Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
September 24, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1958 at Seals Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 10, San Francisco Giants 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 1 1 0
Dark 3b 3 1 1 1
Banks ss 4 2 1 1
Moryn lf 4 1 1 0
  Jackson rf 1 1 1 3
Thomson cf,lf 4 2 3 2
Long 1b 4 0 1 2
Marshall rf 2 0 0 0
  Bolger ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 0 0
  King cf 1 0 1 1
Neeman c 5 0 1 0
Briggs p 2 1 1 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Elston p 2 1 2 0
Totals 38 10 14 10
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 5 0 0 0
Rodgers ss 5 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 0 2 0
Wagner lf 3 1 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 1 0 0
Kirkland rf 3 1 1 0
Spencer 2b 2 0 1 0
Schmidt c 2 0 1 0
  White ph 0 0 0 0
  Jablonski ph 1 0 0 0
  Monzant p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Lockman ph 1 0 0 0
  Giel p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Gomez p 2 0 0 0
  McCormick p 0 0 0 0
  Sauer ph 1 0 1 2
  Thomas pr,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 2
Chicago 011 010 02510141
San Francisco 010 002 000361
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Briggs   5.1 5 3 2 4 1
  Henry   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Elston  W (8-8) 3.1 0 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
5
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez   5.0 5 3 3 3 0
  McCormick   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Monzant  L (8-10) 1.0 3 2 1 0 1
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Giel   0.1 3 4 4 1 1
  Johnson   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
10
9
5
2

  E–T. Taylor (21), Davenport (13).  DP–Chicago 1. Dark-Long, San Francisco 1. Davenport.  2B–Chicago T. Taylor (15,off Gomez), San Francisco Mays (32,off Briggs).  3B–Chicago Jackson (1,off Giel), San Francisco Mays (11,off Briggs).  HR–Chicago Thomson (20,2nd inning off Gomez 0 on 1 out).  SF–Dark (5,off Gomez).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  SB–T. Taylor 2 (20,2nd base off Gomez/Schmidt,3rd base off Gomez/Schmidt); Thomas (1,2nd base off Elston/Neeman).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–3:04.  A–7,887.
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