Chicago Cubs vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 7, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1949 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers 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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Chicago Cubs 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 10

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walker H. rf 4 1 2 0
Lowrey lf 4 0 0 0
Cavarretta 1b 4 1 1 1
Pafko cf 3 2 3 3
Walker R. c 4 0 1 0
Gustine 3b 4 0 1 0
Verban 2b 4 0 2 0
  Mauch 2b 0 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 0 0 0
Rush p 2 0 0 0
  Cooper p 0 0 0 0
  Adkins p 1 0 0 0
  Maddern ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 3 2 2 0
Hermanski lf 5 1 1 1
Snider cf 4 2 1 3
Robinson 2b 4 1 1 1
Campanella c 4 0 1 1
Cox 3b 4 1 3 0
Hodges 1b 3 1 1 1
Furillo rf 2 1 1 0
Branca p 1 0 0 0
  Rackley ph 1 1 1 1
  McGlothin p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 12 8
Chicago 013 000 0004101
Brooklyn 200 701 00x10121
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rush  L(1-3) 3.1 7 6 6 1 4
  Cooper   0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Adkins   4.2 3 1 0 3 2
Totals
8.0
12
10
9
5
6
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Branca   4.0 9 4 4 1 5
  McGlothin  W(1-1) 5.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
9

  E–Verban (3), Cox (2).  DP–Chicago 2. Cavarretta, Cavarretta-Smalley, Brooklyn 2. Robinson-Reese-Hodges, Campanella-Robinson.  2B–Chicago Verban (3), Brooklyn Reese (4); Robinson (3); Cox 2 (5); Rackley (1).  HR–Chicago Pafko 2 (2,2nd inning off Branca 0 on 0 out,3rd inning off Branca 1 on 2 out), Brooklyn Snider (4,4th inning off Cooper 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Hodges (1).  Team–5.  SB–Snider (2).  U–Frank Dascoli, Babe Pinelli, Scotty Robb.
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