Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers, 4/15/1947
Brooklyn Dodgers 5, Boston Braves 3
I figured that on this 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s major league debut, I would break with tradition and highlight a line score that was not unique in the history of the game. But just this once…
Game of 4/15/1947 -- Boston at Brooklyn (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Brooklyn AB R H RBI
Culler D, ss 3 0 0 0 Stanky E, 2b 3 1 0 0
Holmes T, ph 1 0 0 0 Robinson J, 1b 3 1 0 0
Sisti S, ss 0 0 0 0 Schultz H, 1b 0 0 0 0
Hopp J, cf 5 0 1 1 Reiser P, cf 2 3 2 2
McCormick M, rf 4 0 3 0 Walker D, rf 3 0 1 0
Elliott B, 3b 2 0 1 0 Tatum T, pr-rf 0 0 0 0
Litwhiler D, lf 3 1 0 0 Vaughan A, ph 1 0 0 0
Rowell B, lf 1 0 0 0 Furillo C, rf 0 0 0 0
Torgeson E, 1b 4 1 0 0 Hermanski G, lf 4 0 1 1
Masi P, c 3 0 0 0 Edwards B, c 2 0 0 1
Ryan C, 2b 4 1 3 2 Rackley M, pr 0 0 0 0
Sain J, p 1 0 0 0 Bragan B, c 1 0 0 0
Cooper M, p 0 0 0 0 Jorgensen S, 3b 3 0 0 1
Neill T, ph 0 0 0 0 Reese P, ss 3 0 1 0
Lanfranconi W, p 0 0 0 0 Hatten J, p 2 0 1 0
Stevens E, ph 1 0 0 0
Gregg H, p 1 0 0 0
Casey H, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 3 8 3 29 5 6 5
Boston 000 012 000 -- 3
Brooklyn 000 101 30x -- 5
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Sain J (L)* 6.0 6 5 3 5 2
Cooper M 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Lanfranconi W 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Hatten J 6.0 6 3 1 3 2
Gregg H (W) 2.1 2 0 0 2 2
Casey H (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
E -- Edwards B, Torgeson E
DP -- Boston 1, Brooklyn 1
LOB -- Boston 12, Brooklyn 7
2B -- Reese P, Reiser P
SH -- Sain J 2, Culler D, Masi P, Robinson J
HBP -- by Hatten J (Litwhiler D), by Sain J (Edwards B), by Gregg H (Neill T)
WP -- Hatten J
T -- 2:26
A -- 26623