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Cincinnati Redlegs vs Chicago Cubs
April 21, 1956 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 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 Saturday, April 21, 1956 at Wrigley Field |
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| Cincinnati |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Chicago |
0 | 2 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | – | 3 | 11 | 0 |
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| Cincinnati Redlegs |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Klippstein L(0-1) |
10.1 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
| Totals |
10.1 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
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| Chicago Cubs |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Meyer |
9.0 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Davis W(1-0) |
2.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Totals |
11.0 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
E–Kluszewski (1). DP–Chicago 2. Meyer-Baker-Kellert, Baker-Banks-Kellert. 2B–Cincinnati Bell (1,off Meyer), Chicago Irvin (2,off Klippstein); Fondy (1,off Klippstein).. 3B–Chicago Landrith (1,off Klippstein). HR–Cincinnati Kluszewski (2,6th inning off Meyer 0 on 1 out); Post (2,9th inning off Meyer 0 on 2 out).. HBP–McMillan (1,by Davis). Team LOB–10. SH–Whisenant 2 (2,off Klippstein 2). IBB–Baker 2 (2,by Klippstein 2); Landrith (2,by Klippstein). Team–11. CS–Drake (1,2nd base by Klippstein/Bailey); Moryn (1,2nd base by Klippstein/Bailey); Drake (1,2nd base by Klippstein/Bailey); Moryn (1,2nd base by Klippstein/Bailey). U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Lee Ballanfant, 2B–Artie Gore, 3B–Bill Jackowski. T–2:47. A–11,757. |
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| Game played on Saturday, April 21, 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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