New York Giants vs Chicago Cubs
August 21, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1952 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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)
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New York Giants 6, Chicago Cubs 8

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rigney 2b 1 1 1 1
  Williams 2b 0 0 0 0
  Hofman 2b 2 0 1 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 1 0
Dark ss 5 1 3 1
Lockman 1b 5 1 2 0
Thomson cf 4 1 2 3
Thompson 3b 5 0 0 0
Hartung rf 4 0 0 0
  Irvin ph 1 0 0 0
Rhodes lf 4 0 1 0
Westrum c 4 1 1 0
Jansen p 1 1 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 0 0
  Connelly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Miksis 2b 5 1 1 0
Baumholtz cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Hermanski rf 4 2 2 0
  Jeffcoat pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Sauer lf 4 2 2 6
Atwell c 4 1 2 0
Fondy 1b 4 0 0 0
Serena 3b 3 0 1 1
Smalley ss 4 0 1 0
Minner p 0 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 10 7
New York 320 100 0006122
Chicago 000 230 30x8103
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jansen  L(11-9) 6.1 9 7 5 1 4
  Wilhelm   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Connelly   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
6
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Minner   1.2 6 5 5 1 0
  Klippstein  W(8-10) 7.1 6 1 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
12
6
5
3
4

  E–Hofman (3), Dark (18), Miksis 2 (16), Atwell (12).  DP–New York 1. Dark-Hofman.  2B–Chicago Atwell (15,off Jansen).  3B–New York Rigney (1,off Minner).  HR–New York Thomson (19,1st inning off Minner 2 on 1 out), Chicago Sauer 2 (33,5th inning off Jansen 2 on 2 out,7th inning off Wilhelm 2 on 1 out).  SH–Jansen (6,off Minner); Klippstein (6,off Connelly).  Team LOB–9.  Team–5.  CS–Rigney (2,2nd base by Minner/Atwell).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Bill Engeln.
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