Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Box Scores > 1949 > Sep 25, 1949, Braves at Giants Play by Play and Box Score

News: s-r blog:List and Map of Today’s Major and Minor League Games – Baseball-Reference.com

View a short video showing advanced box score features / click orange/red text for additional info

Scores
Standings
NYY
@BOS		1
4
SLB
@CHW		5
7
SLB
@CHW		6
2		 
(6)
DET
@CLE		1
7
WSH
@PHA		5
8
WSH
@PHA		4
0		 
(7)
PHI
@BRO		5
3
PIT
@CIN		7
3
PIT
@CIN		5
3
BSN
@NYG		2
3
BSN
@NYG		2
5		 
(6)
CHC
@STL		1
6
Sunday, September 25, 1949,
, Polo Grounds V
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 2:06
First game of doubleheader, see Second game.
Braves
2
73-76
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Giants
3
72-78
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
W: Dave Koslo (11-13)
L: Vern Bickford (15-11)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Braves          0  1  0   0  0  1   0  0  0    2  7  2
Giants          0  0  0   3  0  0   0  0  X    3  9  2

Boston Braves

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Sibby Sisti CF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .256 .701 1 0
Connie Ryan 2B 4 0 3 0 0 0 .251 .721 5 3
Al Dark SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .681 0 2
Bob Elliott 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278 .862 1 3
Jim Russell LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 .234 .696 1 0 2B
Ed Sauer RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .259 .680 5 0
Del Crandall C 4 0 1 1 0 0 .274 .683 2 2
Elbie Fletcher 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .805 9 0
   Eddie Stanky PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .287 .778
Vern Bickford P 3 0 0 0 0 1 .179 .379 0 1
Team Totals 34 2 7 1 1 2 .206 .464 24 11
2B: J Russell (23).
TB: C Ryan 3; J Russell 3; D Crandall; E Sauer.
RBI: D Crandall (33).
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
E: C Ryan (8); A Dark (26).

New York Giants

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Davey Williams 2B 3 0 1 1 1 0 .267 .740 4 1
Whitey Lockman LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .307 .809 3 1
Bobby Thomson CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .308 .875 3 0
Willard Marshall RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .306 .828 2 0 2B
Joe Lafata 1B 3 1 2 0 1 0 .241 .638 8 0
Wes Westrum C 2 1 0 0 1 0 .239 .791 6 0 HBP
Jack Lohrke 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 .263 .782 0 2
Rudy Rufer SS 4 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .143 1 5
Dave Koslo P 3 0 1 0 1 0 .147 .448 0 3
Team Totals 30 3 9 3 5 1 .300 .750 27 12
2B: W Marshall (19).
HBP: W Westrum (2).
TB: W Marshall 3; J Lohrke 2; J Lafata 2; W Lockman; D Williams; D Koslo.
RBI: J Lohrke (22); R Rufer (2); D Williams (5).
Team LOB: 9.
Fielding
DP: 1. W Lockman-J Lafata.
E: R Rufer (1); D Williams (2).

Boston Braves

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Vern Bickford, L (15-11) 8 9 3 3 5 1 0 4.47 36 48
Team Totals 8 9 3 3 5 1 0 3.38 36 48

New York Giants

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Dave Koslo, W (11-13) 9 7 2 1 1 2 0 2.51 35 68
Team Totals 9 7 2 1 1 2 0 1.00 35 68
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: V Bickford (6).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Al Barlick, 1B - Lee Ballanfant, 2B - (none), 3B - George Barr.
Time of Game: 2:06.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Boston Braves         New York Giants
1 Sibby Sisti CF 1 Davey Williams 2B
2 Connie Ryan 2B 2 Whitey Lockman LF
3 Al Dark SS 3 Bobby Thomson CF
4 Bob Elliott 3B 4 Willard Marshall RF
5 Jim Russell LF 5 Joe Lafata 1B
6 Ed Sauer RF 6 Wes Westrum C
7 Del Crandall C 7 Jack Lohrke 3B
8 Elbie Fletcher 1B 8 Rudy Rufer SS
9 Vern Bickford P 9 Dave Koslo P

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:NY1194909251

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

In some cases, the results from play-by-play data will contradict results in the official record. The official record has many, many errors, but we have not undertaken to reconcile those errors. Pitch-by-pitch data should not be taken as completely accurate, though we believe it to be as accurate as is currently possible.

Box scores and play-by-play outputs produced by Sports Reference LLC. All Rights Reserved.