Cubs @ Pirates
August 27, 1961

Back Home

Bottom 2	R	H	E
Cubs	2	3	0
Pirates	0	1	0

Bottom 2	R	H	E
Cubs	2	3	0
Pirates	1	2	0

Don Leppert Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.277
OBP	.000	.292
At Bats	0	47
Hits	0	13
• Singles	0	9
• Doubles	0	2
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	1
Walks	0	1
RBI’s	0	2

Jim Brewer Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	6	0

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

Close

Forbes Field - August 27, 1961

•

Home Run

Jim Brewer

Dick Bertell

Andre Rodgers

Don Zimmer

Ron Santo

Ernie Banks

Billy Williams

Richie Ashburn

George Altman

Don Leppert

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 1 Out

Leppert hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Return to all plays in text

PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 2 Logan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Ashburn hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Brewer is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Bertell hits a popup in front of the plate. Leppert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Rodgers hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Rodgers reaches second base with a double. Williams scores. Santo goes all the way around to score.

Top 2 Santo takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.

Top 2 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Stuart strikes out.

Bottom 1 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Christopher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Altman strikes out.

Top 1 Banks hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Christopher. Banks reaches second base with a double.

Top 1 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Copyright © 2010-2025 by Back To Baseball, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org

Back To Baseball makes no guarantees of accuracy for the information that is supplied.

We have chosen images from the Wikimedia Commons which we believe are in the public domain or under a creative commons license. If you believe we are using an image inappropriately, please contact us for prompt removal.

Questions? Comments? Contact us at info@backtobaseball.com