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Braves
@ Phillies
Shibe Park
September 6, 1952
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Braves, played on September 6, 1952 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
Date | September 6, 1952 |
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Visiting Team |
Boston Braves
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Home Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 6, 1952 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Boston Braves |
Home Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ernie Johnson |
Home Starting Pitcher | Karl Drews |
Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
State | PA |
Attendance | 12,474 |
Time of Game | 1 hour 47 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Frank Dascoli 1B: Frank Secory 2B: Lon Warneke 3B: Larry Goetz |
Boston Braves Lineup
Name | Position |
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Sam Jethroe | Center Fielder |
Johnny Logan | Shortstop |
Earl Torgeson | First Baseman |
Sid Gordon | Left Fielder |
Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
Paul Burris | Catcher |
Jack Daniels | Right Fielder |
Jack Dittmer | Second Baseman |
Ernie Johnson | Pitcher |
Charlie Grimm | Manager |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
Name | Position |
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Connie Ryan | Second Baseman |
Richie Ashburn | Center Fielder |
Mel Clark | Right Fielder |
Del Ennis | Left Fielder |
Smoky Burgess | Catcher |
Willie Jones | Third Baseman |
Jackie Mayo | First Baseman |
Putsy Caballero | Shortstop |
Karl Drews | Pitcher |
Steve O'Neill | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Braves
@ Phillies
Shibe Park
September 6, 1952
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jethroe vs. Drews
Jethroe strikes out. Burgess drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Jethroe out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Drews
Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torgeson vs. Drews
Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caballero misplays the ball. That's an error on Caballero. Logan moves to third. Torgeson moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gordon vs. Drews
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caballero fields it and throws to third for the out. Logan scores. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Drews
Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burris vs. Drews
Burris hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Johnson
Ryan hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Johnson
Ashburn hits a popup towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Johnson
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Torgeson. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ennis vs. Johnson
There goes Clark. The throw from Burris and he is safe. Clark steals second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ennis vs. Johnson
Ennis hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Daniels vs. Drews
Daniels hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dittmer vs. Drews
Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caballero fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Daniels moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Drews
Johnson bunts towards first. Mayo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out. Daniels moves to third. Dittmer moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Jethroe vs. Drews
Jethroe is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Logan vs. Drews
Logan hits a line drive towards third. Jones reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Torgeson vs. Drews
Torgeson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Daniels scores. Dittmer scores. Jethroe moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Drews
Gordon hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Johnson
Burgess strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Johnson
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayo vs. Johnson
Mayo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Caballero vs. Johnson
Caballero hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Drews
Mathews bunts towards the mound. Drews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burris vs. Drews
Drews fires to first and has Mathews trapped. There's the throw to Caballero who tags Mathews for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burris vs. Drews
Burris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Daniels vs. Drews
Daniels hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drews vs. Johnson
Drews strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Johnson
Ryan strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Johnson
Ashburn bunts towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dittmer vs. Drews
Dittmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Drews
Johnson bunts towards first. Mayo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out. Dittmer moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jethroe vs. Drews
Jethroe hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Logan vs. Drews
Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caballero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Johnson
Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Johnson
Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Johnson
Burgess hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jethroe. Burgess reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Johnson
Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gordon. Jones reaches second base with a double. Burgess scores. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayo vs. Johnson
Mayo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Drews
Torgeson hits a popup towards short. Caballero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Drews
Gordon hits a line drive into center field. Ashburn picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ashburn. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mathews vs. Drews
Mathews strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burris vs. Drews
Burris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caballero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caballero vs. Johnson
Caballero hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drews vs. Johnson
Drews strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Johnson
Ryan hits a fly ball into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Daniels vs. Drews
Daniels hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dittmer vs. Drews
Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Drews
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Johnson
Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Johnson
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Johnson
Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jethroe vs. Drews
Jethroe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Drews
Logan hits a line drive towards third. Jones reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Drews
Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Johnson
Burgess hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Johnson
Jones hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayo vs. Johnson
Mayo hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nicholson vs. Johnson
Bill Nicholson pinch hits for Putsy Caballero.
Nicholson strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Drews
Jack Lohrke now playing shortstop.
Gordon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Drews
Mathews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burris vs. Drews
Burris hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Daniels vs. Drews
Daniels hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Daniels for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Johnson
Johnny Wyrostek pinch hits for Karl Drews.
Wyrostek hits a line drive into right field. Daniels picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Daniels. Wyrostek moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ryan vs. Johnson
Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ashburn vs. Johnson
Ashburn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Burdette
Lew Burdette now pitching.
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wyrostek moves to third. Ashburn moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hamner vs. Burdette
Granny Hamner pinch hits for Del Ennis.
Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to home to get Wyrostek. Ashburn moves to third. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Burgess vs. Burdette
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dittmer vs. Meyer
Granny Hamner now playing shortstop. Johnny Wyrostek now playing right field. Mel Clark now playing left field. Russ Meyer now pitching.
Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burdette vs. Meyer
Burdette hits a popup towards first. Mayo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jethroe vs. Meyer
Jethroe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Logan vs. Meyer
There goes Jethroe. The throw from Burgess and he is out, Hamner applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Burdette
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayo vs. Burdette
Mayo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopata vs. Burdette
Stan Lopata pinch hits for Russ Meyer.
Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/6/1952, game 2 -- Boston at Philadelphia (N) Boston AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI Jethroe S, cf 3 0 0 0 Ryan C, 2b 4 0 0 0 Logan J, ss 4 1 1 0 Ashburn R, cf 3 0 0 0 Torgeson E, 1b 4 0 1 2 Clark M, rf-lf 4 0 1 0 Gordon S, lf 4 0 1 1 Ennis D, lf 3 0 0 0 Mathews E, 3b 4 0 3 0 Hamner G, ph-ss 1 0 0 0 Burris P, c 4 0 0 0 Burgess S, c 4 1 2 0 Daniels J, rf 4 1 1 0 Jones W, 3b 4 0 1 1 Dittmer J, 2b 4 1 2 0 Mayo J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Johnson E, p 1 0 0 0 Caballero P, ss 2 0 0 0 Burdette L, p 1 0 0 0 Nicholson B, ph 1 0 0 0 Lohrke J, ss 0 0 0 0 Meyer R, p 0 0 0 0 Lopata S, ph 1 0 0 0 Drews K, p 2 0 0 0 Wyrostek J, ph-rf 1 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 3 9 3 34 1 6 1 Boston 120 000 000 -- 3 Philadelphia 000 100 000 -- 1 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Johnson E (W) 7.1 5 1 1 1 5 Burdette L (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Drews K (L) 8.0 9 3 2 1 2 Meyer R 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 E -- Caballero P 2, Torgeson E, Ashburn R, Daniels J LOB -- Boston 7, Philadelphia 7 2B -- Burgess S, Jones W SB -- Clark M CS -- Jethroe S SH -- Johnson E 2 T -- 1:47 A -- 12474
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