Chicago Cubs vs New York Giants
July 16, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1953 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants 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)
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Chicago Cubs 3, New York Giants 10

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz cf 4 1 1 0
Metkovich 1b 4 0 0 0
Kiner lf 2 1 1 0
Sauer rf 4 1 1 3
Jackson 3b 4 0 1 0
Garagiola c 3 0 0 0
Serena 2b 3 0 0 0
Miksis ss 3 0 0 0
Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Lown p 1 0 0 0
  Simpson p 1 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph 1 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lockman 1b 4 2 3 2
Dark 2b 3 1 2 1
  Williams 2b 1 0 1 0
Thompson 3b 5 2 2 1
Irvin lf 5 1 2 1
Thomson cf 5 0 1 2
Spencer ss 4 2 1 0
Mueller rf 5 1 2 3
Westrum c 3 0 0 0
Maglie p 4 1 1 0
Totals 39 10 15 10
Chicago 300 000 000341
New York 222 210 01x10150
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Klippstein   0.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Lown  L(3-3) 3.1 8 6 6 2 1
  Simpson   3.2 3 1 1 2 1
  Willis   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
10
10
5
3
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie  W(8-4) 9.0 4 3 3 2 5
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
2
5

  E–Jackson (14).  DP–New York 1. Dark-D. Spencer-Lockman.  2B–New York Thompson (7,off Lown); Irvin (15,off Lown); Thomson (10,off Lown).  3B–New York D. Spencer (5,off Willis).  HR–Chicago Sauer (13,1st inning off Maglie 2 on 1 out), New York Lockman (3,2nd inning off Lown 1 on 2 out); Mueller (3,3rd inning off Lown 1 on 1 out); Dark (7,4th inning off Lown 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–2.  SH–Maglie (5,off Lown).  IBB–Westrum (6,by Simpson).  Team–11.  SB–Thompson (4,2nd base off Simpson/Garagiola); Thompson (4,2nd base off Simpson/Garagiola).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Lon Warneke, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:19.  A–14,178.
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