Chicago Cubs vs Brooklyn Dodgers
April 30, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1955 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 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Merriman cf 4 0 0 0
Baker 2b 2 0 0 0
Baumholtz rf 4 1 1 0
Sauer lf 3 0 1 0
Jackson 3b 3 2 1 2
Banks ss 4 1 1 0
Fondy 1b 4 0 0 1
Fanning c 2 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  McCullough c 0 0 0 0
  Speake ph 1 1 1 1
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Amor p 0 0 0 0
  Tappe ph 1 0 0 0
  Hillman p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 5 4
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 0 0
Reese ss 5 0 0 0
Snider cf 2 2 1 1
Campanella c 2 2 2 1
Amoros lf 2 1 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 1 1 1
Robinson 3b 4 1 2 3
Furillo rf 3 0 1 0
Meyer p 4 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 7 6
Chicago 000 002 003550
Brooklyn 011 030 20x771
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L(2-2) 4.1 3 5 5 5 2
  Amor   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Hillman   2.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
7
7
6
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer  W(2-0) 9.0 5 5 4 4 3
  Narleski   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mossi   0.1 1 2 0 1 1
  Houtteman   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
13
10
7
8
9

  E–Campanella (1), Campanella (1).  2B–Chicago Banks (3,off Meyer); Speake (1,off Meyer)., Brooklyn Campanella (4,off Jones).  HR–Chicago Jackson (5,6th inning off Meyer 1 on 2 out), Brooklyn Hodges (1,2nd inning off Jones 0 on 0 out); Snider (5,5th inning off Jones 0 on 1 out); Robinson (2,7th inning off Hillman 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Amoros (2,off Hillman).  HBP–Furillo (2,by Jones); Amoros (4,by Jones).  Team–7.  SB–Speake (1,3rd base off Meyer/Campanella); Furillo (1,2nd base off Amor/Fanning).  CS–Gilliam (4,2nd base by Amor/Fanning).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:25.  A–10,011.
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