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| Furillo | Cuyler | Harris | Zimmer | Grantham | Furillo | Wanter | Kremer |
GAME 1 -
Forbes Field - PIT 5, BKN 4
Sal Maglie (13-5, 2.87) vs Lee Meadows (19-10, 3.40)
A 3 run opening salvo by the Brooks had Lee Meadows squarely on the
ropes. After Jackie Robinson grounded into a routine 6-4-3 DP the top of the
first looked to be over before it started. Singles by Duke Snider and Sandy
Amoros didn't mean a heck of a lot until "the quiet man" Gil Hodges walked to
load the bases. "Skoonj", Carl Furillo
slammed a bases clearing double into the right field corner to do all the
damage. Campy followed with what looked like an RBI single to left, until
Furillo stumbled going around third and
Kiki Cuyler threw a pea to
Johnny Gooch who blocked the plate expertly to easily tag Skoonj out to end
the inning. At the time that missed opportunity didn't seem like much,
especially when Brooklyn matched a Pirate solo run in the 1st with a solo run
of their own in the second. Paul "Big Poison" Waner cranked a 1 out homer in
the bottom of the 8th to make it 4-2 and with relief ace Clem Labine toeing
the rubber in the 9th all looked good for the Brooks. Labine and his
replacement Don Bessent would walk 4 batters in the 9th. Oh, those bases on
balls come back to haunt you and these certainly did. Couple that with an
error by Robinson at third and a walk off single by 1st basemean
Joe Harris and you have grand
larceny for the Bucs.
Pittsburgh leads the series 1-0
GAME 2 - Forbes Field - PIT 7, BKN 6
Don Newcombe (27-7, 3.06) vs Carmen Hill (22-11, 3.24)
Same result as Game #1 only this time Pittsburgh had to reclaim their
early lead with more late inning heroics. Heading into the top of the 5th the
Bucs staked Carmen Hill to a 5-1 lead. An error by catcher Earl Smith would
prolong Gil Hodges at bat and the quiet man would cash in with a double.
Furillo doubled him home to make it 5-2 and Campy singled home Skoonj to make
it 5-3. "Popeye", Don Zimmer,
would pinch hit for the ineffective Newcombe to single home Campy, who moved
to second on a sac bunt by the captain, Reese. Junior Gilliam would single
home Zim and Jackie would double home Junior to give Dem Bums a 6-5 lead.
Labine would come in to relieve Newk and gave up a game tying RBI double to
George Grantham with 2
out in the bottom of the inning. It would stay that way until the bottom of
the 9th when Grantham would step to the plate with 1 out and slam a walk off
homer off of Labine to win the game.
Pittsburgh leads the series 2-0
GAME 3 – Ebbets Field – Tied at 6 in the 8th
The 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates completed a three game sweep of the 1956 Boys Of Summer Brooklyn Dodgers, with a 7-6 win at Ebbets Field. The series could have easily gone exactly the other way with a key hit here, or out there.
Righthanders Vic Aldridge for Pittsburgh, and Roger Craig for Brooklyn, toed the slab as the series shifted to the borough of churches. Both starters were effective, each going 7 innings and departing with the Dodgers up 4-2 heading into the 8th. It looked like Brooklyn would climb back into the series after losing two tough ones in Pittsburgh.
Young Don Drysdale took the mound in the 8th for Brooklyn, and the Pirates showed no mercy to the big kid from California. Glenn Wright and Moon Harris started the inning with singles, then Drysdale booted Pooch Barnharts sacrifice bunt attempt to load the bases. Johnny Gooch then doubled home two runs to tie the ball game. Oil Smith pinch hit for Aldridge and singled home Barnhart. Gooch then scored on Lloyd Waner's ground out.
Drysdale escape without any further scoring, but the Pirates now lead 6-4. Jug Handle Johnny Morrison came in for Pittsburgh, and returned the favor, giving up 3 walks and two singles, the big blow a two-run hit by Carl Furrilo tying the game.
Bonus Baby Sandy Koufax came on in the ninth for Brooklyn, and gave up a pair of walks sandwiched around a pop out and a ground out. Lloyd Waner than slapped a fastball the other way to plate Pooch Barnhart, the first of the two walks, with the lead run. Sandy then got Boots Grantham to ground out.
Emil Yde came on for Pittsburgh and retired the first man as Ray Kremer warmed up. Kremer was being saved to pitch game four, but with a ninth inning lead, he was summoned to finish the series after Yde retired Junior Gilliam leading off the ninth.
But the plan backfired, as Jackie Robinson greeted Kremer with a triple, putting the tying run at third with only one out. Kremer then bore down against lefty hitting Duke Snider, striking him out with a nasty curve ball that dove down and in. With two outs, the Dodgers gambled and had Sandy Amoros bunt, hoping that the speedy Robinson might force the Pirates to hurry the play and make an error. But the sure handed Pie Traynor grabbed the ball and threw a perfect strike to first, ending the series.
