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August 16, 1948

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Bill Nicholson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .265
OBP .250 .381
At Bats 4 283
Hits 1 75
• Singles 0 41
• Doubles 1 17
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 0 52
RBI’s 1 44

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Wrigley Field - August 16, 1948
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Single
Ken Johnson
Del Rice
Stan Musial
Ralph LaPointe
Don Lang
Marty Marion
Enos Slaughter
Terry Moore
Erv Dusak
Bill Nicholson
Clarence Maddern
Phil Cavarretta
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cavarretta scores. Maddern moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Maddern hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cavarretta moves to second.
Bottom 9 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Erv Dusak now playing right field. Ralph LaPointe now playing second base. Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Dusak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Moore hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moore for the out.
Top 9 Lang hits a fly ball into left field. Maddern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Northey hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Musial scores.
Top 9 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Musial moves to third.
Top 9 Jess Dobernic now pitching. Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Clyde McCullough pinch hits for Doyle Lade. McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Marion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Dusak strikes out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion misplays the ball. That's an error on Marion. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields it and throws to second for the out. Lowrey scores.
Bottom 7 Maddern takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cavarretta for the out. Lowrey moves to third.
Bottom 7 Lowrey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Lowrey reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Moore takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Lang hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maddern. Lang reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Doyle Lade now pitching. Northey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jeffcoat hits a line drive into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Eddie Waitkus pinch runs for Andy Pafko. Verban hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lang fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Andy Pafko pinch hits for Cliff Chambers. Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Stan Musial now playing first base. Terry Moore now playing center field. Smalley strikes out.
Top 6 Slaughter hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lowrey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Musial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maddern. Musial reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Marion hits a fly ball into left field. Maddern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dusak hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Scheffing hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Northey. Nicholson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Maddern hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nippy Jones now playing first base. Cavarretta hits a popup, foul, towards first. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Nippy Jones pinch hits for Babe Young. Jones is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Lang hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cliff Chambers now pitching. Northey strikes out.
Bottom 4 Lowrey hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jeffcoat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lang fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ken Johnson now pitching. Gene Mauch pinch hits for Bob Chipman. Mauch hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Musial hits a line drive into center field. Jeffcoat picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jeffcoat. Dusak scores. Marion goes all the way around to score. Musial moves to second.
Top 4 Bob Chipman now pitching. Marion hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schoendienst scores. Dusak moves to second.
Top 4 Dusak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 4 Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Gerry Staley. Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Young scores.
Top 4 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hamner fields it and throws to first for the out. Young moves to second.
Top 4 Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lang hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Smalley hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gerry Staley now pitching. Scheffing hits a fly ball into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cavarretta scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Maddern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jeffcoat scores. Lowrey scores. Cavarretta moves to third.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four. Jeffcoat moves to third. Lowrey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lowrey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Verban scores. Jeffcoat moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Jeffcoat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Verban moves to second.
Bottom 3 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lang juggles the ball. That's an error on Lang.
Top 3 Northey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Marion hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hamner strikes out.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a fly ball into right field. Northey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Scheffing hits a fly ball into right field. Northey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dusak misplays the ball. That's an error on Dusak.
Top 2 Dusak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Pollet takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Rice hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 2 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban misplays the ball. That's an error on Verban.
Top 2 Lang hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Northey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Maddern hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Verban scores.
Bottom 1 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Northey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jeffcoat hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Northey. Jeffcoat reaches second base with a double. Verban moves to third.
Bottom 1 Verban hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Marion hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maddern. Marion reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Dusak hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hamner fields it and throws to first for the out.