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News-Sun archives/Harvey Haddix pitched for the Cincinnati Redlegs in 1959 and was a pitching coach in Cincinnati in 1969. He was part of two World Series champions, the 1960 Pirates as a pitcher and the 1979 Pirates as a pitching coach.
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Updated 8:17 AM Tuesday, May 26, 2009

THE GREATEST GAME EVER PITCHED

Harvey Haddix’s 12-inning

Perfect Game

May 26, 1959

Milwaukee 1, Pittsburgh 0

Pittsburgh Pirates AB R H RBI

Dick Schofield, ss 6 0 3 0

Bill Virdon, cf 6 0 1 0

Smoky Burgess, c 5 0 0 0

Rocky Nelson, 1b 5 0 2 0

Bob Skinner, lf 5 0 1 0

Bill Mazeroski, 2b 5 0 1 0

Don Hoak, 3b 5 0 2 0

Roman Mejias, rf 3 0 1 0

a-Dick Stuart, ph 1 0 0 0

Joe Christopher, rf 1 0 0 0

Harvey Haddix, p 5 0 1 0

Totals 47 0 12 0

Milwaukee Braves AB R H RBI

Johnny O’Brien, 2b 3 0 0 0

b-Del Rice, ph 1 0 0 0

Felix Mantilla, 2b 1 1 0 0

Eddie Mathews, 3b 4 0 0 0

Hank Aaron, rf 4 0 0 0

Joe Adcock, 1b 5 0 1 1

Wes Covington, lf 4 0 0 0

Del Crandall, c 4 0 0 0

Andy Pafko, cf 4 0 0 0

Johnny Logan, ss 4 0 0 0

Lew Burdette, p 4 0 0 0

Totals 38 1 1 1

Pittsburgh 000 000 000 000 0— 0 12 0


Milwaukee 000 000 000 000 1—1 1 0

Two outs when winning run scored.

E—Hoak. LOB—Pittsburgh 8, Milwaukee 1. DP—Milwaukee 3 (Logan-Adcock, Mathews-O’Brien-Adcock, Adcock-Logan). 2B—Adcock. S—Mathews.

a: Flied out for Mejias in 10th inning.

b: Flied out for O’Brien in 10th inning.

Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO

Haddix L, 3-3 12.2 1 1 1 1 8

Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO

Burdette W, 8-2 13 12 0 0 0 2

T—2:54. A—19,194.

Umpires — HP: Vinnie Smith; 1B: Frank Dascoli; 2B: Frank Secory; 3B: Hal Dixon.

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