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August 5, 1953

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Bobby Hofman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .350
OBP .000 .400
At Bats 0 60
Hits 0 21
• Singles 0 11
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 18

Warren Hacker Season Stats

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5 12 0
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Wrigley Field - August 5, 1953
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Out
Warren Hacker
Clyde McCullough
Dee Fondy
Eddie Miksis
Randy Jackson
Tommy Brown
Ralph Kiner
Frank Baumholtz
George Metkovich
Bobby Hofman
Davey Williams
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Davey Williams pinch runs for Ray Noble. Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Noble takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 McCullough hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Miksis hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mueller strikes out.
Top 9 Warren Hacker now pitching. Irvin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dark scores. Thompson moves to third.
Top 9 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark moves to third.
Top 9 Dark takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Clyde McCullough now catching. Frank Baumholtz now playing center field. George Metkovich now playing right field. Dutch Leonard now pitching. Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kiner for the out.
Bottom 8 Fondy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Baumholtz scores.
Bottom 8 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 8 The ball gets by Noble for a passed ball. Baumholtz moves to second.
Bottom 8 Baumholtz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Metkovich scores.
Bottom 8 Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Bubba Church. Sawatski hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Noble fields it and throws to first for the out. Ramazzotti scores. Metkovich moves to third.
Bottom 8 Bob Ramazzotti pinch runs for Joe Garagiola. George Metkovich pinch hits for Hal Jeffcoat. Metkovich hits a line drive off the glove of Thompson, and into shallow left field. Metkovich reaches second base with a double. Ramazzotti moves to third.
Bottom 8 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields the ball and throws to Wilhelm covering. Safe.
Top 8 Wilhelm strikes out.
Top 8 Noble hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Spencer strikes out.
Top 8 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kiner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 7 Fondy hits a popup in front of the plate. Noble settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ray Noble now catching. Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Brown is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Irvin hits a popup towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bubba Church now pitching. Thompson takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to third. Dark moves to second.
Top 7 Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spencer scores. Gomez scores. Lockman moves to second.
Top 7 Ruben Gomez pinch runs for Tookie Gilbert. Lockman takes first base on ball four. Spencer moves to third. Gomez moves to second.
Top 7 Tookie Gilbert pinch hits for Al Worthington. Gilbert hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Spencer moves to second.
Top 7 Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Wes Westrum. Rhodes hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Baumholtz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jeffcoat strikes out.
Top 6 Thomson strikes out.
Top 6 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Irvin moves to second.
Top 6 Irvin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson scores.
Top 6 Thompson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jeffcoat. Thompson reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Dark hits a popup towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first, with Worthington covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worthington fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fondy hits a popup towards the mound. Worthington settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lockman hits a line drive towards third. Jackson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Worthington hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Westrum strikes out.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Baumholtz is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Lown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Garagiola trying to get to home. Mueller throws the ball in to Westrum who tags Garagiola who's trying to score from second, for the out. Jeffcoat moves to third. Lown moves to second.
Bottom 4 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Garagiola moves to second.
Bottom 4 Garagiola takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Miksis hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Fondy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baumholtz for the out.
Top 3 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Dark. The throw from Garagiola and he is safe. Dark steals second.
Top 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Worthington hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lown hits a popup towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garagiola for the out.
Top 2 Westrum hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Spencer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Mueller hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Miksis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Fondy moves to third. Kiner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Fondy moves to second.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baumholtz scores.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Baumholtz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Baumholtz reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Irvin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.