Milwaukee Braves vs Chicago Cubs
April 20, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1955 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 9, Chicago Cubs 5

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 4 3 2 0
Aaron rf 5 0 1 0
Mathews 3b 2 1 2 0
Thomson lf 4 1 2 5
Adcock 1b 3 1 0 2
Logan ss 4 1 1 1
O'Connell 2b 5 0 1 0
Crandall c 5 0 1 1
Burdette p 4 2 1 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Merriman cf 5 0 1 0
Baker 2b 5 0 2 1
Baumholtz rf 5 0 3 0
  Jeffcoat pr 0 0 0 0
Sauer lf 5 0 0 0
Banks ss 4 1 1 0
Fondy 1b 4 2 2 2
Miksis 3b 4 0 1 1
Chiti c 4 1 1 1
Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Andre p 2 0 1 0
  Tappe ph 1 0 0 0
  Thorpe p 0 0 0 0
  Speake ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 40 5 13 5
Milwaukee 140 002 0029110
Chicago 001 010 0035131
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  W(2-0) 8.2 13 5 5 0 2
  Robinson  SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
0
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L(1-1) 1.2 2 5 5 6 3
  Andre   5.1 5 2 2 1 4
  Thorpe   2.0 4 2 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
8
7
7

  E–Banks (2), Banks (2).  DP–Milwaukee 2. Miksis-Baker-Fondy, Banks-Baker-Fondy, Chicago 2. Miksis-Baker-Fondy, Banks-Baker-Fondy.  2B–Milwaukee Burdette (1,off Andre); Logan (2,off Thorpe)..  3B–Milwaukee Bruton (2,off Jones), Chicago Fondy (1,off Burdette).  HR–Milwaukee Thomson (2,2nd inning off Jones 3 on 2 out), Chicago Chiti (2,3rd inning off Burdette 0 on 1 out); Fondy (3,9th inning off Burdette 1 on 0 out).  SF–Adcock (1,off Andre).  HBP–Bruton (1,by Jones).  IBB–Mathews (3,by Jones).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  U-HP–Larry Goetz, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Lon Warneke, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:50.  A–7,233.
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