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Phillies
@ Braves
Braves Field
April 26, 1952
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on April 26, 1952 at Braves Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 26, 1952 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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| Home Team |
Boston Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 26, 1952 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Home Team | Boston Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Robin Roberts |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Vern Bickford |
| Ballpark | Braves Field |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 1,893 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 17 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Stewart 1B: Augie Guglielmo 2B: (none) 3B: Artie Gore |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Richie Ashburn | Center Fielder |
| Granny Hamner | Shortstop |
| Smoky Burgess | Catcher |
| Del Ennis | Right Fielder |
| Willie Jones | Third Baseman |
| Connie Ryan | Second Baseman |
| Jackie Mayo | Left Fielder |
| Eddie Waitkus | First Baseman |
| Robin Roberts | Pitcher |
| Eddie Sawyer | Manager |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Reed | Second Baseman |
| Sam Jethroe | Center Fielder |
| Earl Torgeson | First Baseman |
| Sid Gordon | Left Fielder |
| Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
| Walker Cooper | Catcher |
| Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
| Jack Cusick | Shortstop |
| Vern Bickford | Pitcher |
| Tommy Holmes | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Phillies
@ Braves
Braves Field
April 26, 1952
Top 1
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Bickford
Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cusick scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hamner vs. Bickford
Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cusick fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burgess vs. Bickford
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed misplays the ball. That's an error on Reed. Hamner moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ennis vs. Bickford
Ennis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hamner scores. Burgess moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Bickford
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Roberts
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jethroe vs. Roberts
Jethroe hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Roberts
Torgeson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Bickford
Ryan strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayo vs. Bickford
Mayo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waitkus vs. Bickford
There goes Mayo. The throw from Cooper and he is out, Cusick applying the tag. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Bickford
Waitkus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Bickford
Roberts is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Roberts
Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Roberts
Marshall hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Roberts
Cooper hits a line drive to left field. Mayo throws towards third. Jones fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jones. Gordon moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mathews vs. Roberts
Mathews strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cusick vs. Roberts
Cusick hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Burgess settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Burgess. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cusick vs. Roberts
Cusick hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Bickford
Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hamner vs. Bickford
Hamner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burgess vs. Bickford
There goes Hamner. The throw from Cooper and he is safe. Hamner steals second. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burgess vs. Bickford
Burgess takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ennis vs. Bickford
Ennis strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Bickford
Jones takes first base on ball four. Hamner moves to third. Burgess moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ryan vs. Bickford
Ryan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hamner scores. Burgess scores. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mayo vs. Bickford
Mayo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bickford vs. Roberts
Bickford hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Roberts
Reed hits a line drive into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jethroe vs. Roberts
Jethroe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torgeson vs. Roberts
Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Roberts covering, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Bickford
Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Bickford
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cusick scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Bickford
Ashburn hits a line drive towards first. Torgeson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Roberts
Gordon hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Mayo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Roberts
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Roberts
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hamner vs. Bickford
Hamner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burgess vs. Bickford
Burgess hits a fly ball into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ennis vs. Bickford
Ennis hits a fly ball into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Bickford
There goes Hamner. The throw from Cooper and he is safe. Hamner steals second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Bickford
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bickford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Roberts
Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Mayo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cusick vs. Roberts
Cusick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bickford vs. Roberts
Bickford hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Roberts
Reed hits a fly ball into right field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Bickford
Ryan strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayo vs. Bickford
Mayo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bickford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Bickford
Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Waitkus for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jethroe vs. Roberts
Jethroe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Roberts
Torgeson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Roberts
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Torgeson moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marshall vs. Roberts
Marshall hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cooper vs. Roberts
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Bickford
Roberts hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jethroe. Roberts reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ashburn vs. Bickford
Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Roberts scores. Ashburn moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hamner vs. Bickford
Hamner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ashburn moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Burgess vs. Bickford
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed misplays the ball. That's an error on Reed. Ashburn scores. Hamner moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ennis vs. Bickford
There's a wild pitch. Hamner moves to third. Burgess moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ennis vs. Bickford
Ennis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hamner scores. Burgess scores. View Play -
Phillies, 7 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Jones
Sheldon Jones now pitching.
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ennis moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 7 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ryan vs. Jones
Ryan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ennis scores. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayo vs. Jones
Mayo strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waitkus vs. Jones
Waitkus hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Roberts
Mathews bunts towards the mound. Roberts fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Daniels vs. Roberts
Jack Daniels pinch hits for Jack Cusick.
Daniels is hit by the pitch. Mathews moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whisenant vs. Roberts
Pete Whisenant pinch hits for Sheldon Jones.
Whisenant strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reed vs. Roberts
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Johnson
Sibby Sisti now playing shortstop. Ernie Johnson now pitching.
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Johnson
Ashburn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hamner vs. Johnson
Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hamner for the out. Ashburn moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burgess vs. Johnson
Burgess hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jethroe vs. Roberts
Jethroe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torgeson vs. Roberts
Torgeson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jethroe moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gordon vs. Roberts
Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Mayo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Marshall vs. Roberts
Marshall hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cooper vs. Roberts
Cooper hits a fly ball into left field. Mayo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Johnson
Ennis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Johnson
Jones hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ryan vs. Johnson
Ryan strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayo vs. Johnson
Mayo hits a fly ball into center field. Jethroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Roberts
Mathews hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisti vs. Roberts
Sisti strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Roberts
George Crowe pinch hits for Ernie Johnson.
Crowe is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/26/1952 -- Philadelphia at Boston (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Ashburn R, cf 4 1 1 1 Reed B, 2b 4 0 0 0
Hamner G, ss 5 3 4 0 Jethroe S, cf 4 0 2 0
Burgess S, c 4 2 0 1 Torgeson E, 1b 4 0 2 0
Ennis D, rf 4 1 2 3 Gordon S, lf 4 0 2 0
Jones W, 3b 4 0 0 0 Marshall W, rf 4 0 0 0
Ryan C, 2b 5 0 2 3 Cooper W, c 4 0 1 0
Mayo J, lf 4 0 0 0 Mathews E, 3b 4 0 1 0
Waitkus E, 1b 3 0 0 0 Cusick J, ss 2 0 0 0
Roberts R, p 4 1 1 0 Daniels J, ph 0 0 0 0
Sisti S, ss 1 0 0 0
Bickford V, p 2 0 1 0
Jones S, p 0 0 0 0
Whisenant P, ph 1 0 0 0
Johnson E, p 0 0 0 0
Crowe G, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 8 10 8 35 0 9 0
Philadelphia 102 000 500 -- 8
Boston 000 000 000 -- 0
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts R (W) 9.0 9 0 0 0 4
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Bickford V (L)* 6.0 9 8 7 4 4
Jones S 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Johnson E 2.0 0 0 0 2 1
* Pitched to 5 batters in 7th
E -- Reed B 2, Jones W, Burgess S
DP -- Philadelphia 1, Boston 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 8, Boston 9
2B -- Roberts R
SB -- Hamner G 2
CS -- Mayo J
HBP -- by Roberts R (Daniels J)
WP -- Bickford V
T -- 2:17
A -- 1893
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