Chicago Cubs vs Brooklyn Dodgers
July 22, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1953 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers 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 1, Brooklyn Dodgers 11

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Metkovich rf 4 0 1 0
Miksis 2b 4 0 0 0
Fondy 1b 4 0 1 0
Kiner lf 3 1 0 0
Jackson 3b 4 0 1 0
Garagiola c 3 0 0 0
Jeffcoat cf 3 0 1 1
Smalley ss 3 0 0 0
Church p 2 0 0 0
  Cavarretta ph 1 0 0 0
  Simpson p 0 0 0 0
  Leonard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 2 2 0 0
Reese ss 5 1 2 0
Snider cf 4 2 2 3
Robinson lf 4 1 1 2
  Williams pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 5 2 3 3
Furillo rf 4 2 2 2
Campanella c 4 0 1 1
Cox 3b 4 0 1 0
Erskine p 4 1 1 0
Totals 36 11 13 11
Chicago 000 000 100140
Brooklyn 021 011 33x11131
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Church  L(7-5) 7.0 9 8 8 4 5
  Simpson   0.2 4 3 3 1 0
  Leonard   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
11
11
5
5
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  W(9-4) 9.0 4 1 0 1 10
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
1
10

  E–Furillo (2), Furillo (2).  2B–Chicago Metkovich (3,off Erskine), Brooklyn Snider 2 (27,off Church,off Simpson); Campanella (18,off Church); Hodges (15,off Church).  3B–Chicago Jeffcoat (1,off Erskine).  HR–Brooklyn Hodges (23,2nd inning off Church 1 on 0 out); Furillo (12,7th inning off Church 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Gilliam (2,off Church).  Team–7.  U-HP–Lenny Roberts, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:13.  A–18,855.
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