The Philadelphia Phillies eked out a victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6 to 5, on September 9, 1956.

1956 Philadelphia Phillies

Final

PIT

Pirates

60-78

5

PHI

Phillies

63-72

6

PIT

PHI

1

0

1

2

2

0

3

0

0

4

0

2

5

3

1

6

0

0

7

0

1

8

0

0

9

0

0

10

0

1

R

5

6

H

10

14

E

3

2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Frank Thomas 3B 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Lee Walls LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Roberto Clemente RF 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Dale Long 1B 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2
Jack Shepard C 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Skinner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Hank Foiles C 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dick Groat SS 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Virdon CF 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
Bill Mazeroski 2B 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Friend P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Cole PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Kline P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Hall PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Roy Face P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny O'Brien PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cholly Naranjo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 10 4 0 5 7 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Friend 5.0 9 4 3 0 2 1
Ron Kline 2.0 3 1 0 1 0 0
Roy Face 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Cholly Naranjo (L) 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.2 14 6 3 2 3 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Richie Ashburn CF 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Solly Hemus 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Willie Jones 3B 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Stan Lopata C 5 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
Del Ennis LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Marv Blaylock 1B 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Elmer Valo RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Granny Hamner SS 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Harvey Haddix P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Negray P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Baumholtz PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Meyer P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Greengrass PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robin Roberts P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 14 4 1 2 3 1 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Harvey Haddix 4.0 6 5 4 3 1 0
Ron Negray 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Meyer 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Robin Roberts (W) 4.0 3 0 0 2 4 0
Totals 10.0 10 5 4 5 7 0

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