Brooklyn Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
June 21, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1955 at Wrigley 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)
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Brooklyn Dodgers 7, Chicago Cubs 2

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 5 1 0 0
Reese ss 5 0 0 0
Snider cf 6 0 1 1
Campanella c 5 1 4 0
  Hoak pr 0 1 0 0
  Kellert ph 1 0 0 0
  Walker c 0 0 0 0
Amoros lf 5 1 2 2
Hodges 1b 4 1 0 1
Robinson 3b 5 0 1 0
Furillo rf 5 1 2 0
Newcombe p 4 1 2 2
Totals 45 7 12 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Merriman cf 5 0 0 0
Baker 2b 5 0 1 0
Baumholtz lf 5 0 1 0
Jackson 3b 4 0 0 0
King rf 4 0 0 0
Banks ss 4 2 2 1
Fondy 1b 4 0 1 1
Chiti c 4 0 0 0
Hacker p 3 0 1 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Speake ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 6 2
Brooklyn 020 000 000 057120
Chicago 000 010 100 00262
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  W(12-1) 11.0 6 2 2 1 9
Totals
11.0
6
2
2
1
9
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hacker  L(7-5) 10.2 10 5 5 1 0
  Jeffcoat   0.0 1 2 0 1 0
  Davis   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
12
7
5
2
0

  E–Banks 2 (12).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Reese-Hodges.  2B–Brooklyn Campanella 2 (15,off Hacker 2); Newcombe 2 (6,off Hacker,off Jeffcoat)..  3B–Brooklyn Amoros (4,off Hacker), Chicago Banks (3,off Newcombe).  HR–Chicago Banks (15,7th inning off Newcombe 0 on 1 out).  SH–Gilliam (7,off Hacker).  SF–Hodges (3,off Hacker).  Team LOB–9.  Team–4.  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:54.  A–22,886.
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