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Cincinnati Redlegs vs Chicago Cubs
April 20, 1956 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1956 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Friday, April 20, 1956 at Wrigley Field |
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| Cincinnati |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Chicago |
6 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 3 | x | – | 12 | 18 | 2 |
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| Cincinnati Redlegs |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Fowler L(0-1) |
0.2 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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Jeffcoat |
3.1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Acker |
2.0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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Kennedy |
2.0 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
8.0 |
18 |
12 |
12 |
3 |
5 |
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| Chicago Cubs |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Jones W(1-0) |
9.0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
E–Post (1), Robinson (1), Banks (1), Jones (1). 2B–Cincinnati Robinson (2,off Jones), Chicago Baker (1,off Fowler); Landrith 2 (2,off Fowler,off Jeffcoat); Drake 2 (2,off Jeffcoat,off Kennedy); Irvin (1,off Kennedy). HR–Chicago Banks (1,1st inning off Fowler 1 on 2 out); Irvin (1,8th inning off Kennedy 1 on 2 out). HBP–Bell (1,by Jones); Jablonski (1,by Jones). Team LOB–10. SH–Drake (1,off Fowler); Jones (1,off Kennedy). SF–Moryn (1,off Acker); Landrith (1,off Kennedy).. Team–7. SB–Drake (1,2nd base off Jeffcoat/Burgess); Drake (1,2nd base off Jeffcoat/Burgess). U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Artie Gore. T–2:41. A–13,973. |
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| Game played on Friday, April 20, 1956 at Wrigley Field |
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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."
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