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...infield is the best around. Murtaugh can play Ted Kluszewski (if his back heals,) Dick Stuart if they can find a hat to fit him), or Rocky Nelson (Mr. Minor League) at first. Bill Mazeroski has no peer at second base and with Dick Groat, a steady .300 hitter, they give the Pirates a DP combination second only to the Reds.' Don Hoak is no Frank Thomas, but you can't have everything...
...lineup, young (21) William Stanley Mazeroski is Pittsburgh's second baseman; in action, he seems determined to prove himself a one-man ball club. He ranges after flies as widely as any outfielder, charges bunts with such breakneck energy that sore-backed First-Baseman Ted Kluszewski is left lumbering in his wake. He handles the double-play with the swift hands of a professional pickpocket. "He doesn't catch that ball," says one of his fans. "He just guides it toward first base...
...Searching desperately for a power hitter to bat them into pennant contention, the Pittsburgh Pirates decided to gamble on the strong arms and weak back of the Cincinnati Redlegs' First Baseman Ted Kluszewski. Although a slipped disk kept Big Klu out of action most of last summer, and his batting average fell from his 1954 high of .326 to a low of .268, the Pirates took him in an even trade for their own healthier, steady-hitting (.313) Dee Fondy...
...believe they can win-and once more the difference is Birdie. Now, like their manager, the Redlegs are convinced that there is nothing worse in life than losing. So they have bounced back from a staggering last-place start. They have made do without the services of Slugger Ted Kluszewski, whose injured back has turned him into a defensive drawback around first base and a spottv performer at the plate. Slowly and steadily they have clawed their way out ox recurrent slumps, and scrambled back toward the lead where they are sure they belong...
Team: Milwaukee (by 2 games) Pitcher: Lawrence, Cincinnati (12-0) Batter: Bailey, Cincinnati (.333) RBI: Musial, St. Louis (65) Home Runs: Banks, Chicago (22), Kluszewski, Cincinnati...