Chicago Cubs vs Brooklyn Dodgers
June 12, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1955 at Ebbets Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 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 9, Brooklyn Dodgers 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Miksis cf 4 0 0 0
Baker 2b 5 1 1 0
Baumholtz lf 4 1 2 0
Jackson 3b 4 2 2 3
King rf 4 1 1 0
Banks ss 3 1 2 1
Fondy 1b 4 2 2 2
Chiti c 4 1 1 3
Davis p 4 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 9
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 3 1 0 0
Reese ss 4 1 2 3
Snider cf 4 1 1 1
Campanella c 4 0 0 0
Hodges lf 4 1 2 1
Kellert 1b 4 0 1 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
Furillo rf 3 1 1 0
Newcombe p 1 0 0 0
  Spooner p 0 0 0 0
  Hoak ph 1 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
  Zimmer ph 1 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Chicago 000 603 0009111
Brooklyn 100 000 130582
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  W(4-2) 8.0 8 5 5 1 6
  Jeffcoat   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
1
6
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  L(10-1) 5.1 8 9 4 1 3
  Spooner   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Roebuck   2.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Hughes   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
9
4
1
5

  E–Chiti (2), Reese (11), Kellert (2).  DP–Chicago 3. Chiti-Jackson, King-Fondy, Banks-Baker-Fondy, Brooklyn 1. Campanella-Gilliam.  2B–Chicago Baumholtz (6,off Newcombe).  HR–Chicago Chiti (6,4th inning off Newcombe 2 on 2 out); Jackson (9,6th inning off Newcombe 0 on 0 out); Fondy (7,6th inning off Newcombe 1 on 1 out)., Brooklyn Snider (19,1st inning off Davis 0 on 2 out); Hodges (11,7th inning off Davis 0 on 1 out); Reese (5,8th inning off Davis 2 on 1 out)..  SF–Banks (2,off Newcombe).  Team LOB–2.  Team–2.  CS–Miksis (1,2nd base by Newcombe/Campanella); Kellert (1,3rd base by Davis/Chiti).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Lon Warneke, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Larry Goetz.
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