Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 16, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1955 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 4, Philadelphia Phillies 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Merriman cf 3 1 1 0
Baker 2b 3 0 0 0
Speake 1b 4 1 2 0
Banks ss 4 1 1 2
King rf 4 0 0 0
Baumholtz lf 4 1 2 0
Friend 3b 3 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
Chiti c 2 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 0 0 0 1
Hacker p 1 0 0 0
  Andre p 1 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Sauer ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 3 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 0 0
Gorbous rf 3 0 0 0
Ennis lf 4 0 2 1
Jones 3b 4 0 0 0
Seminick c 2 1 1 1
  Lopata c 0 0 0 0
Blaylock 1b 3 1 1 0
Smalley ss 3 1 1 2
Roberts p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 6 4
Chicago 300 000 001–460
Philadelphia 130 010 00x–562
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hacker  L(9-7) 2.0 5 4 4 0 0
  Andre   2.0 1 1 1 3 0
  Davis   4.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
4
1
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W(14-7) 9.0 6 4 4 4 3
  Grissom   1.1 2 3 3 1 1
  Liddle  W(2-2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
17
11
11
7
5
  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1. Banks-Baker-Speake.  PB–Chiti (8).  2B–Chicago Speake (7,off Roberts); Baumholtz (8,off Roberts)..  3B–Chicago Speake (4,off Roberts); Baumholtz (3,off Roberts)..  HR–Chicago Banks (24,1st inning off Roberts 1 on 1 out).  SF–Jackson (2,off Roberts).  Team LOB–5.  U-HP–Lon Warneke, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Larry Goetz, 3B–Frank Dascoli.
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