Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
April 16, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1960 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 1, San Francisco Giants 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 4 0 0 0
Taylor 2b 4 0 0 0
Will rf 4 0 0 0
Banks ss 4 0 0 0
Thomas lf 2 0 0 0
Altman 1b 3 0 0 0
Zimmer 3b 2 0 0 0
Rice c 3 0 0 0
Drott p 0 0 0 0
  Noren ph 0 0 0 0
  Hobbie p 1 0 0 0
  Goetz p 0 0 0 0
  Moryn ph 1 1 1 1
  Ceccarelli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 1 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 2 2 1 0
Davenport 3b 3 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 2 2 1
McCovey 1b 3 1 0 1
Cepeda lf 4 0 2 1
Kirkland rf 4 1 1 2
Bressoud ss 3 0 1 1
Schmidt c 2 0 0 0
Jones p 4 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 7 6
Chicago 000 000 010111
San Francisco 102 030 00x670
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drott  L (0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Hobbie   2.1 4 5 5 4 1
  Goetz   2.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Ceccarelli   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
5
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (2-0) 9.0 1 1 1 3 3
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
3
3

  E–Rice (1).  2B–San Francisco Kirkland (2,off Hobbie).  HR–Chicago Moryn (1,8th inning off Sam Jones 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Schmidt (2,off Hobbie).  HBP–Davenport (1,by Drott).  Team–6.  SB–Blasingame 2 (2,2nd base off Hobbie/Rice 2); Cepeda (1,2nd base off Hobbie/Rice).  CS–Bressoud (1,2nd base by Goetz/Rice).  WP–Sam Jones (1).  HBP–Drott (1,Davenport).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:25.  A–29,771.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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