Boston Braves vs New York Giants
September 26, 1946 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1946 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Braves 4, New York Giants 5

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Culler ss 3 2 0 0
Hopp 1b 2 0 0 0
Neill lf 4 1 1 2
Holmes rf 3 0 0 0
Padgett c 3 0 2 0
  Masi c 1 1 1 0
Barrett J. cf 2 0 1 1
  Gillenwater cf 1 0 0 0
Fernandez 3b 3 0 0 0
Ryan 2b 4 0 1 1
Wright p 2 0 0 0
  Spahn p 1 0 0 0
  Barrett F. p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rucker cf 4 0 1 0
Rosen rf 4 0 1 0
Marshall lf 4 2 2 1
Young 1b 4 0 1 1
Thomson 3b 4 1 1 0
Blattner 2b 3 0 1 1
Kerr ss 2 0 1 0
  Rigney ss 2 1 1 0
Warren c 3 0 0 0
  Graham ph 1 0 0 0
Grissom p 2 0 0 0
  Witek ph 1 0 1 1
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 35 5 11 5
Boston 200 001 100461
New York 000 100 1215112
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Wright   4.2 5 1 1 1 3
  Spahn   3.0 5 3 3 0 3
  Barrett  L(2-4) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
11
5
5
1
6
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Grissom   7.0 5 4 2 6 2
  Thompson  W(4-6) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
2
6
4

  E–Ryan (22), Young (7), Blattner (15).  DP–Boston 1. Hopp-Culler-Hopp, New York 2. Blattner-Kerr-Young, Thompson-Blattner.  2B–Boston Neill (2); Padgett (4), New York Thomson (3); Witek (13).  3B–New York Marshall (3); Blattner (6).  HR–New York Marshall (13,8th inning off Spahn 0 on); Gordon (5,9th inning off F. Barrett 0 on 1 out).  SH–Hopp (8).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  U–George Magerkurth, Bill Stewart, Tom Dunn.  T–2:01.  A–5,300.
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