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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 1, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants, played on August 1, 1955 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 1, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 1, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Liddle |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Harvey Haddix |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 10,177 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Stan Landes 1B: Lee Ballanfant 2B: Al Barlick 3B: Bill Jackowski |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Hofman | First Baseman |
| Sid Gordon | Right Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Wayne Terwilliger | Second Baseman |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Don Liddle | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Stephenson | Shortstop |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Pete Whisenant | Right Fielder |
| Wally Moon | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Nelson Burbrink | Catcher |
| Harvey Haddix | Pitcher |
| Harry Walker | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 1, 1955
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Haddix
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Haddix
Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Haddix
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. Liddle
Stephenson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Liddle
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Liddle
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Haddix
Hofman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burbrink settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Haddix
Gordon bunts towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Haddix
Thompson hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Liddle
Virdon strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whisenant vs. Liddle
Whisenant hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Liddle
Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Haddix
Terwilliger hits a fly ball into right field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Haddix
Katt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Liddle vs. Haddix
Liddle bunts towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out. Katt moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Haddix
Dark hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Dark reaches second base with a double. Katt scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. Haddix
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark scores. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Haddix
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Liddle
Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lockman. Boyer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burbrink vs. Liddle
Burbrink strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Haddix vs. Liddle
Haddix hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stephenson vs. Liddle
Stephenson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Haddix
Hofman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Haddix
Gordon takes first base on ball four. Hofman moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thompson vs. Haddix
Burbrink fires to second and picks off Hofman for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Haddix
Thompson takes first base on ball four. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Terwilliger vs. Haddix
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson misplays the ball. That's an error on Stephenson. Gordon scores. Thompson moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Katt vs. Haddix
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix has Thompson trapped. There's the throw to Burbrink and over to Boyer, who tags Thompson for the out. Terwilliger moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Liddle vs. Haddix
Liddle is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Liddle
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Liddle
Musial is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Liddle
Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whisenant vs. Liddle
Whisenant hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schoendienst scores. Virdon moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moon vs. Liddle
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields it and throws to second for the out. Virdon moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boyer vs. Liddle
Boyer strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Haddix
Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Haddix
Lockman bunts towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Haddix
Mays hits a line drive into center field. Virdon picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Virdon. Dark scores. Mays moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hofman vs. LaPalme
Paul LaPalme now pitching.
Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. LaPalme fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gordon vs. LaPalme
Gordon is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. LaPalme
The umpire calls a balk on LaPalme Mays scores. Gordon moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. LaPalme
Thompson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burbrink settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burbrink vs. Liddle
Burbrink hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Liddle
Alex Grammas pinch hits for Paul LaPalme.
Grammas strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. Liddle
Stephenson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Lawrence
Brooks Lawrence now pitching.
Terwilliger hits a fly ball into right field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Lawrence
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lawrence fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Liddle vs. Lawrence
Liddle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Lawrence
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Liddle
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Liddle
Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Liddle
Virdon strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lawrence
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Lawrence
There's a wild pitch. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Lawrence
Mays hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Lawrence
Hofman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Lawrence
Gordon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Gordon reaches second base with a double. There goes Hofman trying to get to home. Virdon throws the ball in to Stephenson who relays the ball to Burbrink, who tags Hofman, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Lawrence
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Terwilliger vs. Lawrence
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Musial. Gordon scores. Thompson moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Katt vs. Lawrence
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whisenant vs. Liddle
Whisenant hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Liddle
Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Liddle
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Liddle vs. Lawrence
Harry Elliott now playing left field. Wally Moon now playing first base.
Liddle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Lawrence
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lawrence
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burbrink vs. Liddle
Burbrink hits a line drive towards third. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Liddle
Rip Repulski pinch hits for Brooks Lawrence.
Repulski strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. Liddle
Stephenson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Liddle
Schoendienst hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Wooldridge
Floyd Wooldridge now pitching.
Mays hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Elliott. Mays reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hofman vs. Wooldridge
There goes Mays. The throw from Burbrink and he is safe. Mays steals third. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hofman vs. Wooldridge
Hofman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gordon vs. Wooldridge
Gordon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Wooldridge
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mays scores. There goes Gordon trying to get to third. Virdon throws the ball in to Boyer, who tags Gordon for the out. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Terwilliger vs. Wooldridge
Terwilliger hits a fly ball into right field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 9 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Liddle
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Liddle
Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whisenant vs. Liddle
Whisenant hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/1/1955 -- New York at St.Louis (N)
New York AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Dark A, ss 5 2 2 1 Stephenson B, ss 4 0 1 0
Lockman W, lf 3 1 1 1 Schoendienst R, 2b 4 1 1 0
Mays W, cf 5 3 3 3 Musial S, 1b 3 0 0 0
Hofman B, 1b 3 0 0 0 Elliott H, lf 1 0 0 0
Gordon S, rf 2 2 1 0 Virdon B, cf 4 0 1 0
Thompson H, 3b 3 0 1 1 Whisenant P, rf 4 0 1 1
Terwilliger W, 2b 5 0 0 0 Moon W, lf-1b 3 0 0 0
Katt R, c 4 1 1 0 Boyer K, 3b 3 0 1 0
Liddle D, p 2 0 0 0 Burbrink N, c 3 0 0 0
Haddix H, p 1 0 0 0
LaPalme P, p 0 0 0 0
Grammas A, ph 1 0 0 0
Lawrence B, p 0 0 0 0
Repulski R, ph 1 0 0 0
Wooldridge F, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 9 9 6 32 1 5 1
New York 002 120 301 -- 9
St.Louis 000 100 000 -- 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Liddle D (W) 9.0 5 1 1 0 8
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix H (L) 4.1 5 5 3 3 1
LaPalme P 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Lawrence B 3.0 2 3 2 4 0
Wooldridge F 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
E -- Stephenson B 2, Virdon B, Musial S
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- New York 7, St.Louis 4
2B -- Dark A, Boyer K, Gordon S, Mays W
HR -- Mays W
SB -- Mays W
SH -- Liddle D, Lockman W
WP -- Lawrence B
Balk -- LaPalme P
T -- 2:36
A -- 10177
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