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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 3, 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 3, 1955 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 3, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 3, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Windy McCall |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Larry Jackson |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 9,408 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Barlick 1B: Bill Jackowski 2B: Stan Landes 3B: Lee Ballanfant |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Dusty Rhodes | Left Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Wayne Terwilliger | Second Baseman |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Windy McCall | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Stephenson | Second Baseman |
| Wally Moon | First Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Right Fielder |
| Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Nelson Burbrink | Catcher |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Larry Jackson | Pitcher |
| Harry Walker | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 3, 1955
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Jackson
Dark is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Jackson
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Jackson
Mays 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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhodes vs. Jackson
Rhodes strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. McCall
Stephenson hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. McCall
Moon 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, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. McCall
Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Jackson
Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Jackson
Mueller is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terwilliger vs. Jackson
Terwilliger bunts towards first. Moon scoops it up and throws to first, with Jackson covering, for the out. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Katt vs. Jackson
Katt hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCall vs. Jackson
McCall hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. McCall
Repulski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. McCall
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCall fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. McCall
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burbrink vs. McCall
Burbrink strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Jackson
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Jackson
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Jackson
Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stephenson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhodes vs. Jackson
Rhodes takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thompson vs. Jackson
Thompson takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to third. Rhodes moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mueller vs. Jackson
Mueller 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, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. McCall
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. McCall
Jackson is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stephenson vs. McCall
Stephenson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Jackson
Terwilliger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Katt vs. Jackson
Katt bunts towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. Terwilliger moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCall vs. Jackson
McCall strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Jackson
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stephenson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. McCall
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. McCall
Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. McCall
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Terwilliger fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. McCall
Virdon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. McCall
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Jackson
Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Jackson
Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lockman moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rhodes vs. Jackson
Rhodes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lockman scores. Mays moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. LaPalme
Paul LaPalme now pitching.
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mays scores. Rhodes moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mueller vs. LaPalme
Mueller hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Virdon. Mueller reaches second base with a double. Rhodes scores. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Terwilliger vs. Wooldridge
Floyd Wooldridge now pitching.
Terwilliger hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thompson tags and scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Katt vs. Wooldridge
Katt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCall vs. Wooldridge
McCall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burbrink vs. McCall
Burbrink hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rhodes. Burbrink reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grammas vs. McCall
Grammas hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Burbrink moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Whisenant vs. McCall
Pete Whisenant pinch hits for Floyd Wooldridge.
Whisenant hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stephenson vs. McCall
Stephenson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Lawrence
Brooks Lawrence now pitching.
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lawrence
Lockman hits a line drive into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Lawrence
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhodes vs. Lawrence
Lawrence fires to first and has Mays trapped. There's the throw to Grammas who tags Mays for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. McCall
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. McCall
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 -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. McCall
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Lawrence
Rhodes strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Lawrence
Thompson hits a fly ball towards center. Virdon settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Virdon. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Lawrence
Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Terwilliger vs. Lawrence
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lawrence fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. McCall
Sid Gordon now playing right field.
Virdon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. McCall
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burbrink vs. McCall
Burbrink hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields it, tags the runner, and races towards first, beating Burbrink, for the double play. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. McCall
Grammas hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Grammas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Elliott vs. McCall
Harry Elliott pinch hits for Brooks Lawrence.
Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Schmidt
Willard Schmidt now pitching.
Katt hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCall vs. Schmidt
McCall is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Schmidt
Dark is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Schmidt
Lockman takes first base on ball four. McCall moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Schmidt
Burbrink fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Burbrink. McCall moves to third. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mays vs. Schmidt
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephenson vs. McCall
Stephenson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. McCall
Moon strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. McCall
Musial hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Schmidt
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Schmidt
Thompson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Schmidt
Gordon hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. McCall
Repulski hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. McCall
Virdon hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. McCall
Boyer hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/3/1955 -- New York at St.Louis (N)
New York AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Dark A, ss 5 0 0 0 Stephenson B, 2b 4 0 0 0
Lockman W, 1b 4 1 3 0 Moon W, 1b 4 0 1 0
Mays W, cf 4 1 1 0 Musial S, rf 4 0 0 0
Rhodes D, lf 4 1 1 1 Repulski R, lf 4 1 1 0
Thompson H, 3b 4 2 2 2 Virdon B, cf 4 2 2 3
Mueller D, rf 3 0 2 1 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 1 0
Gordon S, rf 1 0 0 0 Burbrink N, c 3 0 1 0
Terwilliger W, 2b 1 0 0 1 Grammas A, ss 3 0 1 0
Katt R, c 3 0 0 0 Jackson L, p 0 0 0 0
McCall W, p 3 0 0 0 LaPalme P, p 0 0 0 0
Wooldridge F, p 0 0 0 0
Whisenant P, ph 1 0 0 0
Lawrence B, p 0 0 0 0
Elliott H, ph 1 0 0 0
Schmidt W, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 5 9 5 32 3 7 3
New York 010 040 000 -- 5
St.Louis 000 200 100 -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
McCall W (W) 9.0 7 3 3 0 3
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson L (L)* 4.0 6 4 4 3 3
LaPalme P+ 0.0 2 1 1 0 0
Wooldridge F 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Lawrence B 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Schmidt W 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 5th
+ Pitched to 2 batters in 5th
E -- Virdon B, Burbrink N
DP -- New York 2, St.Louis 1
LOB -- New York 10, St.Louis 3
2B -- Mueller D, Burbrink N, Grammas A
HR -- Thompson H, Virdon B 2
CS -- Mays W
SH -- Terwilliger W, Katt R
SF -- Terwilliger W
HBP -- by Jackson L (Mueller D), by McCall W (Jackson L), by Schmidt W (McCall W)
T -- 2:30
A -- 9408
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