Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 9, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1931 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Chicago Cubs 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Jurges 2b 4 0 1 0
English ss 4 0 1 0
Cuyler rf 4 1 1 0
Wilson lf 4 1 2 1
Hornsby 3b 3 0 2 1
Taylor cf 4 0 0 0
Hartnett c 4 0 1 0
Grimm 1b 4 0 0 0
Teachout p 3 0 1 0
  Stephenson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner cf 4 0 1 0
Grantham 1b 4 0 1 1
Bennett rf 4 0 0 0
Traynor 3b 4 1 2 0
Comorosky lf 4 0 2 1
Groskloss 2b 4 1 1 0
Phillips c 4 1 3 1
Thevenow ss 3 0 0 0
Kremer p 3 1 2 1
Totals 34 4 12 4
Chicago 000 100 010290
Pittsburgh 000 001 21x4121
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Teachout  L(1-1) 8.0 12 4 4 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
4
4
0
0
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kremer  W(6-9) 9.0 9 2 2 2 4
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
4

  E–L. Waner (7).  DP–Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 1. Traynor-Groskloss-Grantham.  2B–Chicago Jurges (12); Cuyler (20), Pittsburgh Comorosky (9); Kremer (2).  3B–Chicago Wilson (2), Pittsburgh Phillips (3).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Thevenow (4).  Team–7.  U–Bob Clarke, Cy Pfirman, Cy Rigler.
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