Milwaukee Braves vs Chicago Cubs
May 21, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1954 at Wrigley Field. The Milwaukee Braves 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

Milwaukee Braves 6, Chicago Cubs 4

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 4 0 1 0
O'Connell 2b 5 0 1 0
Mathews 3b 3 0 0 0
Pafko rf 4 1 1 0
Adcock 1b 4 1 2 1
Logan ss 4 2 2 2
Aaron lf 4 1 2 2
Crandall c 3 1 1 1
Conley p 4 0 0 0
  Jolly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz rf 5 0 1 0
Fondy 1b 4 1 1 1
Baker 2b 4 0 1 0
Kiner lf 4 1 1 1
Jackson 3b 3 1 1 0
Banks ss 4 1 1 1
Garagiola c 2 0 0 0
  Lown pr 0 0 0 0
Marquez cf 1 0 1 0
  Serena ph 0 0 0 1
  Talbot cf 0 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
Klippstein p 2 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
  Bilko ph 0 0 0 0
  Miksis pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Milwaukee 030 000 1206101
Chicago 000 200 200470
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Conley  W(3-1) 7.2 7 4 3 2 2
  Jolly  SV(2) 1.1 0 0 0 3 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
5
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Klippstein  L(2-3) 7.0 9 5 5 4 1
  Jeffcoat   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
4
2

  E–Aaron (3).  DP–Milwaukee 2. O'Connell-Mathews, Logan-Adcock, Chicago 1. Banks-Baker-Fondy.  2B–Chicago Jackson (5,off Conley).  3B–Milwaukee Adcock (2,off Klippstein).  HR–Milwaukee Logan (5,2nd inning off Klippstein 1 on 0 out); Crandall (3,7th inning off Klippstein 0 on 0 out); Aaron (3,8th inning off Jeffcoat 1 on 1 out)., Chicago Fondy (5,4th inning off Conley 0 on 0 out); Kiner (6,4th inning off Conley 0 on 1 out).  IBB–Mathews (5,by Klippstein).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Klippstein (1,off Conley).  SF–Serena (1,off Conley).  Team–6.  SB–Bruton (8,2nd base off Klippstein/Garagiola); Marquez (2,2nd base off Conley/Crandall).  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:29.  A–6,179.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook