Boston Braves vs Chicago Cubs
September 29, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 1917 at Weeghman Park. The Boston Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Braves 8, Chicago Cubs 5

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Rehg rf 5 1 2 0
Maranville ss 5 2 4 0
Powell cf 5 2 3 0
Covington 1b 4 1 1 0
Smith 3b 4 1 3 1
Kelly lf 5 0 0 0
Rawlings 2b 5 0 0 0
Tragesser c 4 0 0 0
Rudolph p 3 1 0 0
Totals 40 8 13 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Flack rf 4 0 3 1
Kilduff 2b 5 0 0 0
Barber cf 5 0 1 0
Deal 3b 4 0 2 0
Merkle lf 4 1 2 0
Leslie 1b 4 1 1 0
Pechous ss 4 1 2 0
O'Farrell c 3 1 3 0
  Schick pr 0 0 0 0
  Dillhoefer c 0 0 0 0
Douglas p 1 0 0 0
  Doyle ph 1 0 0 0
  Hendrix p 0 0 0 0
  Aldridge p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 5 15 0
Boston 001 010 0338131
Chicago 000 001 0045154
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Rudolph  W(12-14) 9.0 15 5 5 1 2
Totals
9.0
15
5
5
1
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Douglas  L(14-20) 7.0 6 2 1 1 2
  Hendrix   1.1 7 6 5 0 0
  Aldridge   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–Smith (31), Deal (18), Leslie (2), Pechous 2 (3).  DP–Boston 3. Maranville-Rawlings-Covington, Smith-Covington, Rawlings-Maranville-Covington.  2B–Boston Powell (8); Covington (2); Smith 2 (29), Chicago Flack 2 (18); O'Farrell 2 (2).  3B–Boston Maranville 2 (11).  SH–Covington (2); Rudolph (6); Dillhoefer (7); Douglas (7).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–Maranville (26); Barber (1).  U–Lord Byron, Ernie Quigley.  T–2:10.  A–4.
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