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Braves
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
April 27, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Milwaukee Braves, played on April 27, 1955 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | April 27, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Milwaukee Braves
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 27, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Milwaukee Braves |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gene Conley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ruben Gomez |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 5,343 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Dusty Boggess 2B: Tom Gorman 3B: Bill Engeln |
Milwaukee Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
| Hank Aaron | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Left Fielder |
| Joe Adcock | First Baseman |
| Johnny Logan | Shortstop |
| Danny O'Connell | Second Baseman |
| Del Crandall | Catcher |
| Gene Conley | Pitcher |
| Charlie Grimm | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Dusty Rhodes | Left Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Foster Castleman | Second Baseman |
| Billy Gardner | Third Baseman |
| Ray Katt | Catcher |
| Ruben Gomez | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
April 27, 1955
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Gomez
Bruton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Gomez
Aaron hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Gomez
Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Gomez
Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Conley
Lockman strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Conley
Dark hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Conley
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Gomez
Adcock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Logan vs. Gomez
Logan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rhodes. Logan reaches second base with a double. Adcock moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
O'Connell vs. Gomez
O'Connell hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Adcock tags and scores. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crandall vs. Gomez
Crandall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Conley vs. Gomez
Conley bunts towards the mound. Gomez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Logan moves to third. Crandall moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bruton vs. Gomez
Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Logan scores. Crandall scores. Conley moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Aaron vs. Gomez
There goes Bruton. The throw from Katt and he is safe. Bruton steals second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Aaron vs. Gomez
Aaron is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mathews vs. Gomez
Mathews is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thomson vs. Gomez
Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Conley scores. Bruton scores. Mathews moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Adcock vs. Corwin
Al Corwin now pitching.
Adcock hits a popup towards third. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Conley
Rhodes hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Conley
Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Conley
Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Conley
Gardner is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Corwin
Logan hits a popup towards third. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Corwin
O'Connell hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. Corwin
Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Castleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Katt vs. Conley
Katt hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Corwin vs. Conley
Corwin bunts towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Conley
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Corwin
Conley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Corwin
Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Corwin
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Corwin
Mathews takes first base on ball four. Aaron moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Corwin
Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Aaron moves to third. Mathews moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Adcock vs. Corwin
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Conley
Dark strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Conley
Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Conley
Rhodes hits a line drive into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Corwin
Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Connell vs. Corwin
Corwin fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Corwin. Logan moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Connell vs. Corwin
O'Connell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. Corwin
Crandall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Corwin
Conley hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Corwin
Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Corwin
Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Conley
Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castleman vs. Conley
Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Conley
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Corwin
Bobby Hofman now catching.
Mathews is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Corwin
Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Corwin
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Corwin
Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Conley
Hofman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Conley
Bill Taylor pinch hits for Al Corwin.
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Conley
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Conley
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Conley covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching.
O'Connell strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. Wilhelm
Crandall hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Wilhelm
Conley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Conley
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhodes vs. Conley
Rhodes hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Conley
Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castleman vs. Conley
Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Wilhelm
Bruton bunts towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bruton for the out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Wilhelm
Aaron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Wilhelm
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Castleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Wilhelm
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Castleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Conley
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Conley
Hofman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Conley
Joey Amalfitano pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm.
Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. McCall
Windy McCall now pitching.
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. McCall
Logan hits a popup towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. McCall
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Conley
Lockman strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Conley
Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Conley
Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rhodes vs. Conley
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rhodes for the out. Dark scores. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 9 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Conley
Mays hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Mueller scores. View Play -
Braves, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castleman vs. Conley
Castleman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomson. Castleman reaches second base with a double. Mays moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 9 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Thompson vs. Conley
Hank Thompson pinch hits for Billy Gardner.
Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Braves, 9 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Conley
Hofman hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/27/1955 -- Milwaukee at New York (D)
Milwaukee AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Bruton B, cf 5 1 2 2 Lockman W, 1b 4 0 0 0
Aaron H, rf 5 1 2 1 Dark A, ss 4 1 1 0
Mathews E, 3b 3 0 0 0 Mueller D, rf 4 1 2 0
Thomson B, lf 5 1 3 3 Rhodes D, lf 4 0 0 1
Adcock J, 1b 4 1 0 0 Mays W, cf 4 2 2 2
Logan J, ss 5 2 2 0 Castleman F, 2b 4 1 1 0
O'Connell D, 2b 4 1 1 3 Gardner B, 3b 3 0 0 0
Crandall D, c 3 1 0 0 Thompson H, ph 1 1 1 3
Conley G, p 4 1 2 0 Katt R, c 1 0 0 0
Hofman B, c 2 0 0 0
Gomez R, p 0 0 0 0
Corwin A, p 1 0 0 0
Taylor B, ph 1 0 0 0
Wilhelm H, p 0 0 0 0
Amalfitano J, ph 1 0 0 0
McCall W, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 9 12 9 34 6 7 6
Milwaukee 050 021 010 -- 9
New York 010 000 005 -- 6
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Conley G (W) 9.0 7 6 6 1 5
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez R (L) 1.2 5 5 5 3 1
Corwin A 4.1 6 3 3 1 1
Wilhelm H 2.0 1 1 1 0 1
McCall W 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Corwin A
LOB -- Milwaukee 7, New York 2
2B -- Logan J, Castleman F
HR -- Mays W, O'Connell D, Thomson B, Aaron H, Thompson H
SB -- Bruton B
SF -- O'Connell D
T -- 2:29
A -- 5343
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