Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
September 3, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1950 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Reds 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 7, Chicago Cubs 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Merriman cf 5 0 0 0
  Usher cf 1 0 0 0
Hatton 3b 4 0 1 1
Wyrostek rf 5 0 1 0
Kluszewski 1b 6 0 0 0
Adcock lf 5 2 3 0
Pramesa c 5 1 1 2
Ryan 2b 5 3 4 1
Stallcup ss 3 0 1 1
  Scheffing ph 1 0 0 0
  Adams pr 0 0 0 0
  Meeks ss 1 1 1 0
Raffensberger p 3 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Wehmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Litwhiler ph 1 0 1 1
  Lowrey pr 0 0 0 0
  Perkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Erautt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 7 13 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Jeffcoat cf 5 0 2 0
Borkowski rf 5 0 1 0
Smalley ss 5 0 1 0
Sauer lf 5 2 2 0
Serena 3b 4 2 1 0
Cavarretta 1b 5 0 1 2
Terwilliger 2b 3 1 1 1
  Northey ph 1 0 0 1
  Ramazzotti 2b 1 0 1 0
Owen c 4 0 2 1
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Lade p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Meer p 0 0 0 0
Hiller p 2 0 0 0
  Pafko ph 1 0 0 0
  Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Mauro ph 1 0 0 0
  Schmitz p 0 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 5 12 5
Cincinnati 020 000 201 027132
Chicago 000 000 320 005123
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Raffensberger   7.0 9 4 4 1 2
  Smith   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Wehmeier   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Perkowski   0.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Erautt  W(2-0) 2.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
12
5
5
4
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hiller   7.0 8 4 4 0 3
  Leonard   2.0 2 1 0 1 0
  Schmitz   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Lade  L(5-6) 0.1 2 2 0 1 0
  Vander Meer   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
13
7
4
2
4

  E–Wyrostek (5), Adcock (8), Cavarretta (8), Ramazzotti (10), Vander Meer (2).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Stallcup-Ryan-Kluszewski, Chicago 3. Cavarretta, Serena-Terwilliger-Cavarretta, Serena-Ramazzotti-Cavarretta.  PB–Owen (6).  2B–Cincinnati Ryan (17,off Hiller), Chicago Terwilliger (20,off Raffensberger).  HR–Cincinnati Pramesa (5,2nd inning off Hiller 1 on 0 out).  SH–Wyrostek (2,off Schmitz); Hatton (2,off Vander Meer).  Team LOB–9.  Team–10.  SB–Adcock (2,2nd base off Hiller/Owen); Jeffcoat (4,2nd base off Raffensberger/Pramesa).  U–Larry Goetz, Frank Dascoli, Lou Jorda.  T–2:59.  A–18,197.
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