Chicago Cubs vs New York Giants
August 3, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1956 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants 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 1, New York Giants 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Drake cf 3 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 4 1 0 0
Fondy 1b 4 0 2 0
Banks ss 3 0 0 0
Moryn rf 2 0 2 1
King lf 3 0 0 0
Baker 2b 4 0 0 0
Landrith c 3 0 0 0
Kaiser p 3 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Brandt lf 4 1 3 1
Mueller rf 4 0 0 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 1 1 0
Mays cf 3 2 1 2
White 1b 3 1 1 0
Castleman 3b 3 2 2 4
Spencer ss 3 0 0 0
Westrum c 3 0 1 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Mangan c 0 0 0 0
Hearn p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 7
Chicago 100 000 000–150
New York 000 010 33x–790
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Kaiser  L(3-5) 7.1 9 7 7 1 7
  Lown   0.2 0 0 0 3 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
4
8
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn  W(4-10) 9.0 5 1 1 4 8
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
8
  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1. Fondy-Banks-Fondy, New York 1. Schoendienst-Spencer-White.  PB–Westrum (10).  2B–Chicago Fondy (14).  HR–New York Brandt (6,8th inning off Kaiser 0 on); Mays (17,8th inning off Kaiser 1 on); Castleman 2 (10,5th inning off Kaiser 0 on,7th inning off Kaiser 2 on).  SF–Moryn (5).  IBB–Banks (14).  Team LOB–6.  Team–5.  CS–Fondy (4).  SB–Mays (23).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Hal Dixon.
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