Boston Braves vs Brooklyn Robins
May 5, 1924 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1924 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Robins defeated the Boston Braves 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 4, Brooklyn Robins 11

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Powell cf 2 0 0 0
  Felix lf 3 0 1 1
Bancroft ss 0 1 0 0
  Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Cunningham lf,cf 5 0 1 0
Tierney 2b 4 0 1 1
McInnis 1b 4 0 0 0
Stengel rf 1 1 1 0
  Sperber rf 1 0 0 0
Padgett 3b 4 1 2 1
O'Neil c 4 0 0 0
McNamara p 2 0 1 0
  Lucas p 1 0 1 0
  Cruise ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 36 4 9 4
Brooklyn Robins ab   r   h rbi
Neis cf 4 0 0 0
Johnston ss 4 2 2 1
Wheat lf 5 2 3 2
Fournier 1b 5 2 2 4
Stock 3b 4 1 2 0
Griffith rf 5 2 3 0
High 2b 4 1 3 2
Taylor c 2 1 0 1
Grimes p 4 0 1 1
Totals 37 11 16 11
Boston 110 000 002492
Brooklyn 200 023 22x11161
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
McNamara  L(0-1) 5.1 10 7 7 2 0
  Lucas   2.2 6 4 4 1 0
Totals
8.0
16
11
11
3
0
  Brooklyn Robins IP H R ER BB SO
Grimes  W(3-1) 9.0 9 4 4 3 5
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
5

  E–B. Smith (3), Cunningham (2), Stock (3).  DP–Boston 1. B. Smith-Tierney-McInnis, Brooklyn 1. J. Johnston-High-Fournier.  2B–Boston Stengel (3); Padgett (3), Brooklyn Wheat (4); Griffith 2 (4); High (1).  3B–Boston Padgett (2), Brooklyn J. Johnston (1).  HR–Brooklyn Wheat (3,5th inning off McNamara 1 on 2 out); Fournier 2 (5,1st inning off McNamara 1 on 2 out,8th inning off Lucas 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–8.  SH–J. Johnston (1); Taylor (1).  Team–7.  SB–Sperber (1).  U–Jack Powell, Charlie Moran, Cy Pfirman.  T–2:11.  A–6,000.
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