Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
May 16, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1961 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)
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Chicago Cubs 1, San Francisco Giants 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Will rf 4 0 0 0
Zimmer 2b 4 0 1 1
Altman cf 4 0 1 0
Banks ss 4 0 1 0
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 0 1 0
Bouchee 1b 3 0 0 0
Bertell c 3 1 2 0
Drott p 2 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 2 0 0 0
Hiller 2b 2 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 1 1 0
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 1 3 1
Kuenn lf 3 0 0 0
Landrith c 3 0 1 1
Pagan ss 4 0 0 0
Sanford p 3 0 1 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Chicago 001 000 000161
San Francisco 000 101 00x260
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drott  L (0-1) 7.0 5 2 2 4 2
  Elston   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
6
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  W (2-3) 9.0 6 1 1 0 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
5

  E–Zimmer (5).  DP–Chicago 1, San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Mays (6,off Drott).  3B–Chicago Bertell (1,off Sanford).  Team LOB–4.  IBB–Landrith (1,by Elston).  Team–9.  SB–Pagan (1,2nd base off Drott/Bertell); Kuenn (3,2nd base off Elston/Bertell).  CS–Cepeda (4,2nd base by Elston/Bertell).  WP–Drott (2).  IBB–Elston (3,Landrith).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Al Forman, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–1:59.  A–11,596.
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