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Pirates
@ Phillies
Shibe Park
May 23, 1950
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 23, 1950 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 23, 1950 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 23, 1950 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Macdonald |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Russ Meyer |
| Ballpark | Shibe Park |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 12,428 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 8 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Dusty Boggess 2B: (none) 3B: Lon Warneke |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Castiglione | Shortstop |
| Tom Saffell | Center Fielder |
| Dale Coogan | First Baseman |
| Ralph Kiner | Left Fielder |
| Nanny Fernandez | Third Baseman |
| Wally Westlake | Right Fielder |
| Danny Murtaugh | Second Baseman |
| Ray Mueller | Catcher |
| Bill Macdonald | Pitcher |
| Billy Meyer | Manager |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Richie Ashburn | Center Fielder |
| Granny Hamner | Shortstop |
| Eddie Waitkus | First Baseman |
| Del Ennis | Right Fielder |
| Willie Jones | Third Baseman |
| Dick Sisler | Left Fielder |
| Jimmy Bloodworth | Second Baseman |
| Andy Seminick | Catcher |
| Russ Meyer | Pitcher |
| Eddie Sawyer | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Phillies
Shibe Park
May 23, 1950
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castiglione vs. Meyer
Castiglione hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Saffell vs. Meyer
Saffell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coogan vs. Meyer
Coogan takes first base on ball four. Saffell moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kiner vs. Meyer
Kiner strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fernandez vs. Meyer
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Macdonald
Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hamner vs. Macdonald
Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Macdonald
Waitkus hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Meyer
Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murtaugh vs. Meyer
Murtaugh hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sisler. Murtaugh reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Meyer
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Macdonald vs. Meyer
Macdonald strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Macdonald
Stan Rojek now playing shortstop.
Ennis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Macdonald
Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sisler vs. Macdonald
Sisler strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bloodworth vs. Macdonald
Bloodworth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ennis moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Seminick vs. Macdonald
Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojek vs. Meyer
Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Saffell vs. Meyer
Saffell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coogan vs. Meyer
Coogan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyer vs. Macdonald
Meyer strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Macdonald
Ashburn strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hamner vs. Macdonald
Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Meyer
Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Meyer
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Meyer
Westlake hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murtaugh vs. Meyer
There goes Westlake. The throw from Seminick and he is out, Hamner applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Macdonald
Waitkus hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Macdonald
Ennis strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Macdonald
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murtaugh vs. Meyer
Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Meyer
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Macdonald vs. Meyer
Macdonald hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisler vs. Macdonald
Sisler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coogan scoops it up and throws to first, with Macdonald covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bloodworth vs. Macdonald
Bloodworth hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seminick vs. Macdonald
Seminick strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojek vs. Meyer
Rojek hits a fly ball into left field. Sisler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Saffell vs. Meyer
Saffell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Saffell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Coogan vs. Meyer
Coogan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Saffell moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kiner vs. Meyer
Kiner takes first base on ball four. Coogan moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fernandez vs. Meyer
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields it and throws to home to get Saffell. Coogan moves to third. Kiner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Westlake vs. Meyer
Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyer vs. Macdonald
Meyer strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Macdonald
Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hamner vs. Macdonald
Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murtaugh vs. Meyer
Murtaugh hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Meyer
Mueller hits a popup in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Macdonald vs. Meyer
Macdonald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first, with Meyer covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Macdonald
Waitkus hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Macdonald
Ennis hits a fly ball into center field. Saffell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Macdonald
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez juggles the ball. That's an error on Fernandez. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sisler vs. Macdonald
Sisler is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bloodworth vs. Macdonald
Bloodworth hits a fly ball into center field. Saffell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojek vs. Meyer
Rojek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Saffell vs. Meyer
Saffell strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coogan vs. Meyer
Coogan strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiner vs. Meyer
There goes Rojek. The throw from Seminick and he is safe. Rojek steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kiner vs. Meyer
Kiner is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hopp vs. Meyer
Johnny Hopp pinch hits for Nanny Fernandez.
Hopp takes first base on ball four. Rojek moves to third. Kiner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Westlake vs. Meyer
Hank Schenz pinch runs for Johnny Hopp.
Westlake hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murtaugh vs. Meyer
Murtaugh hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seminick vs. Macdonald
Hank Schenz now playing third base.
Seminick strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitman vs. Macdonald
Dick Whitman pinch hits for Russ Meyer.
Whitman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Macdonald fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Macdonald
Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coogan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashburn for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Konstanty
Jim Konstanty now pitching.
Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Macdonald vs. Konstanty
Macdonald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rojek vs. Konstanty
Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mueller scores. Macdonald moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Saffell vs. Konstanty
Saffell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and has Macdonald trapped. There's the throw to Hamner who tags Macdonald for the out. Rojek moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Coogan vs. Konstanty
Konstanty spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Konstanty. Rojek scores. Saffell moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Coogan vs. Konstanty
Coogan hits a fly ball into left field. Sisler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kiner vs. Konstanty
Kiner strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 6 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hamner vs. Macdonald
George Strickland now playing shortstop.
Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schenz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Macdonald
Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ennis vs. Macdonald
Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schenz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/23/1950 -- Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (N)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Castiglione P, ss 1 0 0 0 Ashburn R, cf 4 0 0 0
Rojek S, ss 3 2 2 1 Hamner G, ss 4 0 0 0
Strickland G, ss 0 0 0 0 Waitkus E, 1b 4 0 1 0
Saffell T, cf 5 0 2 0 Ennis D, rf 4 0 1 0
Coogan D, 1b 4 0 1 0 Jones W, 3b 3 0 0 0
Kiner R, lf 3 1 0 0 Sisler D, lf 2 0 0 0
Fernandez N, 3b 3 0 0 0 Bloodworth J, 2b 3 0 1 0
Hopp J, ph 0 0 0 0 Seminick A, c 3 0 0 0
Schenz H, pr-3b 0 1 0 0 Meyer R, p 2 0 0 0
Westlake W, rf 4 1 2 4 Whitman D, ph 1 0 0 0
Murtaugh D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Konstanty J, p 0 0 0 0
Mueller R, c 4 1 1 0
Macdonald B, p 4 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 10 5 30 0 3 0
Pittsburgh 000 000 042 -- 6
Philadelphia 000 000 000 -- 0
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Macdonald B (W) 9.0 3 0 0 1 7
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer R (L) 8.0 7 4 4 5 5
Konstanty J 1.0 3 2 1 0 1
E -- Fernandez N, Konstanty J
DP -- Pittsburgh 1, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 7, Philadelphia 4
2B -- Murtaugh D, Saffell T
HR -- Westlake W
SB -- Rojek S
CS -- Westlake W
T -- 2:08
A -- 12428
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