New York Giants vs Boston Braves
July 2, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1952 at Braves Field. The Boston Braves 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

New York Giants 1, Boston Braves 2

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 4 0 0 0
Lockman 1b 4 0 2 0
Thomson 3b 4 0 1 0
Thompson cf 3 0 0 0
  Elliott ph 1 0 0 0
Dark ss 3 1 1 0
Mueller rf 2 0 1 0
  Westrum ph 1 0 0 0
Yvars c 3 0 0 0
Wilson lf 2 0 0 0
  Rigney ph 1 0 0 1
  Diering lf 0 0 0 0
Kennedy p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Jethroe cf 4 0 0 0
Sisti rf,lf 3 0 0 0
Torgeson lf,1b 3 0 1 0
Cooper c 4 0 1 0
Crowe 1b 3 0 0 0
  Daniels rf 1 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 3 0 1 0
Logan ss 3 1 1 0
Dittmer 2b 3 1 1 2
Spahn p 3 0 1 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
New York 000 000 100151
Boston 000 000 20x261
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  L(2-2) 8.0 6 2 2 2 4
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
2
4
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  W(7-8) 9.0 5 1 0 2 10
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
2
10

  E–Lockman (8), Torgeson (6).  DP–Boston 1. Logan-Dittmer-Torgeson.  2B–Boston Mathews (13,off Kennedy).  HR–Boston Dittmer (1,7th inning off Kennedy 1 on 2 out).  SH–Mueller (2,off Spahn).  IBB–Dark (3,by Spahn); Yvars (2,by Spahn).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  CS–Torgeson (3,2nd base by Kennedy/Yvars); Torgeson (3,2nd base by Kennedy/Yvars).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Lon Warneke, 3B–Larry Goetz.  T–1:54.  A–1,923.
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