Friday, December 07, 2007
NL Recap August 20th - Ernie Banks of the Cubs leads the NL in Homeruns with 37.
Strat-O-Matic Report
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1955 National League Date: 8/20/1955
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1955 MLN 78 44 H.Aaron MLN .343 E.Banks CHN 37 D.Snider BRN 103
1955 BRN 73 45 T.Kluszew CIN .335 T.Kluszew CIN 36 T.Kluszew CIN 103
1955 CIN 72 50 D.Long PIN .333 W.Mays NYN 34 H.Aaron MLN 101
1955 CHN 63 62 R.Campane BRN .332 W.Post CIN 32 D.Ennis PHN 94
1955 NYN 54 66 D.Ennis PHN .331 E.Mathews MLN 31 E.Banks CHN 93
1955 PHN 54 68
1955 SLN 49 70 WINS SAVES ERA
1955 PIN 42 80 W.Spahn MLN 16 H.Freeman CIN 9 W.Spahn MLN 2.34
J.Nuxhall CIN 15 M.Grissom NYN 8 A.Fowler CIN 2.93
A.Fowler CIN 13 J.Meyer PHN 8 W.Hacker CHN 2.95
B.Buhl MLN 13 E.Roebuck BRN 7 B.Rush CHN 2.98
R.Roberts PHN 13 OTHERS TIED W 6 J.Podres BRN 3.03
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
R.Campane BRN 8 B.Bruton MLN 22 S.Jones CHN 147
J.Temple CIN 8 W.Mays NYN 17 H.Haddix SLN 130
OTHERS TIED W 7 K.Boyer SLN 17 R.Roberts PHN 126
J.Temple CIN 16 J.Antonel NYN 116
R.Ashburn PHN 16 D.Newcomb BRN 115
YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BRN 4 at PHN 5 BRN-Podres(10-4, 3.03) at PHN-Dickson(9-9, 3.64)
CHN 6 at MLN 3 CHN-Jones(12-12, 3.56) at MLN-Crone(6-6, 4.87)
NYN 2 at PIN 4 NYN-Gomez(6-8, 4.60) at PIN-Hall(4-2, 3.19)
SLN 3 at CIN 5 SLN-Lawrenc(4-4, 5.36) at CIN-Black(5-1, 2.97)
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB
C.Furillo BRN PHN 6 2 4 3 0 1 1 0
W.Cooper CHN MLN 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
S.Burgess CIN SLN 5 1 3 3 1 1 1 0
D.Ennis PHN BRN 7 1 3 5 0 1 1 0
R.Jackson CHN MLN 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS
J.Nuxhall CIN SLN 10.0 6 3 3 1 8 0
V.Law PIN NYN 9.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 W
B.Tremel CHN MLN 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 W
R.Roberts PHN BRN 14.0 10 4 4 5 7 1 W
H.Pollet CHN MLN 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 S
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
R.Campanella BRN .385 26 10 12 4 4 A.Fowler CIN 20 11 4 2 13 0 110
D.Ennis PHN .440 25 11 10 0 3 W.Schmidt SLN 20 11 4 6 20 1 210
S.Burgess CIN .314 35 11 7 6 4 E.Johnson MLN 11 4 1 4 4 0 300
C.Furillo BRN .483 29 14 8 2 2 K.Spooner BRN 5 2 0 1 2 0 100
W.Post CIN .409 44 18 13 2 3 R.Roberts PHN 23 20 8 5 15 2 200
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
A.Pafko MLN .167 24 4 1 1 0 R.Monzant NYN 5 10 8 5 5 1 020
C.Tanner MLN .083 24 2 2 2 0 G.Conley MLN 5 11 7 1 3 3 100
D.Hoak BRN .174 23 4 0 3 0 J.Davis CHN 5 6 5 2 6 2 000
D.Fondy CHN .233 43 10 0 4 0 M.Grissom NYN 5 8 4 5 3 2 000
G.Baker CHN .239 46 11 2 2 0 R.Crone MLN 8 7 6 4 6 3 010
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report
Smoky Burgess hit a walkoff 2 run homer in the 11th inning as the Redlegs edge the Cardinals 5-3.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 St. Louis Cardinals At 1955 Cincinnati Redlegs 8/19/1955
Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Redlegs AB R H RBI AVG
K.Boyer 3B 5 1 1 1 .249 J.Temple 2B,SS 5 2 3 0 .302
W.Moon 1B 5 0 1 1 .287 S.Burgess C 5 1 3 3 .281
S.Musial RF 5 0 1 0 .302 T.Kluszewski 1B 5 0 1 1 .335
R.Repulski LF 4 1 1 0 .259 W.Post RF 4 1 1 0 .322
R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 2 0 .269 G.Bell CF 5 0 1 0 .323
P.Whisenant CF 3 0 0 1 .090 C.Harmon LF,3B 4 0 1 0 .290
W.Schmidt P 1 0 0 0 .056 R.Bridges 3B 2 0 1 0 .220
B.Sarni C 4 0 0 0 .220 A-B.Thurman PH,LF 3 0 0 0 .210
A.Grammas SS 2 1 1 0 .276 J.Collum P 0 0 0 0 .172
B-H.Elliott PH 1 0 0 0 .213 R.McMillan SS 3 1 1 0 .276
H.Haddix P 0 0 0 0 .102 D-S.Mele PH 1 0 0 0 .182
P.Lapalme P 0 0 0 0 .333 E-M.Smith 2B 1 0 0 0 .155
F-B.Virdon CF 1 0 0 0 .263 J.Nuxhall P 4 0 0 0 .222
T.Poholsky P 2 0 1 0 .143 G-S.Palys LF 1 0 0 0 .261
L.McDaniel P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-B.Stephenson PH,SS 2 0 0 0 .168
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 39 3 8 3 Totals 43 5 12 4
A-Pinch Hit For Bridges In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Grammas In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For McDaniel In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For McMillan In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Mele In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Lapalme In 9th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Nuxhall In 11th Inning
Cardinals....... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 8 0
Redlegs......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 - 5 12 1
Cardinals (49-70) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
T.Poholsky 6 5 1 1 2 3 0 4.44
L.McDaniel BS(1st) 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 9.00
H.Haddix 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.51
P.Lapalme 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.79
W.Schmidt LOSS(5-2) 2 2/3 2 2 2 1 2 1 2.03
Totals 10 2/3 12 5 5 4 6 1
Redlegs (72-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Nuxhall 10 6 3 3 1 8 0 4.10
J.Collum WIN(6-6) 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4.53
Totals 11 8 3 3 2 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 11,271 DATE- Friday, August 19th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:49
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 6 Redlegs:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 1 Redlegs: 0
ERRORS- C.Harmon
DOUBLES- K.Boyer(21st), S.Musial(32nd), A.Grammas(21st)
HOME RUNS- S.Burgess(21st)
STOLEN BASES- K.Boyer(17th)
CAUGHT STEALING- R.Schoendienst
SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Whisenant
WALKS- R.Repulski, R.Schoendienst, J.Temple, S.Burgess, W.Post, C.Harmon
STRIKE OUTS- S.Musial-2, R.Repulski, R.Schoendienst, P.Whisenant, B.Sarni,
B.Virdon, B.Stephenson, S.Burgess, T.Kluszewski, W.Post, C.Harmon,
R.Bridges, B.Thurman
GIDP- R.McMillan
BALKS- P.Lapalme
Joe Nuxhall went 10 strong innings as the Cincinnati Redlegs outscored the St.
Louis Cardinals in 11 innings 5 to 3.
