St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
July 27, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1961 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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

St. Louis Cardinals 2, Chicago Cubs 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 4 0 0 0
Javier 2b 4 1 2 0
Cunningham rf 4 0 1 1
White 1b 4 0 0 0
Musial lf 2 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
Flood cf 3 0 0 0
Sawatski c 3 0 0 0
  Schaffer pr,c 0 0 0 0
Grammas 3b 4 0 0 0
Cicotte p 2 0 1 0
  Schoendienst ph 1 0 1 0
  Warwick pr,lf 1 1 1 0
Totals 32 2 6 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Heist cf 4 1 1 1
Zimmer 3b,2b 4 0 1 0
Banks ss 3 0 1 0
  Santo 3b 1 1 1 0
Altman rf 4 1 1 0
Williams lf 3 0 0 0
Taylor c 3 0 0 1
Kindall 2b,ss 2 0 0 0
  Will ph 0 0 0 1
Bouchee 1b 2 0 0 0
Hobbie p 2 0 0 0
  Ashburn ph 0 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 5 3
St. Louis 000 000 020260
Chicago 100 000 002352
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cicotte   7.0 3 1 1 2 5
  Gibson  L (7-8) 1.0 2 2 2 4 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
6
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hobbie   8.0 5 2 1 4 5
  Schultz  W (5-2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
5
7

  E–Altman (3), Hobbie (4).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–St. Louis Warwick (5,off Schultz), Chicago Altman (18,off Gibson).  HR–Chicago Heist (7,1st inning off Cicotte 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Lillis (5,off Hobbie).  IBB–Musial (14,by Hobbie); Williams (6,by Gibson).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  SB–Zimmer (5,2nd base off Cicotte/Sawatski).  CS–Heist (1,2nd base by Gibson/Sawatski).  IBB–Gibson (7,Williams); Hobbie (4,Musial).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:05.  A–8,219.
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