Boston Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 4, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1948 at Forbes Field. The Boston Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 4 1 1 0
Holmes rf 5 3 2 2
Torgeson 1b 3 2 1 1
Elliott 3b 4 0 0 0
Heath lf 3 1 1 1
Russell cf 5 1 3 3
Salkeld c 4 1 2 0
Sisti ss 3 1 0 0
Bickford p 1 0 0 0
  Shoun p 0 0 0 0
  Hogue p 2 0 1 1
  Voiselle p 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 10 12 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 5 2 2 0
Gustine 3b 5 0 2 1
Hopp cf 4 1 2 1
Kiner lf 4 2 1 1
Walker rf 0 0 0 0
  Westlake rf 3 1 2 0
Stevens 1b 4 0 2 0
Murtaugh 2b 3 0 1 2
Kluttz c 3 1 1 1
  West ph 1 0 0 0
  Fitz Gerald c 1 0 0 0
Chesnes p 2 0 0 0
  Gregg p 1 0 0 0
  Main p 0 0 0 0
  Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  Basgall ph 1 0 0 0
  Sewell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 6
Boston 201 000 70010121
Pittsburgh 122 000 1107132
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Bickford   1.2 4 3 3 1 0
  Shoun   0.2 1 2 2 2 0
  Hogue  W(1-1) 4.1 5 1 1 2 2
  Voiselle  SV(1) 2.1 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
6
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Chesnes   3.1 5 3 2 3 1
  Gregg  L(0-3) 3.0 2 3 3 2 0
  Main   0.1 4 4 4 4 1
  Bonham   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Sewell   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
10
9
10
4

  E–Sisti (3), Kiner (1), Walker (2).  DP–Boston 2. Torgeson, Sisti-Stanky-Torgeson.  2B–Boston Holmes (7); Torgeson (7); Russell 2 (9); Hogue (1), Pittsburgh Rojek 2 (6); Stevens (6).  3B–Pittsburgh Hopp (4).  HR–Boston Russell (4,7th inning off Main 2 on), Pittsburgh Kiner (13,7th inning off Hogue 0 on); Kluttz (2,2nd inning off Bickford 0 on).  SH–Hogue (2); Stevens (2).  Team LOB–9.  Team–10.  U-HP–Lou Jorda, 1B–Artie Gore, 2B–Scotty Robb, 3B–Babe Pinelli.  T–3:12.  A–37,355.
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