Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 25, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1956 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien 2b 4 1 0 0
Groat ss 4 1 2 0
Walls rf 3 2 0 0
Long 1b 5 1 3 3
Thomas lf 4 1 1 1
Freese 3b 5 2 2 0
Foiles c 3 0 1 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
  Shepard c 1 0 0 0
Virdon cf 3 0 0 1
Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Cole ph 1 0 1 1
  King p 2 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Munger p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 6
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 5 0 2 1
Hemus 2b 5 0 2 0
Lopata 1b 5 0 0 0
Ennis lf 5 1 1 1
Valo rf 3 1 0 0
Jones 3b 3 2 1 0
Hamner ss 4 0 2 0
Seminick c 3 1 1 1
  Burk pr 0 0 0 0
  Lonnett c 0 0 0 0
Simmons p 2 0 1 1
  Flowers p 0 0 0 0
  Blaylock ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Baumholtz ph 0 0 0 1
  Negray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Pittsburgh 000 220 2118100
Philadelphia 030 000 0205104
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline   3.0 6 3 3 0 2
  King  W (3-1) 4.2 4 2 2 2 1
  Face   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Munger  SV (1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  L (1-3) 6.0 6 6 4 6 5
  Flowers   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Miller   1.0 2 1 0 0 0
  Negray   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
5
6
7

  E–Hemus 3 (3), Seminick (4), Hemus 3 (3), Seminick (4).  2B–Pittsburgh Freese (5,off Negray), Philadelphia Simmons (1,off Kline); Hemus (1,off King)..  3B–Pittsburgh Groat (1,off Simmons), Philadelphia Hemus (1,off Kline); Ashburn (1,off King)..  HR–Pittsburgh Long (12,5th inning off Simmons 1 on 1 out), Philadelphia Ennis (7,2nd inning off Kline 0 on 0 out).  SH–Groat (4,off Simmons).  SF–Virdon (2,off Negray).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  SB–Kline (1,2nd base off Simmons/Seminick).  U-HP–Lee Ballanfant, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Artie Gore, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–3:06.  A–10,407.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."