Pittsburgh Pirates 5 – 9 Brooklyn Dodgers
16 August 1953 · NYC15
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Jackie Robinson | 1 in 107 games |
| 27 | final score 9–5 | 1 in 125 games | |
| 19 | 12 hits allowed | Murry Dickson | 1 in 76 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | 9 | 15 | 0 |
Box score
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Smith | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Danny O'Connell | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hal Rice | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Thomas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | HR |
| Gene Hermanski | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Toby Atwell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Pellagrini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dick Cole | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Murry Dickson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Preston Ward | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murry Dickson | 7.0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Johnny Hetki | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul LaPalme | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brooklyn Dodgers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Gilliam | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3B |
| Bobby Morgan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2B |
| Duke Snider | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 HR |
| Jackie Robinson | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Gil Hodges | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Carl Furillo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| George Shuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Don Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rube Walker | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Erskine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Clem Labine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Brooklyn Dodgers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Erskine | 7.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| Clem Labine | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |