Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 1, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1955 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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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Chicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Bolger cf 4 0 2 2
Fondy 1b 4 0 0 0
Miksis rf 4 0 0 0
Sauer lf 4 0 1 0
  King lf 0 0 0 0
Jackson 3b 2 1 1 0
Banks ss 4 1 1 0
Chiti c 4 1 1 0
Baker 2b 3 1 1 1
Andre p 1 0 0 0
  Speake ph 1 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 2 0 0 0
  Hacker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 2 1 0 0
Torgeson 1b 4 0 2 0
Hamner ss 4 1 1 2
Ennis rf 4 0 1 0
Greengrass lf 4 0 1 0
Jones 3b 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Seminick c 3 0 1 0
Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Gorbous ph 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Chicago 000 020 101471
Philadelphia 100 100 000261
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Andre   4.0 3 2 2 2 3
  Jeffcoat  W(3-0) 4.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Hacker  SV(1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer  L(1-2) 7.0 4 3 1 2 9
  Kipper   2.0 3 1 1 3 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
5
10

  E–Jackson (1), Jones (8).  DP–Chicago 2. Baker-Fondy, Banks-Baker-Fondy.  2B–Philadelphia Torgeson (3,off Andre).  HR–Chicago Baker (2,7th inning off Meyer 0 on 2 out), Philadelphia Hamner (1,4th inning off Andre 0 on 0 out).  SH–Baker (4,off Kipper); Meyer (1,off Jeffcoat).  IBB–Fondy (2,by Kipper).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  CS–Jackson (2,2nd base by Meyer/Seminick).  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Artie Gore, 3B–Augie Donatelli.
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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."

     

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