The Pittsburgh Pirates couldn't pull it off against the Milwaukee Braves, 5 to 4, on July 22, 1961.

1961 Pittsburgh Pirates

Final

MIL

Braves

45-43

5

PIT

Pirates

44-41

4

MIL

PIT

1

4

2

2

1

0

3

0

1

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

1

9

0

0

R

5

4

H

10

8

E

0

1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mack Jones CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Frank Bolling 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Eddie Mathews 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Hank Aaron RF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Joe Adcock 1B 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 4
Frank Thomas LF 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
Joe Torre C 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Sammy White C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy McMillan SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Warren Spahn P 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Tony Cloninger P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Spangler PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Nottebart P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 5 10 5 2 6 6 0 1 21

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Warren Spahn 3.0 5 3 3 1 1 1
Tony Cloninger (W) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Don Nottebart (S) 4.0 2 1 1 2 1 0
Totals 9.0 8 4 4 4 3 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bill Virdon CF 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Christopher LF 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Roberto Clemente RF 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 6
Dick Stuart 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Don Hoak 3B 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Hal Smith C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smoky Burgess PH,C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Mazeroski 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Dick Schofield SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bobby Shantz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Witt P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Logan PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al McBean P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vinegar Bend Mizell P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rocky Nelson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clem Labine P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt Moryn PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4 1 4 3 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bobby Shantz (L) 0.2 5 4 4 0 0 1
George Witt 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 1
Al McBean 3.2 1 0 0 5 4 0
Vinegar Bend Mizell 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Clem Labine 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 10 5 5 6 6 2

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