Chicago Cubs vs New York Giants
May 5, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1955 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants 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)
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Chicago Cubs 3, New York Giants 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Bolger cf 4 0 0 0
Fondy 1b 4 0 0 0
Miksis rf 4 0 0 0
Jackson 3b 3 1 1 0
Speake lf 3 1 2 2
Banks ss 4 0 0 0
Chiti c 4 0 1 0
Baker 2b 4 0 1 0
Perkowski p 2 0 1 0
  Andre p 0 0 0 0
  Tappe ph 1 1 1 1
  Amor p 0 0 0 0
  Baumholtz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Castleman 2b 4 1 1 1
  Williams 2b 0 0 0 0
Dark ss 4 1 1 0
Mueller rf 5 0 2 0
Irvin lf 5 1 3 1
Mays cf 4 2 0 0
Lockman 1b 4 1 1 0
Gardner 3b 3 0 2 4
Westrum c 2 0 1 0
Maglie p 3 0 0 0
  Grissom p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
Chicago 000 002 100–371
New York 010 040 01x–6110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Perkowski  L(0-2) 4.2 7 5 5 4 1
  Andre   1.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Amor   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
7
2
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie  W(1-3) 6.0 5 2 2 1 3
  Grissom   3.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
4
  E–Miksis (1).  2B–New York Gardner (1).  3B–Chicago Jackson (1).  HR–Chicago Speake (1,6th inning off Maglie 1 on); T. Tappe (1,7th inning off Grissom 0 on)., New York Castleman (2,5th inning off Perkowski 0 on).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Westrum 2 (2).  Team–12.  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Lee Ballanfant, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.
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