Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
June 29, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 1961 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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

Cincinnati Reds 8, Chicago Cubs 15

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Kasko ss,3b 4 0 0 0
Blasingame 2b 5 0 2 1
Pinson cf 5 0 2 1
Robinson rf 5 1 1 1
Bell lf 5 2 2 0
Coleman 1b 5 2 2 2
Freese 3b 1 0 0 1
  Cardenas ss 3 1 2 1
Edwards c 2 1 0 0
Maloney p 2 0 1 1
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant ph 1 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 0 1 0 0
  Brosnan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Heist cf 3 2 1 1
  Will rf 2 0 1 0
Zimmer 2b 4 2 2 0
  Rodgers ss 2 0 1 1
Santo 3b 5 4 3 0
Altman rf,cf 4 2 2 4
Williams lf 2 2 1 2
Bouchee 1b 4 0 1 2
Taylor c 3 1 1 1
Kindall ss,2b 4 0 1 3
Cardwell p 4 1 2 1
  Elston p 1 1 1 0
Totals 38 15 17 15
Cincinnati 031 001 2108120
Chicago 203 630 01x15171
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Maloney  L (4-4) 3.0 7 6 6 2 2
  Jones   2.0 6 8 8 5 1
  Henry   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Brosnan   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
17
15
15
7
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Cardwell  W (7-5) 6.2 11 7 7 2 2
  Elston  SV (7) 2.1 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
3
3

  E–Williams (4).  2B–Cincinnati Pinson (18,off Cardwell); Coleman (18,off Cardwell); Cardenas (5,off Cardwell), Chicago Zimmer (17,off Maloney); Kindall (6,off S Jones); Will (4,off Brosnan); Rodgers (5,off Brosnan).  HR–Cincinnati Robinson (19,3rd inning off Cardwell 0 on, 0 out); Cardenas (2,6th inning off Cardwell 0 on, 0 out); Coleman (15,7th inning off Cardwell 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Altman (12,1st inning off Maloney 1 on, 2 out); Williams (8,3rd inning off Maloney 1 on, 1 out); Cardwell (2,4th inning off Maloney 0 on, 0 out); Heist (3,4th inning off S Jones 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Freese (2,off Cardwell); Altman (2,off Maloney); Taylor (1,off S Jones).  HBP–Edwards (1,by Cardwell); Heist (1,by S Jones).  Team LOB–8.  IBB–Williams 2 (3,by S Jones 2); Taylor (3,by S Jones).  Team–9.  WP–Maloney (1), Brosnan (1), Elston (3).  HBP–S Jones (1,Heist); Cardwell (4,Edwards).  IBB–S Jones 3 (3,Williams 2,Taylor).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–3:16.  A–7,925.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

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."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook