Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
August 16, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1947 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati Reds 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 5 1 1 0
Waitkus 1b 5 0 1 0
Pafko cf 4 2 3 2
Cavarretta lf 5 0 1 1
Nicholson rf 5 2 2 2
Scheffing c 4 1 3 0
Johnson 2b 2 0 1 0
Merullo ss 3 0 1 1
Chipman p 3 0 0 0
  Wyse p 1 0 0 0
  Schmitz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 13 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz rf,cf 5 2 2 2
Tatum cf,2b 4 1 2 0
Galan lf 4 1 2 1
Lamanno c 5 0 1 1
Young 1b 4 1 1 0
Miller ss 4 1 3 2
Wahl 3b 3 0 1 0
  Poland ph 1 0 0 0
  Raffensberger p 0 0 0 0
  Haas ph 0 0 0 0
  Vander Meer pr 0 0 0 0
Zientara 2b 2 0 0 0
  Hatton 3b 1 1 1 1
Lively p 1 0 0 0
  Peterson p 0 0 0 0
  Adams ph 1 0 1 0
  Erautt p 0 0 0 0
  Vollmer ph 1 0 0 0
  Gumbert p 0 0 0 0
  Lukon rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 14 7
Chicago 000 230 0016130
Cincinnati 000 001 2227140
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Chipman   6.1 9 3 3 5 1
  Wyse   1.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Schmitz  L(8-14) 0.2 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.2
14
7
7
7
1
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Lively   4.1 7 4 4 2 1
  Peterson   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Erautt   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Gumbert   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Raffensberger  W(5-9) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
2
2

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2. Johnson-Waitkus, Chipman-Merullo.  2B–Chicago Cavarretta (16); Scheffing 2 (9), Cincinnati Tatum (3); Galan (10); Miller 3 (26).  HR–Chicago Pafko (8,5th inning off Lively 1 on); Nicholson 2 (16,4th inning off Lively 0 on,5th inning off Peterson 0 on), Cincinnati Baumholtz (5,8th inning off Wyse 1 on).  SH–Johnson (6); Merullo (3).  Team LOB–8.  Team–11.  U–Bill Stewart, Butch Henline, George Magerkurth.  T–2:39.  A–4,986.
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