Boston Braves vs Chicago Cubs
October 3, 1943 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 3, 1943 at Wrigley Field. 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 5, Chicago Cubs 2

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Holmes lf 5 0 1 0
Joost 2b 4 1 1 0
Workman rf 4 2 1 0
Nieman cf 5 0 1 2
Etchison 1b 4 1 1 0
Kluttz c 4 1 1 1
Wietelmann ss 2 0 1 1
Ryan 3b 3 0 2 0
Dagenhard p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 1 0 0 0
Schuster ss 3 0 0 0
  Cavarretta 1b 2 0 0 0
Pafko cf 5 1 2 0
Nicholson rf 2 1 1 0
Livingston 1b,c 4 0 1 0
Sauer lf 4 0 1 2
Ostrowski 3b 3 0 0 0
Holm c 2 0 1 0
  Gilbert ph 1 0 0 0
  Merullo ss 0 0 0 0
  Hack ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanky ss 0 0 0 0
Burrows p 0 0 0 0
  Wyse p 1 0 0 0
  Dallessandro ph 0 0 0 0
  Prim p 0 0 0 0
  Novikoff ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Boston 000 410 000593
Chicago 200 000 000273
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Dagenhard  W(1-0) 9.0 7 2 0 4 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
0
4
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burrows  L(0-2) 3.1 2 4 4 3 3
  Wyse   2.2 4 1 0 3 0
  Prim   3.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
7
4

  E–Joost (33), Etchison (2), Wietelmann (40), Ostrowski 2 (2), Wyse (1).  DP–Boston 3. Dagenhard-Ryan-Etchison, Dagenhard-Wietelmann-Etchison, Wietelmann-Joost-Etchison, Chicago 2. Schuster-Livingston, Schuster-Johnson-Livingston.  2B–Boston Etchison (3), Chicago Sauer (3).  3B–Boston Ryan (2).  SH–Dagenhard (1).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Ostrowski (1); Burrows (1).  Team–10.  U–Lou Jorda, George Barr.  T–1:52.  A–9,664.
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