The score was tied at 3 after nine. Cincinnati came out the victor in the 11th
inning. After two outs Johnny Temple keyed the rally when he slapped a
one-base hit. Smoky Burgess was next and he cleared the fences for a two-run
home run (his 21st of the season) making Cincinnati the victors to the
delight of the home town faithful. For the game Cincinnati out-hit St. Louis
12 to 8.
The win went to Jackie Collum(6-6) who allowed no runs in 1 inning. Willard
Schmidt(5-2) was given the loss in relief. He surrendered 2 hits and 1 walk
in 2 and 2/3 innings.
Vern Law pitched a 6 hitter as the Pirates hand the Giants their 7th straight loss 4-2.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 New York Giants At 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates 8/19/1955
Giants AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
B.Gardner SS 4 0 0 0 .194 E.O'Brien CF 3 0 1 0 .292
W.Lockman LF 4 0 0 0 .294 D.Cole 3B 4 0 0 0 .193
W.Mays CF 4 0 0 0 .320 J.Lynch LF 4 0 0 0 .266
H.Thompson 3B 3 0 0 0 .270 P.Ward 1B 4 2 2 0 .241
A-B.Taylor PH 1 0 0 0 .245 R.Clemente RF 2 0 0 1 .254
D.Mueller RF 4 1 2 0 .291 J.O'Brien 2B 3 1 1 0 .264
G.Harris 1B 4 1 2 0 .237 D.Groat SS 3 1 2 1 .259
W.Terwilliger 2B 2 0 2 1 .283 H.Peterson C 3 0 0 1 .159
R.Katt C 2 0 0 1 .190 V.Law P 3 0 1 1 .245
J.Antonelli P 3 0 0 0 .200
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 31 2 6 2 Totals 29 4 7 4
A-Pinch Hit For Thompson In 9th Inning
Giants.......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
Pirates......... 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 4 7 1
Giants (54-66) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Antonelli LOSS(8-12) 8 7 4 4 1 3 0 4.14
Totals 8 7 4 4 1 3 0
Pirates (42-80) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
V.Law WIN(10-12) 9 6 2 2 1 5 0 3.87
Totals 9 6 2 2 1 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 9,636 DATE- Friday, August 19th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Frank Dascoli, Lou Warneke, Frank Secory, Larry Goetz
T- 1:55
LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 4 Pirates: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 0 Pirates: 1
ERRORS- V.Law
DOUBLES- W.Terwilliger(13th), D.Groat(21st)
TRIPLES- P.Ward(7th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Katt, R.Clemente
WALKS- W.Terwilliger, E.O'Brien
STRIKE OUTS- B.Gardner, W.Mays, B.Taylor, J.Antonelli-2, J.Lynch, H.Peterson,
V.Law
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Whitey Lockman robbed Eddie O'Brien of an extra base hit.
Vern Law allowed Fred Haney to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game and
first baseman Preston Ward had 2 base hits at Forbes Field where the
Pittsburgh Pirates beat the struggling New York Giants 4 to 2.
Law(10-12) gave Pittsburgh a solid outing. He was stingy on the mound,
allowing just 6 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings. Pittsburgh had a total of 7
hits for the game.
Johnny Antonelli(8-12) suffered the loss. He surrendered 4 runs and 7 hits in
8 innings.
