Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Box Scores > 1953 > Jul 12, 1953, Braves at Cardinals Play by Play and Box Score

News: s-r blog:Check Out B-R’s Bullpen Wiki!

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

Scores
Standings
PHA
@BOS		5
9
PHA
@BOS		4
1
CLE
@CHW		2
14
CLE
@CHW		1
3
SLB
@DET		7
8
SLB
@DET		3
2
WSH
@NYY		5
6
NYG
@BRO		3
4		 
(10)
CHC
@CIN		4
7
CHC
@CIN		3
7
PIT
@PHI		4
6
PIT
@PHI		5
6
MLN
@STL		10
1
MLN
@STL		4
3
Sunday, July 12, 1953,
, Busch Stadium I
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 2:28
First game of doubleheader, see Second game.
Braves
10
48-33
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
 at Cardinals
1
46-34
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
L: Gerry Staley (12-4)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Braves          1  6  0   1  0  0   2  0  0   10 17  0
Cardinals       0  0  0   0  0  1   0  0  0    1  7  0
RetroSheet has deduced an incomplete play-by-play account of this game.

Milwaukee Braves

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Bill Bruton CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 .250 .636 3 0 HBP
Johnny Logan SS 5 2 1 0 1 0 .279 .753 2 4
Eddie Mathews 3B 5 2 4 4 0 0 .303 1.053 0 4 HR,2B
Sid Gordon LF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .266 .832 0 0
   Bob Thorpe LF 2 0 1 1 0 0 .214 .429 1 0
Andy Pafko RF 3 2 2 1 1 0 .280 .751 2 0
   Jim Pendleton RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 .547 0 0 GDP
Joe Adcock 1B 5 0 2 1 0 0 .267 .726 13 0 2B
Ebba St. Claire C 5 0 2 1 0 1 .227 .602 4 0
Jack Dittmer 2B 5 1 2 0 0 1 .244 .591 1 5 2B
Johnny Antonelli P 4 2 2 1 0 2 .125 .301 1 1 SH
Team Totals 42 10 17 9 3 5 .405 1.004 27 14
2B: J Dittmer (9); J Adcock (18); E Mathews (12).
HR: E Mathews (27).
SH: J Antonelli (2).
HBP: B Bruton (4).
TB: E Mathews 8; J Dittmer 3; J Adcock 3; A Pafko 2; E St. Claire 2; J Antonelli 2; B Bruton; B Thorpe; J Logan.
GIDP: J Pendleton (4).
RBI: E Mathews 4 (75); J Antonelli (3); B Thorpe (1); E St. Claire (2); A Pafko (33); J Adcock (37).
Team LOB: 10.
Fielding
DP: 2. J Dittmer-J Logan-J Adcock; E Mathews-J Dittmer-J Adcock.

St.Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Solly Hemus SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 .277 .816 0 2 HBP
   Pete Castiglione SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205 .530 0 1
Red Schoendienst 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .345 .914 4 3 GDP
Stan Musial LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .301 .917 1 0
Ray Jablonski 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .285 .771 1 4 HR
Enos Slaughter RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .292 .861 1 0
Rip Repulski CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 .744 3 0
Steve Bilko 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .263 .767 12 2
Ferrell Anderson C 3 0 1 0 0 1 .368 .842 4 1
Gerry Staley P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .109 .255 0 0
   Eddie Erautt P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
   Cliff Chambers P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 1
   Grant Dunlap PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .300 1.100
   Mike Clark P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1 1
   Peanuts Lowrey PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .796 GDP
   Al Brazle P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .833 0 0
Team Totals 32 1 7 1 1 4 .219 .577 27 15
HR: R Jablonski (12).
HBP: S Hemus (9).
TB: R Jablonski 4; S Hemus; G Dunlap; E Slaughter; R Repulski; F Anderson; R Schoendienst.
GIDP: R Schoendienst (12); P Lowrey (5).
RBI: R Jablonski (59).
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
DP: 1. P Castiglione-R Schoendienst-S Bilko.

Milwaukee Braves

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Johnny Antonelli, W (8-4) 9 7 1 1 1 4 1 2.86 34 72
Team Totals 9 7 1 1 1 4 1 1.00 34 72

St.Louis Cardinals

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Gerry Staley, L (12-4) 1.2 5 7 7 3 1 1 3.48 14 15
Eddie Erautt 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.79 1
Cliff Chambers 3.1 6 1 1 0 1 0 4.61 16
Mike Clark 2 5 2 2 0 0 0 3.86 10
Al Brazle 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.91 6
Team Totals 9 17 10 10 3 5 1 10.00 47 15
Balks: E Erautt (1).
WP: None.
HBP: G Staley (12); J Antonelli (1).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Jocko Conlan, 3B - Lon Warneke.
Time of Game: 2:28.
Attendance: (null).
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Milwaukee Braves         St.Louis Cardinals
1 Bill Bruton CF 1 Solly Hemus SS
2 Johnny Logan SS 2 Red Schoendienst 2B
3 Eddie Mathews 3B 3 Stan Musial LF
4 Sid Gordon LF 4 Ray Jablonski 3B
5 Andy Pafko RF 5 Enos Slaughter RF
6 Joe Adcock 1B 6 Rip Repulski CF
7 Ebba St. Claire C 7 Steve Bilko 1B
8 Jack Dittmer 2B 8 Ferrell Anderson C
9 Johnny Antonelli P 9 Gerry Staley P

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:SLN195307121

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.