New York Giants vs Chicago Cubs
September 12, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1953 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 1, Chicago Cubs 7

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rigney 3b 3 0 1 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Lockman ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
Dark ss 4 0 0 0
Mueller rf 4 0 1 0
Rhodes lf 4 1 1 0
Thomson cf 4 0 1 0
Gilbert 1b 3 0 1 0
Spencer 2b 4 0 0 0
Calderone c 3 0 0 0
Hearn p 2 0 0 0
  Hofman ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 5 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz cf 2 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat cf 1 0 1 0
Miksis 2b 4 1 1 0
Fondy 1b 4 1 4 1
Kiner lf 4 1 1 3
Sauer rf 4 0 0 0
Jackson 3b 4 2 3 0
Garagiola c 4 1 2 1
Smalley ss 4 1 1 1
Willis p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 13 6
New York 000 100 000150
Chicago 030 001 30x7130
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn  L(9-11) 6.0 9 4 4 3 4
  Wilhelm   1.0 3 3 3 0 2
  Kennedy   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
3
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Willis  W(2-0) 9.0 5 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
3

  E–None.  DP–New York 1. D. Spencer-Dark-Gilbert.  2B–Chicago Smalley (8,off Hearn); Garagiola (14,off Hearn).  HR–Chicago Kiner (32,7th inning off Wilhelm 2 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Baumholtz (3,by Hearn).  Team–7.  CS–Jackson (3,2nd base by Hearn/Calderone).  U-HP–Bill Engeln, 1B–Bill Stewart, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Babe Pinelli.  T–1:55.  A–6,169.
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