The Pittsburgh Pirates lost to the Milwaukee Braves, 6 to 4, on September 18, 1956.

1956 Pittsburgh Pirates

Final

MIL

Braves

88-58

6

PIT

Pirates

62-83

4

MIL

PIT

1

1

0

2

2

0

3

0

1

4

0

0

5

0

1

6

0

2

7

0

0

8

2

0

9

1

0

R

6

4

H

11

13

E

1

2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bill Bruton CF 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Frank Torre 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hank Aaron RF 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Eddie Mathews 3B 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bobby Thomson LF 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Johnny Logan SS 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jack Dittmer 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Del Rice C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Covington PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Felix Mantilla PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Del Crandall C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lew Burdette P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ernie Johnson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chuck Tanner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Sleater P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Adcock PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Trowbridge P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warren Spahn P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 4 0 2 3 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lew Burdette 5.1 11 4 4 0 4 0
Ernie Johnson 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Lou Sleater (W) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Bob Trowbridge 1.1 1 0 0 2 0 0
Warren Spahn (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 13 4 4 3 7 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Roberto Clemente RF 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Bill Virdon CF 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Lee Walls LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Eddie O'Brien LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Powers PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dale Long 1B 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Dick Groat SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Frank Thomas 3B 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Johnny O'Brien PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Howie Pollet P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Shepard C 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Bill Mazeroski 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Kline P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dick Cole PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Munger P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Skinner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Face P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Freese PH,3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 13 4 0 3 7 0 1 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ron Kline 5.0 7 3 1 0 2 0
Red Munger 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Face (L) 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 0
Howie Pollet 1.0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 11 6 3 2 3 0

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