Chicago Cubs vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 25, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Metkovich rf 4 1 1 0
Miksis ss 5 1 2 1
Fondy 1b 4 0 1 1
Kiner lf 4 0 1 1
Jackson 3b 2 0 2 1
Serena 2b 4 0 0 0
Garagiola c 4 2 2 1
Jeffcoat cf 3 1 2 0
  Sawatski ph 1 0 0 0
Hacker p 3 0 0 0
  Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Baumholtz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 5 1 1 1
Morgan ss 5 1 0 0
Snider cf 4 1 2 1
Robinson 3b 4 2 3 4
Campanella c 3 0 1 0
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Furillo rf 4 0 1 0
Shuba lf 3 0 1 0
  Thompson lf 1 0 0 0
Erskine p 2 0 0 0
  Belardi ph 1 0 1 0
  Antonello pr 0 1 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Hughes p 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
Chicago 003 000 1105112
Brooklyn 001 000 50x6110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hacker  L(8-17) 6.1 9 5 4 1 4
  Leonard   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Lown   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
2
5
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  W(16-5) 7.0 7 4 4 2 4
  Labine   0.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Hughes  SV(9) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
4

  E–Jackson (21), Garagiola (4).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Morgan-Gilliam-Hodges.  2B–Brooklyn Furillo (31,off Hacker); Belardi (3,off Hacker).  3B–Brooklyn Gilliam (13,off Hacker).  HR–Chicago Garagiola (3,7th inning off Erskine 0 on 0 out), Brooklyn Robinson 2 (11,3rd inning off Hacker 0 on 2 out,7th inning off Leonard 2 on 1 out).  SH–Jackson (8,off Hughes).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  SB–Jackson (6,2nd base off Erskine/Campanella).  CS–Jackson (2,2nd base by Erskine/Campanella).  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Lenny Roberts, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Bill Engeln.
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