Eddie Miksis 9th inning HR, one of 3 consecutive, rallied Chicago to a 6-3 win over Milwaukee.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Chicago Cubs At 1955 Milwaukee Braves 8/19/1955
Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
D.Fondy 1B 3 1 0 0 .287 B.Bruton CF 5 0 1 0 .275
G.Baker 2B 5 0 2 1 .273 D.O'Connell 2B 4 1 0 0 .192
F.Baumholtz RF,CF 5 0 3 1 .348 E.Mathews 3B 3 1 2 0 .264
E.Banks SS 5 0 0 0 .304 H.Aaron LF,RF 3 0 2 2 .343
R.Jackson 3B 3 1 2 1 .300 J.Logan SS 3 1 2 0 .292
B-J.King PH,3B,RF 1 0 0 0 .240 G.Crowe 1B 4 0 2 1 .232
H.Sauer LF 4 1 1 1 .222 C.Tanner RF 4 0 0 0 .266
E.Miksis CF,3B 4 1 2 1 .233 C-A.Pafko RF 0 0 0 0 .262
H.Chiti C 3 0 1 0 .214 D.Jolly P 0 0 0 0 .000
D-W.Cooper PH,C 1 1 1 1 .341 D.Crandall C 2 0 0 0 .256
W.Hacker P 2 1 1 0 .154 L.Burdette P 3 0 0 0 .196
A-B.Speake PH 1 0 0 0 .218 E-B.Thomson LF 0 0 0 0 .271
B.Tremel P 0 0 0 0 .250
F-H.Pollet PH,P 1 0 0 0 .381
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 38 6 13 6 Totals 31 3 9 3
A-Pinch Hit For Hacker In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Jackson In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Tanner In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Chiti In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Burdette In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Tremel In 9th Inning
Cubs............ 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 6 13 0
Braves.......... 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 9 2
Cubs (63-62) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
W.Hacker 6 8 3 3 1 1 0 2.95
B.Tremel WIN(2-1) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.28
H.Pollet SAVE(2nd) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.81
Totals 9 9 3 3 3 2 0
Braves (78-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Burdette LOSS(12-8) 8 11 5 5 0 2 4 4.37
D.Jolly 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 5.44
Totals 9 13 6 6 1 2 4
ATTENDANCE- 42,679 DATE- Friday, August 19th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 7 Braves: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1 Braves: 2
ERRORS- E.Mathews, D.Crandall
DOUBLES- F.Baumholtz(13th), J.Logan(28th)
TRIPLES- G.Baker(8th), H.Aaron(10th)
HOME RUNS- R.Jackson(14th), H.Sauer(10th), E.Miksis(10th), W.Cooper(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Fondy, E.Mathews, J.Logan, D.Crandall
SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Aaron
WALKS- D.Fondy, D.O'Connell, D.Crandall, B.Thomson
STRIKE OUTS- R.Jackson, H.Chiti, E.Mathews, C.Tanner
GIDP- E.Banks, W.Hacker, D.O'Connell
Randy Jackson hit one over the fence as the Chicago Cubs staged a dramatic
comeback over the Milwaukee Braves by a score of 6 to 3 at County
Stadium.
Chicago won the game with a rally in the 9th inning as they scored 4 runs on 5
base hits. Chicago finished with 13 hits while Milwaukee ended up with 9.
The winning pitcher was Bill Tremel(2-1) who allowed no runs in 2 innings.
Howie Pollet gained credit for his 2nd save. The losing pitcher was Lew
Burdette(12-8). He served up 4 homeruns in his 8 innings.
After the game, it took a long while before Charlie Grimm emerged from his
office. In a subdued tone he answered only a couple of questions. He
concluded with, 'Fellows, sorry I'm not in a very talkative mood tonight, as
I think you'll understand. I'm sure you'll find the banter a lot more
light-hearted over in the Chicago locker room.'
