Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
June 30, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1952 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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

Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Chicago Cubs 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Koshorek 2b 4 0 0 0
Groat ss 3 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 0 2 0
Kiner lf 3 0 0 0
Garagiola c 2 1 0 0
Merson 3b 4 2 1 0
Del Greco cf 4 1 1 2
Bartirome 1b 4 0 2 2
Friend p 1 0 0 0
  Metkovich ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Miksis 2b 4 0 1 0
Jeffcoat cf 3 0 1 0
  Fondy ph 1 0 0 0
  Addis cf 0 0 0 0
Hermanski rf 3 0 0 0
Sauer lf 4 0 0 0
Atwell c 3 1 0 0
Cavarretta 1b 4 1 3 0
  Brown pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Serena 3b 4 1 0 0
Smalley ss 3 1 2 5
Kelly p 2 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Pittsburgh 030 100 000462
Chicago 020 000 03x571
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  L(3-11) 8.0 7 5 1 2 4
Totals
8.0
7
5
1
2
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Kelly   7.0 6 4 4 4 0
  Klippstein  W(5-5) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
4
2

  E–Koshorek (12), Groat (3), Serena (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Cavarretta.  2B–Pittsburgh Del Greco (7,off Kelly); Merson (14,off Kelly), Chicago Smalley (10,off Friend).  HR–Chicago Smalley (3,8th inning off Friend 2 on 2 out).  SH–Friend 2 (5,off Kelly 2).  IBB–Garagiola (2,by Kelly).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Hermanski (2,by Friend).  Team–7.  SB–Jeffcoat (5,2nd base off Friend/Garagiola); Jeffcoat (5,2nd base off Friend/Garagiola).  U-HP–Lee Ballanfant, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–1:56.  A–5,983.
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