New York Giants vs Chicago Cubs
May 15, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1955 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Giants 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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New York Giants 2, Chicago Cubs 5

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 4 0 1 0
Dark ss 4 1 1 0
Mueller rf 4 1 2 1
Rhodes lf 4 0 1 1
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 3b 4 0 0 0
Lockman 1b 4 0 1 0
Katt c 4 0 0 0
Hearn p 3 0 1 0
  Liddle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 7 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Miksis cf 4 1 1 0
Baker 2b 4 2 2 0
Speake lf 2 0 1 3
  King lf 0 0 0 0
Jackson 3b 4 0 1 1
Tappe rf 2 1 1 0
Banks ss 4 0 0 0
Fondy 1b 3 0 0 0
Chiti c 2 0 0 0
  Baumholtz ph 0 0 0 1
  McCullough c 0 0 0 0
Hacker p 3 1 1 0
Totals 28 5 7 5
New York 002 000 000271
Chicago 002 000 12x571
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn  L(5-2) 7.1 7 5 4 3 3
  Liddle   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
4
4
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hacker  W(2-2) 9.0 7 2 2 0 4
  Sturdivant   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Konstanty  W(1-0) 3.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.2
16
8
8
4
7

  E–Dark (7), Baker (2).  DP–New York 1. Hearn-Dark-Lockman.  2B–New York Mueller (6,off Hacker), Chicago Baker (5,off Hearn); Miksis (4,off Hearn)..  Team LOB–6.  SF–Baumholtz (1,off Hearn); Speake (1,off Hearn)..  IBB–Fondy (3,by Hearn).  Team–5.  SB–Banks (2,2nd base off Hearn/Katt); Baker (2,2nd base off Hearn/Katt).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Dusty Boggess.
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