Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
April 18, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1928 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Reds 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 9, Chicago Cubs 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Critz 2b 4 2 0 0
Purdy lf 4 1 3 0
Kelly 1b 5 1 1 2
Walker rf 4 0 1 1
Zitzmann cf 4 0 2 0
  Pipp ph 1 0 1 1
  Callaghan pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Dressen 3b 2 2 0 0
Picinich c 3 0 3 1
Ford ss 2 2 1 2
Kolp p 4 0 3 2
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 15 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
English ss 5 0 1 0
Maguire 2b 4 0 1 0
Cuyler rf 3 1 1 1
Wilson cf 4 2 1 0
Stephenson lf 3 1 2 0
Kelly 1b 3 0 1 2
Hartnett c 4 1 3 0
Butler 3b 3 0 0 0
  Webb ph 1 1 1 3
  Yoter 3b 0 0 0 0
Nehf p 2 0 1 0
  Malone p 2 0 1 0
  Root p 0 0 0 0
  Weinert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 13 6
Cincinnati 110 102 0049151
Chicago 000 001 0506131
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Kolp   7.1 11 5 5 2 4
  Lucas  W(2-0) 1.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Nehf   5.1 10 5 5 3 0
  Malone  L(0-3) 2.2 2 2 1 1 4
  Root   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Weinert   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
9
8
5
4

  E–Critz (3), Kelly (1).  DP–Cincinnati 2. Ford-Critz-Kelly, Ford-Critz-Kelly, Chicago 1. English-Maguire-Kelly.  2B–Cincinnati Purdy (2); Kelly (1); Walker (1); Pipp (1).  3B–Cincinnati Kolp (1).  HR–Chicago Cuyler (1,8th inning off Kolp 0 on 0 out); Webb (3,8th inning off Lucas 2 on 1 out).  SH–Purdy (1); Walker (1); Picinich 2 (2); Ford (1); Maguire (2); Cuyler 2 (2); Kelly (2).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  U–Bill Klem, Barry McCormick, Sherry Magee.  T–1:50.  A–46,000.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook