Burgess (10), Eddie Mathews (26)
RBIs: Hank Aaron (65), Joe Adcock (35), Smoky Burgess (54), Roberto Clemente (46), Ron Kline (6), Eddie Mathews 2 (65), Bob Skinner 2 (61)
SB: Al Spangler (1)
SH: Ron Kline (5)
SF: Hank Aaron (3)
GDP: Bobby Avila (9), Ron Kline (1)

Milwaukee Braves Pitching Stats

Milwaukee Braves	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Bob Buhl	31.042	4	5	3	3	3	1	1	3.76	1.45	0	0	0	19	185
Bob Rush	33.276	3	1	1	0	2	4	0	2.85	1.38	0	0	0	18	264
Joey Jay (L 3-5)	24.039	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	5.32	1.48	0	0	0	16	64
Pitching Totals:		8	9	5	4	5	5	1			0	0	0	53	513

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Ron Kline (W 11-12)	27.198	8	6	4	3	1	6	1	4.24	1.38	0	0	0	31	184
Roy Face (Sv 10)	31.216	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	1.29	0	0	0	53	268
Pitching Totals:		9	7	4	3	1	6	1			0	0	0	84	452

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Buhl 0-0-0; Bob Rush 0-0-0; Joey Jay 0-0-0; Ron Kline 0-0-0; Roy Face 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Bob Buhl 20; Bob Rush 13; Joey Jay 5; Ron Kline 31; Roy Face 4;
Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 20,502
Umpires: Home: Tom Gorman 1B Augie Donatelli 2B Frank Secory 3B Bill Jackowski

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