Milwaukee Braves 4 – 9 Pittsburgh Pirates
5 May 1955 · PIT06
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | Eddie Mathews | 1 in 497 games |
| 41 | 3 doubles | Dale Long | 1 in 2,195 player-games |
| 27 | final score 9–4 | 1 in 119 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Braves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | 10 | 1 |
Box score
Milwaukee Braves batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bruton | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Johnny Logan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Eddie Mathews | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Bobby Thomson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hank Aaron | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| George Crowe | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Danny O'Connell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie White | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Bob Buhl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chuck Tanner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Dittmer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Milwaukee Braves pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Buhl | 4.2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Ray Crone | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Roberto Vargas | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Jay | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Clemente | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2B |
| Dick Groat | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Felipe Montemayor | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jack Shepard | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dale Long | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 2B |
| Jerry Lynch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hardy Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Saffell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Freese | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Gene Freese | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nellie King | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Vern Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 33 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nellie King | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Vern Law | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |