Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Giants
June 27, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 1951 at Polo Grounds V. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Giants 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

Brooklyn Dodgers 10, New York Giants 4

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Furillo rf 4 1 2 0
Reese ss 4 1 0 0
Snider cf 5 1 2 3
Robinson 2b 5 1 1 0
Hodges 1b 4 2 1 0
Pafko lf 3 1 1 3
Campanella c 4 2 2 0
Bridges 3b 3 1 1 0
Newcombe p 3 0 1 3
Totals 35 10 11 9
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 5 0 0 0
Dark ss 4 0 2 0
Mueller rf 4 0 2 0
Thompson 3b 3 0 0 0
Lockman 1b 4 0 0 0
Westrum c 2 3 1 0
Mays cf 4 1 1 2
Irvin lf 3 0 0 0
Hearn p 2 0 1 1
  Gettel p 0 0 0 0
  Spencer p 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 1 1
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Rigney ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Brooklyn 000 406 00010110
New York 010 201 000480
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  W(10-4) 9.0 8 4 4 4 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
2
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn  L(6-5) 5.1 8 6 6 2 0
  Gettel   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Spencer   0.2 1 2 2 1 0
  Kennedy   3.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
11
10
10
5
1

  E–None.  DP–Brooklyn 2. Robinson-Hodges, Robinson-Reese-Hodges.  PB–Westrum (2).  2B–Brooklyn Hodges (10,off Hearn); Campanella (16,off Hearn).  HR–Brooklyn Pafko (16,4th inning off Hearn 2 on 0 out); Snider (15,6th inning off Spencer 2 on 2 out), New York Mays (7,4th inning off Newcombe 1 on 0 out).  SH–Newcombe (2,off Kennedy).  Team LOB–4.  IBB–Irvin (3,by Newcombe).  Team–6.  CS–Furillo (3,2nd base by Hearn/Westrum).  U–Lee Ballanfant, Al Barlick, Augie Donatelli.  T–2:38.  A–23,767.
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