Del Ennis hit a walk off single in the 14th giving him 3 hits and 5 RBI in the Phillies 5-4 win over the Dodgers.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1955 Philadelphia Phillies 8/19/1955
Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Phillies AB R H RBI AVG
D.Hoak 3B 3 0 0 0 .162 G.Gorbous CF 7 1 2 0 .216
A-J.Robinson PH,3B 2 0 0 0 .299 B.Morgan SS,3B 4 0 1 0 .250
P.Reese SS 7 0 1 0 .271 G.Hamner 2B,SS 7 2 3 0 .228
D.Snider CF 7 0 1 0 .297 D.Ennis LF 7 1 3 5 .331
R.Campanella C 5 0 1 0 .332 W.Jones 3B 4 0 0 0 .278
H-R.Walker PH,C 1 0 0 0 .256 D-H.Wehmeier PH 1 0 0 0 .469
G.Hodges 1B 5 2 2 0 .281 E-P.Lowrey 2B 1 0 1 0 .194
C.Furillo RF 6 2 4 3 .285 E.Waitkus 1B 4 0 1 0 .351
J.Gilliam 2B 5 0 0 0 .260 J.Greengrass RF 5 0 1 0 .224
S.Amoros LF 6 0 0 0 .292 A.Seminick C 3 0 0 0 .208
D.Newcombe P 4 0 0 0 .222 B-M.Blaylock PH 1 0 1 0 .186
F-F.Kellert PH 1 0 1 0 .417 C-S.Lopata C 2 0 0 0 .243
G-D.Zimmer PR 0 0 0 0 .273 R.Roberts P 5 0 0 0 .347
C.Labine P 0 0 0 0 .000 J-S.Rogovin PH 1 1 0 0 .154
I-G.Shuba PH 0 0 0 0 .278
D.Bessent P 0 0 0 0 .111
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 52 4 10 3 Totals 52 5 13 5
A-Pinch Hit For Hoak In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Seminick In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Blaylock In 10th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Jones In 10th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Wehmeier In 11th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Newcombe In 12th Inning
G-Pinch Ran For Kellert In 12th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Campanella In 13th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Labine In 14th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Roberts In 14th Inning
Dodgers......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 1
Phillies........ 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 13 2
Dodgers (73-45) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Newcombe 11 10 4 4 2 8 1 3.58
C.Labine 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3.02
D.Bessent LOSS(5-2) 0 1/3 2 1 0 1 1 0 2.08
Totals 13 1/3 13 5 4 5 9 1
Phillies (54-68) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
R.Roberts WIN(13-14) 14 10 4 4 5 7 1 3.88
Totals 14 10 4 4 5 7 1
ATTENDANCE- 19,737 DATE- Friday, August 19th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Al Barlick, Bill Jackowski, Stan Landes, Lee Ballanfant
T- 3:50
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers:11 Phillies:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 2 Phillies: 0
ERRORS- G.Hodges, B.Morgan-2
DOUBLES- G.Hodges(18th), G.Gorbous(9th), E.Waitkus(3rd), M.Blaylock(7th)
TRIPLES- C.Furillo-2(3rd), G.Hamner(1st), D.Ennis(12th)
HOME RUNS- C.Furillo(20th), D.Ennis(24th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Gilliam
WALKS- J.Robinson-2, G.Hodges, J.Gilliam, G.Shuba, B.Morgan-3, E.Waitkus-2
HIT BY PITCH- J.Greengrass
STRIKE OUTS- J.Robinson, P.Reese, D.Snider, R.Campanella, C.Furillo,
D.Newcombe-2, B.Morgan, G.Hamner-2, D.Ennis, H.Wehmeier,
E.Waitkus-2, R.Roberts-2
GIDP- S.Lopata-2
WILD PITCHES- R.Roberts
Robin Roberts pitched a complete game as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated
the Brooklyn Dodgers in 14 innings by the score of 5 to 4 at Connie Mack
Stadium.
The score was knotted at 4 after nine innings. Philadelphia won it in the
14th inning. Saul Rogovin reached on an error. Glen Gorbous came next and
he doubled. Bobby Morgan then drew a walk to load the bases. Granny Hamner
was the next batter, but he struck out. Del Ennis came to the plate and
slapped a single making Philadelphia the winners and sending the 19,737 fans
home happy. Philadelphia totaled 13 on the night.
The victory was credited to Roberts(13-14) who went the distance, allowing 4
runs. Don Bessent(5-2) ended up with the loss in relief. He allowed 2 hits
and 1 walk in 1/3 of an inning.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
NL Transaction August 19th
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Lindy McDaniel as an amateur free agent (bonus baby). The 19 year old righthander from Hollis, Oklahoma will be immediately placed on the big league roster.
