New York Giants vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 31, 1934 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1934 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Giants 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

New York Giants 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 6

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Moore lf 5 0 2 0
Critz 2b 4 0 0 0
  O'Doul ph 1 0 0 0
Terry 1b 4 0 2 0
Ott rf 4 2 2 0
Jackson ss 4 0 0 1
Watkins cf 3 0 2 1
Ryan 3b 4 0 1 0
Mancuso c 4 0 1 0
Schumacher p 3 0 0 0
  Castleman p 0 0 0 0
  Grantham ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 10 2
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Boyle rf 3 1 1 1
Jordan 2b 5 1 2 1
Frey ss 4 1 1 1
Wilson lf 3 1 0 0
Leslie 1b 4 0 1 1
Koenecke cf 3 0 1 0
Lopez 3b 4 1 2 2
Sukeforth c 4 1 2 0
Benge p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
New York 000 100 0102100
Brooklyn 000 000 60x6100
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Schumacher  L(5-4) 6.2 9 6 6 5 4
  Castleman   1.1 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
7
5
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Benge  W(4-1) 9.0 10 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
1
2

  E–None.  2B–New York Terry 2 (10); Ott (9); Watkins (8); Ryan (11), Brooklyn Frey (5).  3B–New York Ott (4).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Benge (1).  Team–11.  U–Beans Reardon, Bill Klem, Bill Stewart.
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