--Game 3 write-up submitted by
Bike Mike--
Oct 1, 1953 Playoff Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1956 Brooklyn 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 1
1927 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 9 0
56 Brooklyn AB R H BI W K Ave PO A E 27 Pittsburgh AB R H BI W K Ave PO A E
Gilliam 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 .250 3 3 0 Waner,L CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0
Robinson,J 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 0 3 1 Cuyler LF 5 0 0 0 0 2 .000 1 1 0
Snider CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 .500 2 0 0 Waner,P RF 4 3 4 2 1 0 1.000 0 0 0
Amoros LF 2 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1 0 0 Traynor 3B 4 0 1 1 1 0 .250 0 4 0
Hodges 1B 2 1 0 0 2 1 .000 7 1 0 Grantham 2B 4 0 1 0 1 2 .250 6 4 0
Furillo RF 4 0 1 3 0 1 .250 1 0 0 Harris, J 1B 4 0 2 1 1 0 .500 10 0 0
Campanella C 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 9 1 0 Wright, G SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 3 2 0
Reese SS 4 1 1 0 0 2 .250 3 3 0 Gooch C 2 1 0 0 2 0 .000 6 2 0
Maglie P 3 0 2 0 0 0 .667 0 0 0 Meadows P 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 2 0
Labine P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Dawson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Bessent P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Smith,E PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0
32 4 11 4 3 5 .344 26 11 1 34 5 9 4 7 9 .265 27 15 0
56 Brooklyn IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Act Stf
Maglie 7.2 8 2 2 3 8 128 82 46 2.35 33 120 124
Labine L(0-1) 1.0 0 3 1 3 1 26 -11 37 9.00 6 75 75 +
Bessent BS(1) 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 11 -9 20 0.00 3 45 47
8.2 9 5 3 7 9 165 62 103 3.12 42
27 Pittsburgh IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Act Stf
Meadows 8.0 11 4 4 3 4 88 57 31 4.50 34 125 129
Dawson W(1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1 8 0.00 2 75 75
9.0 11 4 4 3 5 97 58 39 4.00 36
2 out when winning run scored
PIT: Smith,E hit for Dawson in the 9th
E-Robinson,J(1)
2B-Furillo(1) Traynor(1) Waner,P(1)
HR-Waner,P 2(2)
CS-Campanella Maglie
SH-Amoros Waner,L
LOB-56 Brooklyn 5 27 Pittsburgh 10
DP-56 Brooklyn 1 27 Pittsburgh 2
GWRBI-Harris, J
Game MVP:Paul Waner
Forbes Field, Time 2:55, 56ø, 15mph In from RF
Oct 1, 1953 Playoff Game
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1956 Brooklyn 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 1
1927 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 9 0
1956 56 Brooklyn Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5
1 Gilliam 2B 1>S CS2(26)G43,3 K G43
2 Robinson,J 3B G643/dp G13 5>L4 8>S
3 Snider CF S 3>L9 G13 S,12
4 Amoros LF S,12 W P4 B54,23,12
5 Hodges 1B W,23,12 W,12 6>L1 K
6 Furillo RF D,3H,2H,1H G4u3/dp G63 K
7 Campanella C S,23/72 4>G53 P6 9>S
8 Reese SS 2>S L4 7>K CS2(24)K
9 Maglie P S,13 S G53
Labine P G53
Bessent P
1927 27 Pittsburgh Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5
1 Waner,L CF 1>F8 G43 S G43 B24,23,12
2 Cuyler LF Fs7 P6 K 8>K Fs9
3 Waner,P RF HR 4>D 6>S HR W
4 Traynor 3B D G53 G64/fo,B1 G53 W,3H,23,12
5 Grantham 2B K S,23 K W E5,3H,23,12,
6 Harris, J 1B 2>W L5 G63 S,12 S,3H S
7 Wright, G SS G363/dp G54/fo 7>K K
8 Gooch C G43 5>F8 W 9>W
9 Meadows P 3>K K K
Dawson P
Smith,E PH WP,12 W
56 Brooklyn IN OUT
Maglie AB1-1 AB4-6
Labine AB4-7 AB5-3
Bessent AB5-4 End
27 Pittsburgh IN OUT
Meadows AB1-1 AB4-7
Dawson AB4-8 End
Oct 1, 1953 Playoff Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1956 Brooklyn 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 9 1
1927 Pittsburgh 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 7 13 2
56 Brooklyn AB R H BI W K Ave PO A E 27 Pittsburgh AB R H BI W K Ave PO A E
Gilliam 2B 3 2 1 1 2 1 .286 6 1 0 Waner,L CF 4 1 1 1 1 0 .250 5 0 0
Robinson,J 3B 3 0 1 1 1 0 .286 0 2 0 Grantham 2B 5 2 3 2 0 0 .444 4 1 1
Snider CF 5 0 0 0 0 2 .222 3 0 0 Waner,P RF-1B 4 2 2 1 0 0 .750 4 0 0
Amoros LF 5 0 2 1 0 1 .429 1 0 0 Traynor 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 1 3 0
Hodges 1B 4 1 1 0 1 0 .167 7 1 0 Wright, G SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 4 1 0
Furillo RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 .375 2 0 0 Harris, J 1B 4 1 2 3 0 1 .500 0 0 0
Campanella C 4 1 1 1 0 0 .375 3 2 0 Miljus P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Reese SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 .167 3 3 1 Barnhart LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 3 0 0
Newcombe P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 Smith,E C 4 1 2 0 0 1 .500 6 1 1
Zimmer PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 Hill, C P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Labine P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 2 0 Cvengros P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
34 6 9 6 5 5 .303 25 13 1 Cuyler RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
36 7 13 7 1 3 .314 27 6 2
56 Brooklyn IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Act Stf
Newcombe 5.0 8 5 4 1 2 71 51 20 7.20 25 75 75
Labine L(0-2) 4.1 5 2 2 0 1 52 12 40 6.23 13 115 113
9.1 13 7 6 1 3 123 63 60 4.76 38
27 Pittsburgh IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Act Stf
Hill, C 6.0 8 6 2 3 2 76 52 24 3.00 30 125 132
Cvengros 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 23 10 13 0.00 4 80 75
Miljus W(1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 37 20 17 0.00 9 50 55
9.0 9 6 2 5 5 136 82 54 3.00 43
1 out when winning run scored
PIT: Waner,P moved to 1B in the 8th
Cuyler moved to RF in the 8th
E-Reese(1) Grantham(1) Smith,E(1)
2B-Amoros(1) Furillo(2) Hodges(1) Robinson,J(1) Grantham 2(2) Waner,L(1) Waner,P(2)
HR-Grantham(1) Harris, J(1)
SB-Gilliam(1) Reese 2(2)
CS-Robinson,J Barnhart Traynor
SH-Reese Robinson,J Hill, C
LOB-56 Brooklyn 8 27 Pittsburgh 6
GWRBI-Grantham
Game MVP:Paul Waner
Forbes Field, Time 2:53, 61ø, 15mph Left to Right
Oct 1, 1953 Playoff Game
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1956 Brooklyn 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 9 1
1927 Pittsburgh 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 7 13 2
1956 56 Brooklyn Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5
1 Gilliam 2B 1>Fs9 W W S,2H K
2 Robinson,J 3B W E4,12,B1 B54,12 SB2 D,2H 9>P6
3 Snider CF F8 K K CS3(25) 7>P4 G43
4 Amoros LF L3 D,2H,13 6>F8 K S
5 Hodges 1B 2>F7 B54 E2 D W G63
6 Furillo RF S 4>F8 D,2H F8
7 Campanella C F7 F7 S,2H 8>P6
8 Reese SS F8 P6 B54,12 W
9 Newcombe P 3>P2 5>F9
Zimmer PH S,2H,B2
Labine P SB2 SB3 K
1927 27 Pittsburgh Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5
1 Waner,L CF 1>G53 D,2H W,12 G46/fo,B1 9>B34
2 Grantham 2B D F9 F8 D,1H HR
3 Waner,P RF-1B D,2H P6 5>S F9
4 Traynor 3B G63 3>G63 G13,12 7>S
5 Wright, G SS E6,23,B2 F8 K F8
6 Harris, J 1B S,3H,23 K HR CS2(24)G53
Miljus P
7 Barnhart LF F7 4>S P6 8>S
8 Smith,E C 2>S P4 6>S K
9 Hill, C P B14,12 B24/fo,B1 B14/fo,B1
Cvengros P
Cuyler RF Po1(13) G63
56 Brooklyn IN OUT
Newcombe AB1-1 AB3-7
Labine AB3-8 End
27 Pittsburgh IN OUT
Hill, C AB1-1 AB4-2
Cvengros AB4-3 AB4-6
Miljus End
Oct 1, 1953 Playoff Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1927 Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 7 11 0
1956 Brooklyn 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6 11 1
27 Pittsburgh AB R H BI W K Ave PO A E 56 Brooklyn AB R H BI W K Ave PO A E
Waner,L CF 6 2 3 2 0 0 .357 4 0 0 Gilliam 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .364 2 3 0
Grantham 2B 6 0 1 1 0 0 .333 5 1 0 Robinson,J 3B 3 2 2 1 1 0 .400 1 1 0
Waner,P RF 4 0 1 1 1 0 .583 1 0 0 Snider CF 3 3 1 2 2 1 .250 3 0 0
Traynor 3B 4 0 1 0 1 1 .250 3 4 0 Amoros LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .273 3 0 0
Wright, G SS 4 1 1 0 1 1 .083 0 2 0 Hodges 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .200 7 4 0
Harris, J 1B 4 1 1 0 1 0 .417 6 1 0 Furillo RF 4 0 1 2 0 0 .333 1 0 0
Barnhart LF 3 2 0 0 2 0 .286 3 0 0 Campanella C 4 0 1 0 0 1 .333 4 0 0
Gooch C 5 1 2 2 0 1 .286 5 3 0 Reese SS 3 0 2 0 1 0 .333 4 2 0
Aldridge P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Craig P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1 0
Smith,E PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 .600 0 0 0 Zimmer PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0
Morrison P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Drysdale P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1
Cuyler PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 Jackson,R PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0
Yde P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 Koufax P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 0
Kremer P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 32 6 11 6 4 5 .316 27 13 1
40 7 11 7 7 3 .300 27 12 0
27 Pittsburgh IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Act Stf
Aldridge 7.0 8 4 4 1 3 77 55 22 5.14 29 70 75
Morrison W(1-0) BS(1) 1.0 2 2 2 3 1 28 -4 32 18.00 8 30 30
Yde H(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 1 65 70 ++
Kremer S(1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 10 6 4 0.00 3 70 75
9.0 11 6 6 4 5 116 58 58 4.00 41
56 Brooklyn IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Act Stf
Craig 7.0 6 2 2 4 2 117 67 50 2.57 31 75 75
Drysdale 1.0 4 4 4 1 1 38 -12 50 36.00 10 120 120
Koufax L(0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 28 -10 38 9.00 6 70 65 +
9.0 11 7 7 7 3 183 45 138 5.54 47
PIT: Smith,E hit for Aldridge in the
Cuyler hit for Morrison in the 9th
BRO: Jackson,R hit for Drysdale in the 8th
E-Drysdale(1)
2B-Gooch 2(2) Waner,P(3) Hodges(2) Robinson,J(2)
3B-Robinson,J(1)
HR-Snider(1)
SB-Waner,L(1) Reese(3) Robinson,J(1)
CS-Gilliam Reese Robinson,J
SH-Amoros Craig Gilliam
LOB-27 Pittsburgh 12 56 Brooklyn 6
GWRBI-Waner,L
Game MVP:Lloyd Waner
Ebbets Field, Time 3:20, 58ø, 10mph In from RCF
Oct 1, 1953 Playoff Game
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
1927 Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 7 11 0
1956 Brooklyn 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6 11 1
1927 27 Pittsburgh Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5
1 Waner,L CF 1>G43 S G46/fo,B1 S G33H
2 Grantham 2B P4 F7 SB2 S,2H G31,12 B36/fo,23,B1
3 Waner,P RF F8 D,1H P6 W G13,12
4 Traynor 3B 2>K F7 6>S G13 W
5 Wright, G SS W 4>F9 P5 8>S K
6 Harris, J 1B L7 G43 W,12 S,12 9>G31
7 Barnhart LF W,12 F8 G64/fo,23,B1 E1,23,12,B1 W
8 Gooch C K 5>D L4 D,3H,2H,13 P2
9 Aldridge P 3>G63 B36 7>G53
Smith,E PH S,3H,23
Morrison P
Cuyler PH W,12
Yde P
Kremer P
Ab6
1 Waner,L CF S,2H,13
2 Grantham 2B G13
3 Waner,P RF
4 Traynor 3B
5 Wright, G SS
6 Harris, J 1B
7 Barnhart LF
8 Gooch C
9 Aldridge P
Smith,E PH
Morrison P
Cuyler PH
Yde P
Kremer P
1956 56 Brooklyn Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5
1 Gilliam 2B 1>S B54,23 S G43 9>G13
2 Robinson,J 3B D,1H L8 CS2(24) 6>HB 8>W T
3 Snider CF F9 4>W HR SB2 W K
4 Amoros LF P3 K F8 B34,23,12 B54
5 Hodges 1B CS3(25) 2>G6 D,1H F8 G53
6 Furillo RF F7 F8 F8 S,3H,2H
7 Campanella C F7 K 7>F7 S,12
8 Reese SS 3>S 5>S G63 W,23,12
9 Craig P B54,12 SB2 CS3(25)
Zimmer PH S
Drysdale P
Jackson,R PH K
Koufax P
27 Pittsburgh IN OUT
Aldridge AB1-1 AB4-1
Morrison AB4-9
Yde AB5-1
Kremer AB5-2 End
56 Brooklyn IN OUT
Craig AB1-1 AB4-4
Drysdale AB4-5 AB5-5
Koufax AB5-6 End