The 1953 New York Yankees’ Whitey Ford and the 1954 New York Giants’ Johnny Antonelli both threw shutouts, and the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates also won, creating an interesting logjam in the standings after nine games. Those three teams, along with the 1959 Chicago White Sox, are all tied for first place with 6-3 records.
Not far behind are the 1957 Milwaukee Braves, who also won on gameday #9, and are one game back at 5-4.
A note about gameplay: I’ve played approximately 1,000 APBA basic baseball games over the last three years. I’ve grown weary of seeing some of the same results over and over. Starting with this set of games, I’ve begun utilizing a basic-master game hybrid that I may use exclusively moving forward.
New York Yankees 3, Chicago 0
Whitey Ford scattered three hits and walked two while striking out seven in earning the shutout win. Only one White Sox (6-3) runner made it to third base, and two others reached second base. He retired 11 straight hitters at one point in the middle of the contest. The Yankees (6-3) scored a run in the first when Hank Bauer tripled, then scored on a dropped fly ball. Gene Woodling had an RBI triple in the fourth, and Yogi Berra provided a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Luis Aparicio 4 0 0 0 Gil McDougald 4 0 0 0
Nellie Fox 4 0 1 0 Joe Collins 4 0 1 0
Jim Landis 4 0 0 0 Hank Bauer 3 1 1 0
Sherm Lollar 4 0 0 0 Mickey Mantle 4 2 2 0
Al Smith 3 0 2 0 Gene Woodling 3 0 1 1
Earl Torgeson 3 0 0 0 Yogi Berra 1 0 0 1
Bubba Phillips 2 0 0 0 Billy Martin 3 0 0 0
Jim McAnany 2 0 0 0 Phil Rizzuto 3 0 0 0
Billy Pierce CYZ 2 0 0 0 Whitey Ford BYW 3 0 1 0
Ted Kluszewski 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 0 3 0 TOTALS 28 3 6 2
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 000 000 -- 0
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 100 101 00x -- 3
LOB--1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4, 1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 5.
ERR--Jim McAnany. 2B--Nellie Fox. 3B--Gene Woodling, Hank
Bauer. HBP--Gene Woodling. SACF--Yogi Berra. SB--Al Smith.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Billy Pierce CYZ [L] 7.00 5 3 2 1 6 0
Barry Latman CY 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES
Whitey Ford BYW [W] 9.00 3 0 0 2 7 0
Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 3
The Pirates (6-3) went up 2-0 early on Don Hoak’s RBI groundout in the second and Dick Groat’s sacrifice fly in the third. The Phillies tied it in the fourth on Willie Jones’ two-run homer. Pittsburgh went back up by two in the seventh on Bill Virdon’s two-out, two-run single. Philadelphia got one back in the bottom of the seventh when Granny Hamner tripled and scored on Andy Seminick’s sacrifice fly. The Phillies (3-6) got a runner to second base with one out in the ninth but Roy Face got the final two batters for his third save.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Bill Virdon 4 1 2 2 Eddie Waitkus 4 0 1 0
Dick Groat 3 0 0 1 Richie Ashburn 4 0 1 0
Bob Skinner 4 0 1 0 Dick Sisler 4 0 1 0
Dick Stuart 4 0 0 0 Del Ennis 3 1 0 0
Roberto Clemente 3 2 2 0 Willie Jones 4 1 1 2
Smoky Burgess 4 0 2 0 Granny Hamner 4 1 2 0
Don Hoak 4 0 1 1 Andy Seminick 2 0 1 1
Bill Mazeroski 4 1 0 0 Mike Goliat 4 0 1 0
Harvey Haddix CYZ 2 0 0 0 Russ Meyer DY 2 0 0 0
Gino Cimoli 0 0 0 0 Dick Whitman 1 0 0 0
Rocky Nelson 1 0 0 0 Jimmy Bloodworth 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 4 8 4 TOTALS 33 3 8 3
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 011 000 200 -- 4
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 200 100 -- 3
LOB--1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 5, 1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
6. ERR--Willie Jones. 3B--Bill Virdon, Granny Hamner.
HR--Willie Jones. SACF--Dick Groat, Andy Seminick.
SACB--Andy Seminick. SB--Bill Virdon, Smoky Burgess.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Harvey Haddix CYZ [W] 6.00 4 2 2 1 5 1
Fred Green BY 2.00 3 1 1 0 2 0
Roy Face BYZ [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Russ Meyer DY [L] 6.67 6 4 4 2 7 0
Bubba Church B 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milo Candini C 2.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
New York Giants 2, Cleveland 0
Johnny Antonelli gave up five hits and three walks, but kept the Indians off the scoreboard. Cleveland (1-8) put runners into scoring position in four of the first five innings but couldn’t come through with a key hit. Antonelli retired the game’s final 10 hitters. The Giants (6-3) scored one in the top of the first when Whitey Lockman singled and scored on Willie Mays’ two-out double. In the fourth, Mays walked, went to third on Don Mueller’s single and scored on Monte Irvin’s sacrifice fly to make it 2-0, and that was enough. The Giants only had four hits in the contest.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Whitey Lockman 4 1 1 0 Al Smith 4 0 1 0
Al Dark 4 0 0 0 Bobby Avila 4 0 1 0
Hank Thompson 4 0 0 0 Larry Doby 3 0 1 0
Willie Mays 2 1 1 1 Al Rosen 4 0 1 0
Don Mueller 4 0 1 0 Vic Wertz 4 0 0 0
Monte Irvin 3 0 0 1 Dave Philley 3 0 0 0
Davey Williams 4 0 1 0 George Strickland 3 0 0 0
Ray Katt 3 0 0 0 Jim Hegan 4 0 0 0
Johnny Antonelli AX 3 0 0 0 Mike Garcia BYZ 2 0 1 0
Bill Glynn 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 2 4 2 TOTALS 32 0 5 0
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 100 100 000 -- 2
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 5, 1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 8.
ERR--Vic Wertz. 2B--Willie Mays. SACF--Monte Irvin. SB--Al
Rosen.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Johnny Antonelli AX [W] 9.00 5 0 0 3 6 0
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Mike Garcia BYZ [L] 7.00 4 2 2 1 4 0
Ray Narleski BX 2.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Milwaukee 8, Brooklyn 2
The Braves (5-4) hit three home runs, including Del Crandall’s three-run shot during a four-run fourth inning that erased a 2-0 deficit. In the fifth, Wes Covington hit a solo homer, and Crandall drove in two more runs with a single, making it 7-2. Crandall would later be ejected from his contest, but his replacement, Del Rice, added to the scoring with a solo homer in the seventh. Gene Conley won his second game of the season with a solid outing against the Dodgers (3-6).
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI 1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI
Red Schoendienst 4 1 0 0 Jim Gilliam 3 1 1 0
Frank Torre 4 0 2 0 Pee Wee Reese 4 1 1 0
Eddie Mathews 3 0 1 1 Duke Snider 3 0 0 0
Hank Aaron 5 0 1 0 Jackie Robinson 3 0 0 1
Wes Covington 5 1 1 1 Roy Campanella 2 0 1 1
Johnny Logan 5 2 2 0 Gil Hodges 4 0 1 0
Bill Bruton 5 2 3 0 Carl Furillo 4 0 2 0
Del Crandall 3 1 2 5 Billy Cox 4 0 0 0
Del Rice 2 1 2 1 Russ Meyer CY 2 0 0 0
Gene Conley BW 4 0 0 0 George Shuba 1 0 0 0
Joe Adcock 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 41 8 15 8 TOTALS 30 2 6 2
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 000 430 100 -- 8
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 002 000 000 -- 2
LOB--1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 11, 1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 6.
ERR--Pee Wee Reese. 2B--Hank Aaron, Frank Torre (2). HR--Wes
Covington, Del Rice, Del Crandall. SACF--Roy Campanella.
SB--Bill Bruton.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gene Conley BW [W] 8.00 5 2 2 3 5 0
Taylor Phillips DW 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS
Russ Meyer CY [L] 4.00 10 7 7 3 4 2
Clem Labine BZ 3.00 2 1 1 1 0 1
Johnny Podres BXYW 2.00 3 0 0 1 1 0
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