Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
July 31, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1955 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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

Philadelphia Phillies 1, Chicago Cubs 7

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 3 0 1 1
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Gorbous rf 4 0 0 0
Ennis lf 4 0 0 0
Jones 3b 3 0 0 0
Seminick c 4 0 1 0
Blaylock 1b 3 1 2 0
Smalley ss 2 0 0 0
  Lopata ph 1 0 0 0
  Micelotta ss 0 0 0 0
Roberts p 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Fondy 1b 4 1 1 1
Baker 2b 4 0 0 1
Baumholtz lf 4 0 1 1
Banks ss 3 2 1 1
King rf 4 1 1 0
Jackson 3b 3 1 1 0
Miksis cf 3 0 1 2
Chiti c 4 1 1 0
Hacker p 4 1 2 0
Totals 33 7 9 6
Philadelphia 000 000 010152
Chicago 003 001 03x790
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  L(16-9) 8.0 9 7 6 3 4
Totals
8.0
9
7
6
3
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hacker  W(10-9) 9.0 5 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
3

  E–Blaylock 2 (5).  DP–Chicago 1. Jackson-Baker-Fondy.  2B–Chicago Baumholtz (9,off Roberts); King (7,off Roberts)..  HR–Chicago Banks (31,6th inning off Roberts 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Jones (4,by Hacker).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Jackson (3,by Roberts).  Team–5.  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Lee Ballanfant.  T–1:59.  A–14,469.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook